Six Words About Work—a New Challenge, Best Prizes Ever
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Are you ready to work for your six? We think so and are excited to announce a very big, bold, and exciting new Six-Word Memoir project, “Six Words About Work,” in partnership with Mercer, a global leader in human resource consulting, outsourcing and investments. Every two weeks from now until the end of August, we’re issuing a new “Six Words About Work” Challenge. One winning Six-Word Work scribe (from each of the U.S., UK, and Canada) per topic will win his or her choice of an iPad2 or BlackBerry Playbook. All entries also are eligible to be part of a special Six Words About Work book we’re publishing this fall. Our first topic gets right to the heart of the matter:”My Job.” In six words, tell us why do you do what you do. Our judge is a woman who loves what she does, Gretchen Rubin creator of The Happiness Project blog and New York Times bestselling book, The Happiness Project,.
Work for self-respect, security, success.
Babies won’t throw out my back, (Neonatal Nurse)
Two words… My kids!
Work hard, play hard, drop dead!
planting success: I teach the future
At work, I see lazy people.
Let the countdown to retirement begin!
Free food, Money and Men.
Sell puzzles…love it to pieces.
Helping educators help students learn. Amazing.
Because I have to, to survive.
I work to buy me time.
I love education, needing full-time work.
The husband won’t hit the lottery.
Ask for money, use the money
(Development Director)
Retired. Money working for me now!
I fight to protect our children!
Wasting time until I win lottery
Thank God for several vacation days
I am grateful for my job!!
It is the Best of Times
It was the Worst of Times
Day with Pay, is Great Day
Contribute To, Not Take From Society
My skills make other people rich
I Believe: We are smarter together.
To make a difference
Get to work with stimulating people!
Baby: Food Services and Waste Management
a path to a beautiful future
The toughest job you’ll ever shove
It sure ain’t for the money.
“It renews my hope for tomorrow.”
Because past choices have present consequences.
“Wherever change leads you, be there!
Crunching numbers keeps me in balance.
living on the grid takes work
“Your kids, my kids…OUR future.”
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Need two to pay my bills.
Keeps me off the internet.
How else can I pay bills?
Thank god for weekends.
My friends all have better jobs!
One job - four mouths to feed.
I grew up for . . . this?
Five days of work - not fun.
Need to marry a rich woman . . . .
My kids have more money than me!
Work for money - and my wife.
Wife spends more than I make . . . .
She leaves if I don’t work . . . .
All people need to be needed.
My kids wonder why I work!
It’s a Faustian bargain - that’s all.
Working for religion is heaven cent.
I need to support my family
Love Information Technology, hate the managers
Renaissance man, has done it all!
To toil, to achieve, to succeed!
Because I can’t find anything better.
I know everyone’s secrets- Human Resources.
I do it for the money.
Help people to love their jobs!
Too poor to do anything else
Surrounded by construction, love every minute.
Respected company= respect from my peers.
I often cry when I’m here
They pay me a ton here!
I have no other employment options
Building a solid resume, future, life!
Surrounded by hard-working people, very fulfilling.
Never lonely, never unemployed, never boring.
Money is no longer an issue.
Surrounded by hard-working, cute boys daily.
I get all weekends/holidays off.
To pay for fun for family.
Learning the ropes to run business.
part time isn’t paying the bills.
Was for me, now for them.
Don’t want to die in prison.
Love the office sign…”CLOSED”!
goverment job, nothing i say matters
After My Master’s Degree I’m Gone
boss does drugs in his office
I’m thankful to have a job!
with our lives, we give life
love seeing my work on screen
Two sons, four school loans, voila!
Love your work, love your life. (social media consultant)
All The Hugs I Could Want!
Fun Times, Great Friends, Lifelong Learning
I work therefore I’m overly taxed.
Never thought I would enjoy retail!
It is all about the lunch.
Because they grow way too fast.
Because I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
i am the only reliable one here.
(I work with 3 & 4 year olds for a living!)
There are people who need me.
Need money and time for school.
I owe, off to work I go
Is it Saturday or Sunday yet??
The disfunctional side of my family.
Live flexibly, laugh everyday, love teaching.
It’s either this or we’re homeless.
Social media all day. What’s better?
It’s my lifelong dream come true.
