I've decided that this blog is going to be a weekly one. This is due mostly to the fact that when I get off work, I'm just too tired to do anything accept watch a little boob-tube and eat some Ramon noodles. Perhaps this will change once I get out of training and start doing my job in earnest, but I'm not going to hold my breath just-in-case.
I've been trying to keep up with the blogs of my friends, but they, too, have to wait until the weekend, and I usually don't comment on them. My poor friends. They must think I don't love them anymore, and that I don't find what they write interesting, but I do. I truly do. I just don't have a lot to say right now that doesn't have something to do with work. This leads me to the question I want to ask with this blog:
Do you (have you, would you, etc.) allow work, school, social obligations, family, etc. to consume you to the point that it engulfs you, forcing you to foresake what you consider the pleasures of life?
(Obviously, my answer to this question is yes. You can use the two posts I've made since I started working as evidence. Throw on top of that the fact that I only leave the house to go to work, and it becomes clear that I'm working myself up to lonely recluse status. Ay, me. Looks like I'll be dying alone. I won't be found for weeks, and my body will be gnawed by the dozen or so cats I'll have collected by then.)
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Yep. If you die alone in your house, your cat(s) will eat you.
Mishell, I think the key word in your post is "allow". The choice is yours.
I have managed at various points in my life to fill up my time with things I didn't really want to be doing. So, priority setting time. Dump the "obligations" that left me drained and find the things that energize me.
Unless you're extraordinarily lucky, work is a given. Most of us only have to deal with that 8 hours a day. I'm really lucky in my job, but it wasn't always so. Even a longer work day leaves plenty of time for friends, writing, etc.
Here's the question to ask yourself: In ten years do you want to look back and say, "I finished my novel (or short story collection or screenplay)" or "I saw every episode of Heroes and Desperate Housewives"? And, actually, you can do both if you really want to.
Short answer: no.
Longer answer, there are a finite number of hours in a day, and sometimes one thing has to be neglected to do something else. While I cut down on certain things during my busy times (like right now), I make sure to alwasy find some time for extracurricular activities, even if they're as simple as taking a walk down by the river.
I think it's been more than a week, Tortilla Girl.
What the Whit-ty one said. =)
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