For those who have had the opportunity to partake in work related experiences, for the most part, it has had one of two effects on us, either being positive or negative. When determining the negative situations from the pleasant experiences, how can we decipher one from the other? As an employee at Domino's, I have come to the conclusion that the work force can be a mixture of positive and negative occurrences.
One of the obvious good points is that every two weeks I get a paycheck. Nothing is more rewarding than having money that I earned through my own hard work. The downside to getting money is that the more money I get, the more I seem to need. I stress the word seem here because before I was of working age, I was always provided for and occasionally had what I wanted. But as soon as those paychecks started rolling in, it seemed that I needed more money. In order to get more, I had two choices: either I got a raise sufficient enough to meet my new needs, or I worked more hours. Since getting a raise from Domino's is about as easy as moving a mountain, I chose the latter.
Once I worked twenty hours a week instead of my usual ten, I did indeed have more money. But from the ashes of my last problem, a new one arose. Since working now required more time, my studies took a rather hard blow. At the time, the best route appeared to be the one that brought about the most immediate results, and school does not pay me every two weeks. In hindsight, I should have devoted more time to school. I had never understood why people say that hindsight is always the best kind--I know why now. In addition to the fact that school got bumped down on the priority list, I'm also very lazy and I did not want to devote the time that school needed. Because of the lack of time devoted to it, my grades subsequently plummeted. I was forced to give up those extra hours so I could study more regularly.
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