Are You Working Like a Dog?

The dictionary definition of "working like a dog" is that you work very hard.

I was watching some people have a discussion on whether they themselves worked like dogs or were they workaholics or neither?

There seemed to be a bit of a negative connotation applied to working like a dog.

I don't see any problem with working very hard, as long as you enjoy what you are doing.

A workaholic on the other hand cannot sit still. They don't know how to relax, very often their personal lives suffer and they end up with nothing at all except their work lives.

If you watch dogs (I am a bit of a dog fan) they know how to enjoy themselves. I love watching them run around having fun, sticking their noses out of car windows to grab every scent available, and you can't tell me dogs don't smile!

They love to work, they love to be appreciated and they love their rewards no matter how insignificant they may seem to us.

If we as humans got as much pleasure out of the work we were doing, we would be on the right track.

There is no point working like a dog, just trying to get through the week to the weekend, or just through your working years to get to retirement!

Who knows if you will even make it that far.

Life is for living! Make sure you are working in a job that you get satisfaction from while you are working like a dog , and in fact it wont even feel like work as the hours will fly by as you will be enjoying what you are doing.

Working like a dog does mean working very hard, but also if you think about it, it means enjoying it and even having fun while you are doing it.

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