
I am back to blogging, well, semi-back b'cos I have not got the whole project done after such a bitter short-long week!!!! I hate it! I hate it more when I was thrown into this crap situation by someone I had tried to help and I had tried to trust when my intuition and existing bad experiece warned me NOT to!!! Anyway, I have to go through this. I hope this time I take lesson!!!!!!!!
I came upon a revelation regarding life. You kinda have to think...what the hell are we working towards??? Are we working to eat, to have a home to go to, to have a fancy car to drive? It just occurred to me that I shouldn't just be working, but I should be working towards something--otherwise all the time that I spend at work is senseless.
I've always wanted to become rich and successful, probably like most people. I had different goals than most though--I wanted to live by myself in my penthouse apartment in the middle of NYC. I wanted to be one of those people who worked off their cell phones and didn't have to be at work at 9am. My phone would ring off the hook from people who are asking for my opinion or decision. That was my dream.
I guess I've been working towards that dream and I'm getting there in a different way. I'm getting phone calls early in the morning until late at night. I'm making work runs until midnight. I'm answering e-mails well into the early hours of the day. I'm working nights, weekends, and while I sleep I dream about work.
So I've come to question, what is it really all about? Is it a boundary issue that I need to face? Is it the job I have? Or is the the person I choose to be? Maybe it's because I'm in love, or maybe it's because I grew up and realized that my dream is a stupid dream. But either way, I'm questioning the way I live. I'm really starting to think if it is worth it.
I've thought about just limiting my work hours but I can't do it. I can't do it because things won't get done, and when things don't get done...I can't rest. And besides, you can't downgrade without someone saying something to you. I know that if I stop working after hours, someone will say something. So, I've decided that I don't need to work. I don't need to work because I no longer have the need to be rich and successful. I just want to be able to eat dinner without a phone call from work.
I noticed yesterday that when work calls me, I pick up right away. But when my mom calls me, I silence her call. I think there's something wrong there. I need to re-prioritize my life.