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Published: 2013-10-28 17:56:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 5696; Favourites: 233; Downloads: 28
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Fun work? Isn't that an oxymoron? What do you think?
This comics essay is part of a book called Brick by Brick, which I am now raising money to self publish on Kickstarter! There will be three essays in the book that I'm never going to publish online and you can buy a digital copy for only $5! Please take a look!
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your comics are incredible and encouraging !! :'D keep it up !
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I've really only just discovered your comics, and I'm liking them very much! Very motivating
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This.... this is so helpful... And makes /so/ much sense. Thank you so much~!
Where has this idea been all my life? *sob*
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Ha ha! I'm glad you found my comics!
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I love this series. Thank you for writing this. I feel like if more people understood these ideas we'd be much better off.
(As a grammar side note: it's 'once IN a while' not 'once AND a while' 
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Ooh, good catch I'll fix that.
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I really want to get this book. Your ideas about work are great
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I'm definitely going to keep this in mind the next difficult project I come across!
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Yeah! Let me know how it goes!
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Gotta make things fun to get them done.
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This is incredibly important, especially for people who do a lot of work by themselves - when you're by yourself, it's easy to beat yourself up for not working as hard as you "should", and start a cycle of self-loathing. Break out of that by making it fun!
Self-discipline and "nose to the grindstone" are important qualities, but rather than being something wholly different than finding fun in your work, I would say they're highly related. I mean, if you enjoy your work, wouldn't you do it every day?
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I'll be honest, if you're thinking of uploading the methods to have fun, I'm eagerly awaiting it. I do some things because, for me, the task itself is fun, or at least the end result is rewarding (My wife doesn't understand that I actually don't mind doing dishes, and in fact I kind of like it).
I suppose if I were to say that I was brought up "old school" with the notion of "use self discipline" and "put your nose to the grindstone" and "grin and bear it." Having fun, was something that was rather idealistic. Your paycheck is your reward. However, I am finding, from personal experience, that this doesn't always work for everyone. A new idea is being given to me, which is, "you can't work for just a paycheck." That's great in concept, but actualizing the idea will be a challenge.
Once again, thank you for sharing your essays.
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I agree!
Here's a great video that covers the principle you're talking about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPn…
Take a look! I think you're on to something.
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There is something called "Gamification", which is basically turning every task into a game or something fun.
If that was applied in daily life I bet daily life would be more enjoyable
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Yep! Gamification is what my next essay will be about. Stay tuned!
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Ah yiss, this is awesome! Why can't parents put fun into everything?
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That would be awesome.
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Don't let yourself know you tricked yourself or you could get mad at you. 0_o
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now you got me going! lovely comic, you always know what to say...
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I really like what you're doing here!
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You're welcome! Let me know if you run into troubles-- sometimes these principles take practice. I'm still learning to apply them.
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Alright! thanks! 
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I have subscribed to this idea a long time ago. Finding the fun in everything is tricky though--sometimes it's just not "clicking"
The line after "We assume work is inherently hard" doesn't parse . . . missed a word?
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Yeah, I need to fix that. I'll do that today.
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