Work Smarter, Not Harder

Love is probably what propels people into ideas of gaining personal success. The idea is to have a nice job where you don’t kill or poison yourself, have great  perks and insurance to cover medical expenses and personal maintenance. To be able to make enough money to be ‘content’ enough so that greed and penny pinching doesn’t motivate personal or professional stress.

How does love motivate such ambitious thoughts? Well, who doesn’t want to feel well taken care of?

But is it a little… presumptuous or self righteous to asks these things of industry and government? No, because most people in a community or society are motivated to take care of others and through them feel taken care of. The greater industrial revolutions have happened in mass production and labour to better motivate cost effective changes, but for the most part on industry. Industry for the most part has figure heads and controlling interests who pay themselves huge percentages of a companies earnings. Why not? Shouldn’t a franchise owner by rights, be able to pay himself well? Why should it be any different for large industrial corporations or leaders? Well the answer is simple…

Let’s say there is a family that owns a few fast food chains. The Berlitz Family has 6 A&W restaurants. The franchise name takes 15% of total earnings every month. 35% goes back into the stores for stock and supplies. That’s 50%, put labour costs on top of that and you have perhaps 60% of total earnings gone. Let’s say these 6 stores do fairly well and make about $15, 000 a week with stock and supplie orders being about $3, 000 per store. That’s $12, 000 in stock and supply a week out of about a hundred thousand dollars. That isn’t bad for over head for that kind of profit generation. But let’s say because they get good traffic labour is up and costs are up. So let’s say about $15,000 for supplies and about the same in labour. That means it takes two stores entire earnings to keep up the other 4, which is actually a fairly realistic outlook on the way some franchises operate, it’s part of the success and rampant growth of a lot of chains and why some owners are repeat owners. On top of these costs you have insurance, legal fees, licensing fees, a whole slew of fees and bills for each location. Phone and internet, security, rent the list of expenses goes on and on. In the end a guy who you would assume is a millionaire because he has multiple little chain stores, is really getting by maybe just a little better than other folks.  Depending on the franchise he might not even be able to pay himself as much as he would like or as much as is possible.

On the industrial side of things a company let’s call ‘Spartan Steel’ acquires and melts down scrap iron. They make only one product I beams for homes. Spartan Steel has 2 factories across North America. The company hires people with less than a high-school education and reformed criminals, reformed criminals get them a small tax credit. As a whole Spartan Steel has their workers earning a nice wage considering their history and education. But their insurance is terrible, which is barely debated or even regarded either because of the overall education and lifestyle of their workers. It isn’t nothing but they have some insurance.

Spartan employs about 60 people per factory on various levels of pay and insurance. The customer service, database, and ordering staff make a nice wage and have nice insurance and may or may not have university or college degrees.  The administrative staff makes the biggest overall wage has complete comprehensive insurance, and all of which have a degree or a proven background. Each factory brings in almost 20 million a year, with about 6-7 million going back into expenses which leaves a float of at least 10 million between them, regardless of critical meltdowns or setbacks. Of this ten million the founder and his partners take 3 million each on top of regular wages and benefits they pay themselves. ‘Spartan Steel’ has been snow balling profits since it started and has been operational for almost 35 years.

Now is it silly or morally ambiguous to assume or suppose the industrial owners should have some kind of maximum that they can pay themselves, just like how the Berlitz family has? They can only take out so much before they are in debt to themselves, which is a reality of some small businesses.

Everyone is out to make a dollar in  business, that’s the point unless it’s a philanthropic endeavour. Really though, people don’t need 30 million dollar estates and bank accounts with snow balling interest. How much is enough to be comfortable and when does just wanting to be comfortable turn into wanting to devour the world? How much success is too much success?

Perhaps a lot of economic problems are because of so much money going into non-circulating accounts. Money that goes in and never comes out, ever.

After the last industrial revolution industry the world saw a financial revolution. It became possible to snowball finances exponentially in some cases, with little to no work involved.

Do people act greedy out of love? I don’t think so. But the motivations start, I’m sure, with wanting to take of yourself, love for yourself is still love isn’t it? But …

No you know what… any personal overhead over 15 million should be pushed back into the system. People don’t need fucking 50, 000 square feet yards and 2 mile drive ways and private islands. It’s bullshit, really like what the fuck.

AND STOP TRYING TO GO TO SPACE
FUCKING VISIT THE OCEAN FIRST
LIKE SHIT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE LOL

Written Rebuttal

The way a person writes can determine the sort of people who will want to read it. The active or passive voice can direct the attention that they would receive. It is unfortunate that the punctuation and diction as well as the grammatical structure, topics, and paragraph formations are also very important. It is these things that have allowed this A.C.T. to go on for so long.

