What does thoreau mean when he says, "as for work, we haven't any of any consequence"?

Thoreau means when he says the line "as for work, we haven’t any of any consequence" is all work that we do is trivial and meaningless. He also means that there is not any work of importance, it is all trivial and meaningless. Henry David Thoreau is an essayist, historian, surveyor, naturalist, tax resister, philosopher, and poet.