I love the extraordinary daily challenges.
applying myself to be gainfully employed
Love to learn, learn to love
Diversify my life, friends, mind, inspiration
Working from home makes me happy.
If it was fun- I’d volunteer!
Feel needed in some way daily.
God
Self
Marriage
Family
Community
World
Mothering mothers so they mother others.
I wish for my dream job.
I will get it one day.
If I say the right thing.
Who knows what that will bring.
I will learn for my turn.
Please see all my hard work.
My enjoyment is just a perk.
One day I will get it.
I make more than my husband
I bring grammar to the masses
Helping My Peers Realize Their Potential
How will my work benefit humanity?
Animals Don’t Talk Back Like People
Teaching is my God-given vocation.
It’s my passion. Perk: summers off.
Passion, creativity, friends, freedom and money.
I like eating, lights, and water
I helped, I saved, I retired
Remember diamonds are made under pressure
I learn, I teach, I work.
Working moms wish they could stay…
Love art, but must pay rent.
Maybe I can save one child.
Wish being a mom paid better.
to give my daughters a home.
I work so husband can retire.
Communications can change the world.
Netflix…facebook… Oh and audit reviews
SAHM: Hardest Job I’ve Ever Had!
paid in kisses, hugs, and wishes
I do it because I care.
(Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner Student)
I inspire, encourage, and change lives.
inspiring middle school minds- summers off!!!!
I have the best job ever!
Gotta get out of the house.
Mortgage has to get paid somehow.
Making money for my shopping habit.
Winning the lottery would be fun.
Happiness isn’t a place, it’s a direction.
Living embodiment of the Peter Principle.
Customers call to whine, I listen. (Customer Service Rep)
Single Mom Desperate For A Job
Work my Soles, Raise two Souls!
Learning now will pay off later.
Punishment for having a nice weekend!
Sold books. Borders closed. Unemployed. Reading
I count beans; they make dough.
Clean up after. Low paid temp.
Meaningful work doesn’t pay this well.
Touching lives, one at a time
I get to “work” from home.
honest days work, just paying bills
Life’s buffet spreads itself before me.
(I’m a psychologist)
i don’t get paid to care.
I didn’t need that sleep anyway.
(teacher)
Back to school. Now the boss.
Perfect work comes from job pleasure !!
Reaching one kid makes teaching bearable.
The government equals permanent job security.
So that others may heal patients.
Because the children are our future.
Well somebody has to do it
My kids need me at home.
To feel complete, yet socially relevant.
I really LOVE my job. Seriously!
I’m paid well, to be abused.
Can’t fire me - I’m a slave!
I will provide content for cash.
I really do WANT a job!
Shows my kids work is rewarding.
Because I have a mortgage, wife
i only work for the weekends.
To pay my wife’s medical bills.
a crappy pay = an unhappy day
Because I love what I do
my old boss called me this:
bench leaner not a bench cleaner
Would do this job for free.
Workers work to enrich the wealthy
wages ages and creates excessive pages
My incredibly interesting occupation is photography
40 hours work, one shopping trip
crappy pays lead to unhappy days
Braille, canes, and advocacy change lives.
I honor God through my work
I’d do it for nothing (sssssh!)
Work to live, not the opposite.
Intellectually stimulating environment with great pay!
Fundraising to save lives. It’s gratifying!
Love the work, people, respect, Visa.
It is what it is not.
One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest
good work is its own reward!
Work is a four letter word!
Take the money, live the lie.
It’s a lot easier than hookin’!
I work for Change. Beats tips.
Like hell, but with fluorescent lighting!
Freedom to think, not to act.
Balancing stress, focusing on en-JOY-ing life!
Risky business pays, captivates the mind.
Baby on way, career can wait
Its better(only slightly) than starving.
Not just the money, but glory
Work to live, Live to work
Took a wrong turn, got stuck.
I have a mortgage to pay
Closer to relationship…employment lasted longer,
I get paid to be nosey.
Being nosey is my forte.
I work to pay for travel.
Have fun. Make a difference. Go!
The easy ones don’t pay much
Survive this work by laughing often
money, Money, MOney, MONey, MONEy, MONEY!
Gas money to get to college.
The most real definition of insanity.
