Breakin' Deals and Seels

    Well, it seems as though my initiation to start welding to take place of my original occupation has come to a potential end. My resources are no longer providing me with time, and without the time, I cannot have the knowledge. Instead, this week I tried to figure out why my pressure washer was leaking so bad when I tried to pressure wash my driveway. I made sure all the seals were not cross threaded and were tight to prevent leaks, but I was still having an issue with it leaking. I assessed the inside of the attachments, and it seemed to me that the O-ring seels are were old, frail, and split. I will be going to purchase a few of those so I can actually have the pressure I need to wash and clean things around my house. I guess here I am trying to be a make-shift mechanic or a fix it Felix.

    At this point, I would place my occupation within the MAC model in box (D) or meaningless and attentional boredom. I feel like the description of the attention component is best well described by overstimulation because I have the demand of this blog and a paper assignment due at the end of the semester that I want to do well on. I want to be able to properly participate in the occupation I chose so I can reflect upon my experiences and write about them accurately, but because I have little to no resources allowing me the ability to participate in the occupation, I often see the meaning of the occupation losing value. The occupation no longer is congruent with my goals and holds little meaning. I wish this was not the case, but I can reflect on my experience up until now and recognize that maybe I would have had a better outcome had this occupation been one where I independently supplied the resources needed for the occupation and independently taught myself the occupation.

    Boredom impacts my occupational choices now, because I see the correlation with what I choose to do in times where I feel like I am shuffling to find activity, although I have a laundry list of tasks to get done. I don’t see boredom so much as an emotion like the article discussed, but more so as an internal motive to reach our internal wants and needs. I remember calling my mom during some summers and telling her I was bored while she was at work, and that has either changed because as I get older I gain more responsibility and I feel the need to accomplish something for myself, or I have learned to fill the voids of boredom with other occupations that may not serve me properly. This relates to the initiation of my new occupation because as I know what I have chosen as my new occupation, I am still finding fillers to fill the time I would have otherwise been spending on learning how to mechanic or weld if I had the proper resources. I am hoping this lull in my new occupation will motivate me enough to take initiative of my own learning without relying on others.