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[sweetdanish]

So I got that job and I've been working everyday from 4:30 to 8:30. It's... okay. I'm ambivalent about it. On one hand the extra money is great and I like being out with adults having grown-up conversations and then on the other hand I really miss being home for dinner and bedtime with the kids. Not to mention that I pretty much don't get to

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[heytiffany]

part of the reason im doing americorps is because i couldnt stand making money for someone i didnt know and i KNEW was so that they could buy a bunch of crap for themselves.

the difference between you and i is that you have a family to take care of which i do not. dont feel bad about it. work is work.

i get shit on people who live in big cities about shopping at wal-mart when amazingly, all they have in wyoming IS wal-mart.

people like that dont know about the necessary evils in this world because its easy to preach when you have nothing to worry about.

[sweetdanish]

I'm not sure how I missed this but I'm going to respond now, even though I'm 6 weeks behind schedule :)

Work is work, this is true. Nonetheless, I find myself amazed and a bit uncomfortable at the string of small compromises I've made as the years go by and my priorities change. I mean, I was never a super socio-political activist or anything to begin with but I have always tried to make reasonably socially responsible decisions about the organizations I support and the products I buy. I can remember being really judgmental about "complacent consumerism" before I actually had a family and things I needed to be responsible for aside from myself.