The world that was

Remember this world?

 

This guy, or some version of him, was your standard career man some generations ago. He could look forward to about 40 years of 40 hour weeks, one job for most of his life, steady paycheck, an uneventful retirement with enough saved to buy a house, kids in college. In short, the middle class hallucination.

And for a while this guy existed.  And it was good.   And for many of us, this is our original, childhood conditioning of what work should look like. And yes, we are still carrying this image around at the back of our minds.

But I got news for you. You're not this guy. You don't live in this world. You cannot have the same approach to work as he did. 

A lot has changed since the days of our parents. The first big change is that work can now follow you everywhere.