Saturday, July 08, 2017

Structured Work

The more intensely specialized the division of labor becomes, the more usual it is for tasks to become endlessly repetitive, and work regimes become more stationary in space.

Within smaller operations, in which a greater amount of necessities are handled by those doing the work themselves, and ownership of the operation is more localized, the work itself lends greater vitality to one's life.

One's day can involve a variety of tasks, all of which exercise various faculties that are vital to one's well-being. One may be doing vigorous labor for an hour, and then switching to a more stationary activity to rest one's muscles but stimulate one's mind, and then one is off again to lift something or other after one has rested and perhaps become a little bored. One is constantly moving, and the switching of tasks is invigorating.

It is good to work with a variety of individuals in a variety of contexts, so as to organically strengthen those bonds through work. And here, all of the work components exists together in a loose, nearly semi-anarchic array of components, all of which are conditioned by natural necessity, so that they snap together like links in a tightening chain as a process revs up.