Confronting Complicity in Capitalism, Week 8: Work Anarchy

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?In week 8 of Confronting Complicity in Capitalism, Elena and I unpack and repack ‘work.’It turns out there are MANY ways to do ‘work.’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.” In fact, it’s a whole smorgasbord of choices!And they don’t just apply to me as an individual. 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.We are curious what comes up for you as you unpack and re-pack this idea of ‘work’:Could ‘relationship anarchy’ apply to work? Could we uncouple what is considered ‘work’?How could we put it back together in new creative ways? Resources on topics mentioned:On Miki Kashtan and NGLOn relationship anarchy: manifesto, smorgasbord, historyAs always, follow along on…video on LinkedIn (visible if you’re connected to me or Elena)blog on Medium: https://juliash.medium.com/