Get Over It

I don't fully subscribe to this attitude, but I would call myself a mild pessimist, which is why when I read this passage from Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis, I laughed out loud:

"Will you always hate going to work?" asks John Pozniak, a 1999 Salisbury University graduate. "Yes. It is a way of life. There is a support group for it called Everyone, and they meet at the bars on Friday. It if was all sugar and cookies, why would anyone retire? The key is to find a job that doesn't suck 'as bad.' The good thing is since your job sucks, everything else you do seems that much better and more rewarding. A candied apple isn't as sweet when it's given to you as when it's something you work for. And after a long day's work, how good does a beer taste? Going on vacation, buying a home, these are all things you can't accomplish without a job. Plus, how nice is it to sleep in on a Saturday? Wouldn't be the same if you did it every day; it would lose its luster. Work is like a hangover. People should learn to appreciate both. I've accepted the fact that there are going to be crappy days, really crappy days, and 'eh, today wasn't so bad' days, but, honestly, that's why work is called work and not called 'fun' or 'naked Twister with the Swedish bikini team.'"