Thinking of a Job

Right, well, today is Monday. In six hours time it will be Tuesday for me. Yeah, Western Australians. Woot.

I’ve been thinking about getting a job. Now, since I’m only 13 I could only do the odd-jobs that have shady pay like cleaning the dishes, walking the dog… erm, there’s probably more but I can’t think of any off the top of my head. I can clean the dishes and walk the dog without pay since I sort of enjoy that kind of stuff, so thanks for the tips! The job’s I’m talking about are medium-level jobs. What I mean by this is jobs that involve catalogue delivery, garden tending, McDonalds, Subway… unfortunately I have to be 14. Hang on, I think it’s 16. :L See, the reason why I want a job is so I could get use to the extra bit of stuff and save up for a car. Yeah, big dreams, I know.

In Australia, you’re either working your ass off, living off the government assistance or living off some fortune/superannuation. Unfortunately, at the current moment, people are living off the government assistance which means the more people living off the assistance the more tax payers (the ones who are working) have to pay taxes.

Fortunately, the government introduced this compulsory thing called superannuation as mentioned before. This is when you work and a bit of your money gets put away in a fund so when you retire you can access it- instead of getting off the senior pension. Eh? Pretty good ey? Personally, if you manage to work, pay superannuation and save money, you’re more financially secure and, if you live long enough to the age of 65 or something, then you’re going to have a fabulous retirement. Plus, you’d be more financially stable for any unexpected costs such as hospital bills, damage to property and, merlin forbid, funerals. Get me? At least, that’s what I get from it… I’m probably wrong, so correct me pleaaase.

So, while I love school (the learning part, not the topic tangents, bullies, horrible teaching attached), school won’t last long and sooner or later we’re all going to have to work. Or you can be a lazy arse and prefer to be the victim, living off someone else or government assistance. I mean, that’s fine and all, no judgments from me, but if I were you and you are a healthy and mobile being, I’d take the job.

Now volunteering is another subject entirely. If you’re doing voluntary work and you aren’t enjoying it, you’re not enjoying it. The art of giving, the method of giving up your free time for others, it’s suppose to make you feel good. Like giving money to charity because you like the cause or that you have the money and you want to do something good with it. It’s all to do with goodness and we feel good about ourselves. Unless it’s ‘compulsory voluntary work’ then… I don’t know. Those three words are making a paradox in it’s definition.

So, I want to work. I don’t want government assistance until I actually need it. I want to work, not because the reason of lowering the tax pay and be independent but also to get use to doing real hard work. I mean, seriously, paper, pen, and write or solve something is really only using your brains. Need some hands on stuff that would also benefit the world. That’s why we work, right? To get things done.

Man, things use to be easier back in the day according to Rob. According to him, you go up to someone at some work place and ask for a job, and you get it. No need for documents and stuff. Well, jobs that aren’t the high up professions. But anyway. I’m going to slytherin my way into a job, before I can get to do my career, if that’s what it takes.