I have a habit of creating a shadow of myself in whatever I create. I could write it, speak it, record it, and a sliver of what I mean might make it through and time and shown me that it is only the people closest to me that truly come to understand my brand of comedy, tragedy, parody, and it is also these people that can also tell when I am being serious or silly. Unfortunately these things are lost here, throughout the disjointed paragraphs which all started with a well meaning point only to later drown, not even a paragraph away, in the overcomplexity and ridiculousness of my diction and persistent and altogether accidental prose style.

Like my YouTube page, each video was created with a point or creative intention only to fall short and become and over complicated mess that asks too much time from people, with little reward. I feel like I have to go back and create translations for myself – which I also feel here. This kind of overcomplicated nature is also a part of my personal life. My family and friends know all too well of it and perhaps I might have been more successful if I had only intentioned to be personal and speak out about my personal history and problems. At least those stories are interesting.

My points shoot out like thistles in every direction. If my writings here are dance steps, they wouldn’t make any sense and no partner would be able to keep up or enjoy it. I have only gone out of my way to make an oddity of myself, it was never my intention. I have only gone out of my way to allow myself open to personal attack, with my overly pretentious and at times narcissistic and distant way of speaking.

I will continue to write here for the pleasure of it, which is really all this is about. I’ve been mocked for that fact as well, having been told that this is nothing more than ‘masturbation of my psyche’. I can’t bring myself to agree with that. My views and opinions on matters of sexuality, morality, and current affairs are not usually considered by or applicable to other people. That tells me this is good and right, even if I overstep myself at times.

I am listened to and appreciated by those I keep close. I am respected for as a voice of reason and pit of knowledge even if others I know wouldn’t agree. They don’t have to agree with me, but a nice and well written rebuttal is always nice.

I Want To Need

I’m going to speak personally here.

I have meet too many people who put themselves in less than desirable positions when it comes to personal finance. I have met too many individuals who protest that on their pay-day, they ‘owe it to themselves’   to ‘treat’ themselves. This kind of mentality is complete and utter bullshit.

Why do people have jobs?
Because we have to?
If people absolutely had to, there would be no homeless. There would be incredible monoliths in place for public housing. Every single person in the world who is able would be employed if people ‘had’ to have a job.

It isn’t mandatory that people work. Find a homeless person you’ll see that. Many people are homeless or impoverished because of either unfortunate circumstance or selfishness. Any excuse I would be given for some other reason, I assure you, would be boiled down to one of the two.

If you have a well paying job and you work hard, good. This means that you ‘ow it to yourself’ to have some self respect. Get good rest, eat right, and continue being productive. Now, unfortunately a lot of people don’t get as much rest as they probably should, or eat as well as they would like to, or at least eat as well as society would have them believe they should. And not a lot of people seem to really enjoy their jobs because work is a bit of a drag. But, just because you don’t have 100% satisfaction with your job doesn’t mean that you can label your ‘treats’ as necessaries because you feel that without your little pick-me-ups you’d commit suicide. These are the ideals of a weak willed individual and the motives for a lot of trouble.

People who go out of their way to over spend on trinkets, junk, and waste that will give them a half second of pleasure are giving themselves hours perhaps even days of trouble. And is it worth it? How much is feeling good for a fleeting second worth? Yes life is short, yes work sucks, but if you have self respect, you” work hard you can give yourself the ‘treat’ of treating your body right. Just because you feel you work hard doesn’t mean you need to play hard. Life would probably be a lot brighter and less bleak if you took care of yourself. You’d live longer and be happier just because you’d be rested and well nourished, which would probably decrease stress.

Weak, foolish, and impoverished individuals are usually lazy, poor workers who are probably unreliable, short to temper, and easily distracted. A foolish person doesn’t know how to spend their money, a weak person doesn’t believe they should invest in rest and nourishment because of either depression or anxiety, and an impoverished person will gladly go through life without cleaning up after themselves or appreciating others outside of what they can provide.

Drowning in a cycle of ‘self medication’ isn’t a solution. Its a distraction and a distraction that can cost you your living arrangements.  If you don’t put your business before your pleasure, you are going to find yourself with a lot less pleasure. Allowing the stress of this to build up will only increase your bills and probably callous spending on self medication. Please, if you or someone you know is sacrificing their standard of living for their lifestyle, do not support their lifestyle. Shun it if you have to. If you care about them, shun it. Seeing a person put their lifestyle before their livelihood or their standard of living… it makes me want to find a megaphone and shout;

“If you are not thinking about what you are doing, then you are thoughtless.”

I’m guessing its the ‘pleasure before business mentality’ that is seeing a lot more young people staying at home longer, or moving back home more often. There is some kind of warped generation gap happening for the ‘technological natives’ (people born from 1985-1993), its as though you can only find work if you submit a resume online, which ties into only being able to succeed in school with a personal computer. So now not only does a person require food, water, electricity, and a place to sleep but you need an internet connection now as well. And its strange and different. Computers are machines of instant gratification which could possibly be influencing and facilitating some odd social paradigm shifts. Parents of the ‘T.N.’ generation mentioned; can’t believe a lot the lazy disgusting shit their kids have produced, or people they have become. Unemployed, self obsessed, narcissistic, prone to depression, parasites of human beings. Its disgusting.

