Time To Get Down To Business
I woke up this morning sort of in a panic because I realized that if I don’t start kicking things into gear, I might just fall apart financially. Sadly, I am not independently rich and the U.S. economy is going to shit so it’s hard to find consulting work. And while I can probably start beating myself up over not utilizing these past couple of months more efficiently – I’m not going to. I am happy for the first time in the long time and it’s made all the difference in the world to me.
But (and it’s a big but), as much as I would like to think, happiness just doesn’t pay the bills. And I very much doubt that I could sustain “being happy” while not being able to afford that cute pair of shoes I have been coveting. Just being realistic here.
So now, my brain has shifted gears – from daydreaming about what I want to do, to putting into action all those things that I want to get done. Let us not have all this risk I am taking be for nothing. I intend to have it all. And instead of working hard at doing something I don’t like. I am going to work harder doing something I love.
This may mean making some sacrifices like starting to give up my slow mornings drinking rooibos tea and reading the New York Times and CNN online.
Oh just saying it (writing it?) out loud sounds so heartbreaking. I looovvveee my slow mornings.
And I’ve found that spending so much time alone writing has actually started making me talk to myself. I think I do it just to make sure that I have an “actual” voice rather than the interior monologue that keeps yammering all day long. It’s nuts. I am almost tempted to get a part time job just so I can be around new people. Maybe then I’ll stop believing that the mail carrier is a good person to talk to or that working from a coffee shop constitutes social interaction.
Oh, this situation is now sounding grave.
Tags: finding happiness, happiness, work
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It’s so nice to hear that someone is actually happy… I’d miss slow mornings and as who says that working from a coffee shop isn’t social interaction?
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it is so hard for me to write at home alone which I do all the time b/c I am a very big people person. I am looking at a way to strike a balance and so far, nothing.
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I chuckled at your “talk to myself” comment because I do that quite often too. Not that I’m crazy (well, not in the insane assylum, straight jacket, pop me with colored pills kind of way anyway), but I often find myself speaking my thoughts … formulating them outloud as if to give them some weight or to make sure I hear myself to remember what to write down later … and this did increase since I’ve been writing more often. OR … maybe writers are simply a special kind of crazy.
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We just started selling South African Red Tea (which is apparently made using Rooiboos) at my job, so I may have to start drinking that more often.
I had no idea how good the health benefits were.
Nice post, could totally relate. Keep it up!
I LOVE ROOIBOS TEA! There’s a place in NYC that has one that tastes exactly like bourbon.
I’m so glad you’re happy and I certainly hope you can find a way to keep doing what you love and make some cashola!!
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I love that tea. That’s good stuff. You have excellent taste. Love the blog too. You make my day.