A Pome a Day for a Year

Holiday is over, pal!
You got work to do, things to fix, people to help.
I know, I know, it mushes the brain,
it deadens the spirit
and it wastes your hours but hey,
the world is about working to live,
just make sure you do not live to work.

Unless of course, you find something that excites,
something that makes you leap from your bed,
something engaging and worthwhile.

Is it really even work, then?

Hard work equals good rewards,
I was told when younger.
My life was devoid of rewards
when I served at a counter,
the shop floor, a bar, a restaurant,
cleaned a seven story office building;
hard work was the baseline here.

Current employed status is easier
than all before, though the challenge
is zero and the rewards tower.
I cannot make sense of this.