Warming Up The Couch
By the end of the day, I'm all spent, just about ready to drop from exhaustion, specially the past few days. My reality is that I'm in the best position to dictate the pace by which I want to operate, knowing that I can only reach my goals if I work hard. The thing is, my goals do not even include the extras that make life sweet. Oh well, maybe a little, but priority really is to survive and wing the basics, which I believe is already a feat given how hard life seems to be nowadays.
Time was when I secretly aspired to have business cards with my name on it to be able to show a badge for what keeps me busy. Back then, I didn't think that 'wife', 'mom', 'partyer' and 'bored shopper' were impressive enough titles and reason to have these cards printed, so I never had them. I remember I even dropped money in several small businesses with friends who, like myself, were bored and looking to find something to do, these ventures being cute 'toy' businesses that required cash but not much time from any of us. I guess the purpose for me was just to be able to say that I got myself involved in some 'worthy' preoccupation. Back then I spent to make myself look less bored.
Today, I work just as hard as the next person, after I've lost the luxury of being idle that comes along with privilege. Time passes, fortunes are lost, and situations change. Now, my husband and I, after having come a long way, through thick and thin, find ourselves in the very position that I so envied of our start-up, hard-working friends back in the day. And just about when people our age are craning to see retirement looming in the horizon, my husband and I, these hard- starters but fast learners, are now learning the ropes and becoming eager and hands-on entrepreneurs. You bet we're tired, but feeling young.
I have never known the value of weekends and days-off until now, that is why I love Saturdays. When life was one big weekend party everyday, I would never be caught dead looking idle, for that was my reality and that, I thought, was uncool. Nowadays, my ambition in life is to be able chill out and be spectacularly lazy, whenever I can afford the time.
I have a stash of business cards that I keep in my briefcase that I seem to give out a lot these days. But just don't ask me for one right now. Today, I intend to sit back and relax and forget all about work. You see, I need to warm up my favorite couch.
Filed Under: Life
Time was when I secretly aspired to have business cards with my name on it to be able to show a badge for what keeps me busy. Back then, I didn't think that 'wife', 'mom', 'partyer' and 'bored shopper' were impressive enough titles and reason to have these cards printed, so I never had them. I remember I even dropped money in several small businesses with friends who, like myself, were bored and looking to find something to do, these ventures being cute 'toy' businesses that required cash but not much time from any of us. I guess the purpose for me was just to be able to say that I got myself involved in some 'worthy' preoccupation. Back then I spent to make myself look less bored.
Today, I work just as hard as the next person, after I've lost the luxury of being idle that comes along with privilege. Time passes, fortunes are lost, and situations change. Now, my husband and I, after having come a long way, through thick and thin, find ourselves in the very position that I so envied of our start-up, hard-working friends back in the day. And just about when people our age are craning to see retirement looming in the horizon, my husband and I, these hard- starters but fast learners, are now learning the ropes and becoming eager and hands-on entrepreneurs. You bet we're tired, but feeling young.
I have never known the value of weekends and days-off until now, that is why I love Saturdays. When life was one big weekend party everyday, I would never be caught dead looking idle, for that was my reality and that, I thought, was uncool. Nowadays, my ambition in life is to be able chill out and be spectacularly lazy, whenever I can afford the time.
I have a stash of business cards that I keep in my briefcase that I seem to give out a lot these days. But just don't ask me for one right now. Today, I intend to sit back and relax and forget all about work. You see, I need to warm up my favorite couch.
Filed Under: Life
Poppycock | 11/27/2004 |
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