By Alexis Louise Reda
It seems that every day I ask myself this question on some level:
What is hard work?
🤔…
What IS it?
Why should anything be “hard” work?
Why “work”?
WHY?!
I believe in the concept of what I call “Construct”. We create Constructs every day: things and thoughts which we give an arbitrary yet specific meaning to – and I say arbitrary because in each our own realities, we can make anything mean whatever we want to us, even if it rubs against the majority’s typical associated meaning. But some Constructs are so instilled in us because they have been in our heritage for so long, that they are hard to rewire. They are hard to perceive in a different way to our personal liking, and so they influence our “default” perception, whenever we are less than fully aware. These Constructs have long been kept in circulation, regularly agreed upon by the masses of the “Collective” of people within which we live. They are being constantly reinforced, exemplifying a principle called “the majority rules.” “Hard work,” and even “work” alone, are one of these long-held, thus difficult-to-rewire Constructs. Being so, you will likely understand when I say that the cultural connotation of “hard work” is very rough and tough… but since “work” comprises so much of our day, I strongly believe it is counter-productive to hang onto this notion. In daily practice then, operating by the default implications of “hard work” imposes an overdose of restriction, and restriction destroys energy flow, destroying a person’s ability to “work hard” over time.
Counterintuitive? You might think so.
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