I am outta job for more than month now. It feels awkward when you have been working hard for the past five straight years. Taking long vacays always gave me second thoughts since it might take away the possible money I could earn.
Now, out of job, with my plan backfired, I’m making up for the lost time.
Fulfill a promise I failed to keep – play with Buchok, my baby love, all day; go to arcades even though that means just watching the kids play; finding time to eat Chowking Halo-halo longer than usual; having the time to teach him how to be a good man without being impatient.
Go to places where I once planned to go to but didn’t have the luxury of time – Carbon market to look for good finds of less expensive snacks and pirated DVDs and ukay-ukay; searching for the cheapest grocery store; taking jeepney rides for the routes I have not taken in years just for the heck of it.
Appreciate the everyday miracles of life: Mother Earth, the universe, potable water and electricity -- the scorching heat of the sun because of El Nino; seeing moon and Venus closer than usual; limited or ration supply of water and scheduled power interruption.
Found time to be with my family and friends. (On most days when friends invite me over coffee or dinner, my usual response had always been, how long would that take? or I’m just too tired I’d rather sleep.) Now I have Saturday lunches with sister and baby brother; eat breakfast together with mum; getting together with old friends and spending Sundays with the closest ones.
And finally I can sleep like there’s no tomorrow and eat like it’s my last day on earth and drink just to be merry.
It’s nice to be unemployed but I know this is only going to be nice for a while. When financial challenges arise, when boredom sinks in, when my body aches of too much sleeping, I gotta get myself going and move on.
Right now, I can’t understand why my plan backfired and I am going through tough but I’m sure in time, everything will make sense.
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