I can’t wait until I retire!
sold my soul for a paycheck
Professional skeptic, or paid to doubt
I fear unemployment could be worse.
To golf on the weekend!
Because, sadly, bills don’t pay themselves.
Preschoolers are worth more than money!
Teaching kids to read is fun!
i do it for the KIDS…
Because I like the daily abuse.
Responsibilities to daughter, need the money!
Teach Prek: Never a dull nanosecond
It finally means something to me.
Want to be valued - add value
On clock, off clock, doesn’t matter!
Unnecessarily stressful, at least I’m paid.
Teaching reaches into the future: Purpose.
Work is a four letter word.
A woman’s work is never done!
they don’t care why do I
Monday Monday Monday Monday Friday YAY!
Thank you may I have another
I ask myself this question daily…
I very much miss my job.
Now, I’ll take anything out there.
At night, I dream about working.
Because unemployment checks don’t last forever…
Magic 8-Ball says: Ask again later.
My boss is 10 months old.
So many people, not enough booze…
I have a duty to do.
I have two (different views of the same half-full glass):
Family, dignity, purpose, contribution, goodies.
Elusive if paid, plentiful, and purposeful.
I already posted but I thought of a variation of my post that I also like:
Family, fulfillment, dignity, purpose, contribution.
I work from home…Praise God!
part time job sustains unsustainable artist studio
Abandon hope all who enter here.
Work hard and teach others well.
Waiting for Godot…no, he left.
I’m the toughest boss I know.
To keep ahead of the rats.
Living the self-employed dream–twenty-four seven.
Teachers help the world, politicians divide
But a means to an end.
Write clean code. Make stuff work.
Four thousand days until I retire.
I work because I like to party!
Gotta be miserable to be happy.
I was told to do it!
I am enslaved; I will survive
A prescription for life without cancer
be a voice for the voiceless
free the enslaved; empower the free
I teach others to help themselves.
blood, sweat, tears, for my family
SAHM - Not my cup of tea!
It’s an excuse to do nothing.
A good team makes the day.
Retail is theatre, ok you’re on.
If you like work it’s “Workplay.”
Young heads and hearts soaring, reading!
a dedicated worker without much appreciation
Because Ed McMahon never showed up!
I don’t have a Sugar Daddy!
I change lives, lives change me
I don’t have a rich relative
I’m addicted to food and shelter
Need money to support coffee habit
Teenagers aren’t the nightmares they’re portrayed.
My hands heal sweet helpless dogs.
Pastime between this and next weekend!
Do it for love, not money.
Doesn’t scare easy, works retail
Does not scare easy, works retail
I just need the insurance. Thanks.
Too educated to get hired anywhere
Cashiering pays rent, student loans, food
Bachelors degree, want fries with that?
BA in English , Paper or plastic?
Work. Because Fun is over-rated.
Gotta have money to make money!
I use my brain and gain
mind opens, heart beats, words come
tis shame, no pain no gain
i yearn to learn and earn
Are we supposed to enter here or on the Work tab??
Retired. Work for myself now. Writing!
To avoid using my own a/c.
For the money, not the happiness.
I see world changing potential
Self-employed. Tough gig. Tough boss!
Writing is my soul’s resume objective.
It helps to pay for doughnuts.
Literal movements beats lateral by landslide.
Without purpose and poetry we die.
Making the most of it; (F)Unemployment!
Catching babies is an awesome job.
I promised ten-year-old me.
To help heroes of small business!
Write to fight for others’ jobs.
Sucking up to boss is loathesome.
My paycheck isn’t worth the hassle.
It’s OK to work for joyfulness.
Going to work should be fun.
Work and play aren’t mutually exclusive.
Every morning I go in smiling.
I do this for the satisfaction.
The paycheck is just an afterthought.
I’ll always work–even after retirement.
survival comes in all forms:work
They’re finally paying me for this!
Frustrating job, providing means for great holidays
Working with people, who become family.
Trusting boss: …”Just keep me posted.”
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Working is better than not working.
Dreaming astronaut, doing law, sweating motherhood!!!
Work to live; live to enjoy.
Job is better than no job
I love being around people, just don’t like working with them!
One more day closer to retirement
You want me to do what?
I still don’t know why.
Have to pay back school loans…
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