{"id":271829,"date":"2020-09-06T13:47:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=271829"},"modified":"2020-09-06T13:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:55:22","slug":"why-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/06\/why-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY JOBS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course we need jobs to pay rent, feed ourselves, etc .. but with today&#8217;s brave new COVID world, what is <em>really<\/em> the purpose of a job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example for a lot of people, a job is their external identity and sense of self. For others it is a monetary thing; they have too much debt (<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/29\/debt-is-the-devil\/\">debt is the devil<\/a>) and cannot afford *NOT* to work (they are dependent on their job to pay off their bills, credit card debt, mortgage, additions to their house, car payments, etc). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WHY-JOBS.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption>WHY JOBS?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/episodes\/WHY-JOBS-ej7fb7\">PODCAST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/embed\/episodes\/WHY-JOBS-ej7fb7\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WHY JOBS?\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLc-zhxOBjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/economics\/\">Economics by KIM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/06\/the-future-economy\/\">The Future Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/01\/what-is-money\/\">What is Money?<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/31\/individual-economics\/\">Individual Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/31\/how-to-become-economically-independent\/\">How to Become Economically Independent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/31\/economic-dependency\/\">Economic Dependency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/23\/its-the-economy-stupid\/\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the Economy, Stupid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/18\/eric-kim-philosophy-of-money\/\">ERIC KIM PHILOSOPHY OF MONEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/29\/debt-is-the-devil\/\">Debt is the Devil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/16\/capitalism-is-cruel-2\/\">Capitalism is Cruel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/26\/in-praise-of-capitalism-and-consumerism\/\">In Praise of Capitalism and Consumerism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/26\/capitalism-as-the-road-to-tolerance\/\">Capitalism as the Road to Tolerance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/24\/digital-capitalism\/\">DIGITAL CAPITALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/19\/capitalism-2-0\/\">Capitalism 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/10\/in-praise-of-capitalism\/\">In Praise of Capitalism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/06\/creative-capitalism\/\">CREATIVE CAPITALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/29\/zen-capitalism\/\">ZEN CAPITALISM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/universal-basic-income\/\">Universal Basic Income<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course we need jobs to pay rent, feed ourselves, etc .. but with today&#8217;s brave new COVID world, what is really the purpose of a job? 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