Confronting Complicity in Capitalism, Week 8: Work Anarchy

<p>What is ‘work’? Is it the thing that gives me money? Or the thing I spend time and energy on? And what if those two were … separate?</p><p>In week 8 of Confronting Complicity in Capitalism, Elena and I unpack and repack ‘work.’</p><p>It turns out there are MANY ways to do ‘work.’</p><p>For anyone aware of ‘relationship anarchy,’ this may sound familiar. Just like there are more ways to have a relationship than “traditional marriage with house and kids and everything with one partner,” there are more ways to work than “job description with fixed hours and a salary.” </p><p>In fact, it’s a whole smorgasbord of choices!</p><p>And they don’t just apply to me as an individual. </p><p>We are coming up with our own model of a “purpose partnership.” Not a startup or business venture, not just project collaborators, not friends helping each other out. But with new-to-me interdependence – shared risk, mutual exchange and development, co-creation, making decisions together, a deep commitment. With money and way beyond money.</p><p>We are curious what comes up for you as you unpack and re-pack this idea of ‘work’:</p><p>Could ‘relationship anarchy’ apply to work? </p><p>Could we uncouple what is considered ‘work’?</p><p>How could we put it back together in new creative ways? </p><p><br></p><p>Resources on topics mentioned:</p><p>On <a href="https://nglcommunity.org/about/who-we-are/miki-kashtan/"><u>Miki Kashtan and NGL</u></a></p><p>On relationship anarchy: <a href="https://log.andie.se/post/26652940513/the-short-instructional-manifesto-for-relationship"><u>manifesto</u></a>, <a href="https://www.multiamory.com/podcast/339-the-smorgasbord-of-relationships"><u>smorgasbord</u></a>, <a href="https://artsoftheworkingclass.org/text/romantic-love-and-relationship-anarchism"><u>history</u></a></p><p>As always, follow along on…</p><ul><li><p>video on LinkedIn (visible if you’re connected to me or Elena)</p></li><li><li><p>blog on Medium: <a href="https://juliash.medium.com/"><u>https://juliash.medium.com/</u></a> </p></li></li></ul>