you are not your job
Post on 18-Oct-2014
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Do you still remember that FEELING you had when you started your first job?
“The WORLD is my oyster. NOTHING can bring me down”
You would have your own apartment….
Your own car…
I have personally always wanted a scooter…
And you would have FREEDOM…
And probably most importantly, MONEY…
Then, REALITY kicks in
Work isn’t what you thought it was going to be
It is actually a lot of ppt, excel, and honestly, keeping your desk company
And it doesn’t help that people
hound you
And hound you
And HOUND you
And when you make a MISTAKE, you GUILT TRIP yourself
“You IDIOT, why didn’t you check that?”
You fall into a DARK and MISERABLE place
WHAT is the meaning of life?
Is there ANYTHING that comes after this?
Am I only worth the SUM of my mistakes?
Am I DOOMED to become BFFs with PPT?
DARN YOU MICROSOFT
I was walking to work today…
SLOUCHED AND UPSET
When I BUMPED into an old college friend
SUDDENLY, I was the old ME again
I forgot that I could be HAPPY, SNARKY, CONFIDENT
“So THIS is the old ME that I had lost!”
When you realize that you have let your WORRIES bring you down,
it is actually a strangely LIBERATING experience
I am STRONG. I am AWESOME.
And I am MORE than anyone THINKS I am.
If I don’t like how they’ve defined me…
I am going to DEFINE myself
After all, life isn’t just about WORK
And it’s not just about PLAY
That’s a Ferris wheel by the way…
It’s about ME
And the PEOPLE
And the THINGS
That I care MOST about
If I approach everything with a POSITIVE OUTLOOK
I can be EVERYTHING I want to be
So after my brief catharsis, I decided to delay going into work for ten minutes to treat myself to
a latte
Thanks for reading
Willow’s Wednesday’s Musings
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