back on the road again...

Friday, May 20, 2011

I really hate getting reminded that I need to find a job. I know being employed is like the most important thing on graduates' minds, but I have not even finished my fyp proper! I need a break! Give me a break! I'm not ultra ambitious and workaholic. After slogging day and night every day for months for fyp, I need a break to even feel human again. I think I have never been more unfit in my life than during fyp days. Everyday when I come home, it's either too late to go out for a run, or I'm too hungry to run. I didn't have time to do what I like, I didn't have time to even keep myself fit and healthy. I'm not the sort who would sacrifice sleep, wake up at 5am for a run. I feel unhealthy, fat, tired, depressed all day long.

I know for some people, getting a job beats everything else. Like zac. He can forgo everything in the world just to get his 'dream' job. He is the ultimate career-obsessed, I-want-to-make-my-first-million-by-25years-old type. I can't. Work is not everything. Health, happiness, friends, shopping etc is more important. Call me unambitious if you want. For me, it's all about balance. Work life has no balance. Once you come home, you only have few hours left to shower, eat, maybe surf the net for awhile before you have to go to bed and hell starts all over again soon. Is this really what everyone wants to do for 40 years? It's no wonder people come up with 'office exercise' regimes, people go on facebook during work hours, lowering productivity. Working hours are just too long for anyone to sit there and be productive all the time. It's inefficient.

Yes, getting a job is important for starting a family etc, but I'm in no hurry to start a family. I can get a job 2 years later and still have money to contribute to the family. When I start working, all the money I earn probably go into splurging on things that I could never buy before.

11:40 PM