ABSTRACT
When we work, our goal is to produce something, and because of this we naturally assume that our end in work is to have its product. In other words, we naturally treat work as a means to an end. Because we treat work as a means to an end we also understand work as something that stands between us and our end. This is another way of saying that work stands in sharp opposition to the primitive fantasy in which our end comes into existence because we want it and nothing more is needed. Yet, thinking this way about work can direct our attention away from something vital in it, which is the activity itself.