I hope to god if you are reading this that you put business before pleasure. I hope you think about what you are doing with every dollar you spend and minute you spend earning that dollar. Life is short but if you don’t live wisely, it is going to be a lot shorter and more like hell everyday. Notice the things you like and dislike, and seek it out. Go for it. Get it. I just hope that if you know what you want, you go get it, and know what to do with it. Each person has a life and its theirs, once an individual realizes what that means I hope they think about what they do with it.

Eat, drink, and be merry. But don’t let the merriment put you out of house and home. And don’t let merriment take over your entire life.

You want to celebrate everyday?
Wake up and take care of yourself, you’ll have more days to celebrate.

Where Have All The People Gone

If you could boil yourself down to four descriptive sentences, what would they say?
What would these four sentences say if someone else wrote them about you?

Do you think your friends and family would have different things to say about you?

If you’re a healthy individual, they most probably would.
It shouldn’t be a topic of discord or indifference to relate to individuals on an individual level. It doesn’t make a person fake or flaky to do so. Some people tolerate swears and curses while others find them disrespectful and unnecessary. Would it be that not swearing around one individual and swearing to another makes the speaker ‘not true’ to themselves, or perhaps putting on a facade? It isn’t untrue to speak, act, or conduct yourself differently around individuals or groups because its actually quit acceptable to do so. Did you ever swear in elementary school? Did you get punished for it? What was the appropriate conduct in elementary school? What about the social conduct of high school, would it be safe to assume there would be a contrast between the two – outside of the classroom? Now what of the conduct between friends on the school yard and friends outside of high school, any contrast? Probably the sharpest and easiest contrast would be that of the individuals past self and present self, with some line drawn between age and maturity. But its a little deeper than ‘sexual and hormonal maturation Vs etiquette’.

What relationship dynamics govern friendship?

The conduct between friends is understandably the most prevalently fluctuating. Some people drink water, others have soda, while many like beer, liquors and whine. Folks are different all around and its safe to see why reacting differently to different people makes sense. A person shouldn’t be judged by anything other than their actions. Words are flimsy drooled out of any persons mouth with no particular cause or meaning if you are speaking nonsense. You can put poison into someones ear easier than any other orifice on their body. You can fill them full of lies, ideas, and infections tales of caution and experience. Actions on the other hand are very effective at being direct. If you like someone, enjoy it. If you love someone kiss them. If you hate something break it.

What relationship dynamics govern intimate partnerships?

Perhaps the strongest contrast can be made between friends and forms of intimacy. Would you like to think a person cares for others on only one level? For example, the love they feel for their puppy is the same they feel for their cat, which is the same they feel for their parents, and the same they feel for their neighbour. That’s crazy! People love on different levels as they socialize on different levels. Its inherent, rampant, and does not in anyway make a person fake or untrue. If its fine to love your mother differently than how you love your wife, and if its fine to enjoy toast not so much in the same way you enjoy cake, then its ok to be silly with one person and serious with another.

You can make friendship out to be an expression of companionship, accommodation, or condition. Whatever relationships are – they are their own individual expression between people.

Desperately Promiscuous

Everyone has his or her fetish. Everyone has their sweet spot, their preference, and everyone has their fantasy.  However, everyone also has his or her ideal. Everyone has his or her survival instinct.

Usually people seek partners who they find attractive or sustaining. On an animal/survival level this is the case with a great deal of society. Survival instincts interact with the everyday lives of modern man. In addition, this is generally dismissed as people believe they are above their animal origins. The nature of sustaining relationships seem to be centered in status and sex. Countless people have chosen partners, lovers, and even spouses because of two primordial forces that govern every organism, if not consciously than perhaps mechanically. “Posterity for the species” reflexes. Some would say the genetic d river in the car of our lives, in every action, for every organism. Whatever can conditionally sustain a being whether it be an amoeboid or a man from Dandenong Australia trying to pick himself up from a bad divorce.

People are attracted to each other for different reasons that are understood. Although everyone has their fetish and everyone has their quip. If you adhere to the fetish, you can at least guarantee sexual gratification or perhaps a greater personal desire. If you adhere to the quip, you can probably count on a personally succinct relationship based on who you are as people, and not who you are essentially.

“Who someone is essentially”, can be broken down into several forms. Who they are personally, who they are publically, and who they are intimately, as well as whom or how – they perceives themselves to be. This concept breaks into personality theory and brackets social presence.

A more basic interpretation: Motherfuckers want some pussy. Bitch spread your legs and give me all the money in your wallet. Let’s role play a robbery, except I’m a keep all your money when I’m done wrecking your baby thrower.

A Orwellian interpretation: Genitals with bar code tattoos to tell who is who, oh and these genital creatures live in caves they dig. They also go to space.

TLDR and no stupid shit: People staying together and trying to keep each other happy is romance.