I really like my work, I enjoy the job that I'm doing and people that I'm working with, but... life is so much work- centered! You just spend so much of your time there! That is scary! Only now I realize how important it is for you to
1) like you job
2) DO something during weekends apart from sleeping
3) have and LIVE your hobbies
4) constantly looking for new passions, interests, friends
5) keeping the work- life balance
6) have positive attitude and be happy with your life
This is actually nothing new, I somehow knew this 'truth' for a long time, but I realized how important it is to actually make those things reality!
February 10, 2008
scary thought...
So, I have been in Switzerland for 3 months now.
I kind of settled down already- in my room I feel like in my room, Saturday is the cleaning day, I go to the gym 3 times a week, I will start my German course this week, I have 'my people' here, my favorite places; and finally, at work I feel I am the part of the team/ organization.
But just some days ago the scary thought came to my mind- I realized, that you spend so much time at your work, that you hardly have time for anything else! And no matter how much you like your job, it's always like this- you wake up, you go to work, spend most of your day there, come back home, cook/clean/do the laundry/go for a course, you go to bed, then you wake up, go to work... and the week is gone! Then during the weekend you can ether sleep (which I do not recommend) or spend it as active as possible. But then, you feel like you are tired after your weekend, but there's no time to rest, because you have to wake up and go to work again!
I really like my work, I enjoy the job that I'm doing and people that I'm working with, but... life is so much work- centered! You just spend so much of your time there! That is scary! Only now I realize how important it is for you to
1) like you job
2) DO something during weekends apart from sleeping
3) have and LIVE your hobbies
4) constantly looking for new passions, interests, friends
5) keeping the work- life balance
6) have positive attitude and be happy with your life
This is actually nothing new, I somehow knew this 'truth' for a long time, but I realized how important it is to actually make those things reality!
I really like my work, I enjoy the job that I'm doing and people that I'm working with, but... life is so much work- centered! You just spend so much of your time there! That is scary! Only now I realize how important it is for you to
1) like you job
2) DO something during weekends apart from sleeping
3) have and LIVE your hobbies
4) constantly looking for new passions, interests, friends
5) keeping the work- life balance
6) have positive attitude and be happy with your life
This is actually nothing new, I somehow knew this 'truth' for a long time, but I realized how important it is to actually make those things reality!
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7 comments:
Randomly found your blog! Liked last post, it's so true:)
Masha
Well yeah...but if you consider the things from another perspective you'll see that in the future you will have time for more other activities.
For an example, you will not be alone in your life (you will not live alone) so you'll have someone to share the home activities with (and do them faster) so more time for other stuff will remain.
Plus it's always up to you to decide what will your priority be.
Greetings from Skopje
Rogi
but all in all I think it is also cause we get used to it through @ both work centered approach as well as active exhausting weekends;-)
yeah, truth. life is so work centred. but to be honest, imagine that you would just win $100m. technically you wouldn't have to work and you would have a lot of free time?? would it be better? people aorund wouldn't be changed. they would still have their busy lives and you would have a lot of free time. and i heard once (i experienced that and i agree) that one of the worst thing about having too much free time is when u r the only person who has free time and no one else around you has it too...
good luck and i'm happy for you that u enjoy your work :)
I kind of don't actually agree with this, because I believe that it is a part of the human psychology to always want more (regardless of the type).
So if you win $100m, there is a great probability that you will work even harder to make them more. It's something like and enchanted circle :)
well, maybe in fact you would still want more but you would have enough money to pay others to make your money multiplied :-)
depends on the personality probably...
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