Twelveth: Lord Of The Blogs · 4:30pm Oct 3rd, 2020
My new job is ROUGH: 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week. FEH.
However, it's also given me a chance to appreciate the idea of working; I'm one of those folks who feels that as long as I am able to work, I should work. I'm not knocking welfare so much, as I'm saying that it helps me feel productive, like I'm actually making headway in this thing we refer to as Life - forward headway, in fact.
And where I once believed that a 9 to 5 job would, and I quote, "take my Life away", I've come to find with time that it's not the case. I simply have to learn to have a Life AROUND it, is all.
And as for my writing? Well, I've come to seeing what I do as something to help me wind down after work - a few paragraphs or so, and not only have I accomplished more with it, but I've also gotten my mind ready for sleep. As a long-time insomniac, this is HEAVEN to me; I actually got a solid five hours the other day! And it felt GREAT!
The job is kind of physically demanding... but I feel that it's also toughening me up for the effort - and it does feel good to know I'm finally getting the exercise I've been needing for a while now. Hopefully, once I get past the two week mark, I'll just be flowing along with both job and writing... and that I'll FINALLY be happy about my Life Situation at last.
Or at least that I'll stop moping about it as much. *rueful chuckle*
