so i have been traveling a mucho for work as of late. i have been in LA for 3 weeks straight and after spending a week in boston, i will be back in LA for another 3 weeks and probably another 3 weeks or so after that.
then if this project gets extended…then the possibilities of being on the road grow more.
i must say, the traveling is kinda cool. i thought i would be sick of it by now but i am not. i mean being on a plane for 5+ hours one way is not the most ideal situation to be in, but it helps i fly the “roomier” option above economy.
otherwise. i would have probably punched in the face whoever was sitting next to me regardless of age, gender or religious beliefs. my face punching does not discriminate. i am an equal rights face puncher.
anyways. i digress.
on top of the travel and travel does not just end with the plane. there is getting to the airport. getting on and off the place. making your way through the terminal and taking a cab ride to your final destination. it add up. time is consumed in abundant amounts.
then there is the work. you get in early. you get out late. eat dinner with some co-workers. before you know it is like 9pm at the earliest. you day probably started around 7am. this is also assuming you get out of work at a reasonable time…
after dinner, you are so amped up from work and after being surrounded by people for so long, you need a method to de-stress and normalize yourself.
i like to hit the gym. then boom. bed and time to start all over.
the week goes on and it is time to travel back. your whole friday is wiped out so travel. sunday is a travel day. so that basically leaves saturday as your free day.
a day to get your life in order and catch up on the “personal items”
but usually i am so tired…there really is not much catching up.
in fact. the last weekend i was back in boston…i just had to do something different. so i went to ikea. i didn’t really need to go, although i had to reason to search for some missing parts.
stuff at ikea is cheap but that is how they get you to spend….i went to get some missing bookshelf pegs. walked away spending close to $200. good one ikea. you got me and i will probably fall for it again the next time i visit.
so i guess my point is, you life pretty much has to be put on hold. i can’t really commit to anything outside of work.
it’s not bad and i am not complaining. merely presenting reality as it is. there is not hollywood ending or an amazing epiphany. maybe later on when i meet my hot and extremely wealthy hollywood princess wife. or maybe i realize all our lives in one way or another is on hold….hahaha
but life goes on. i am actually ok with putting my life on hold for my career. maybe all the events that have culminated to this point happened for this particular realization. all the hiccups. all the past failures and triumphs have drawn me sitting at my laptop and typing down these thoughts.
maybe. maybe not.
all i know is, putting career first right now seems like the most right thing to do to me now.
maybe then, in fact, that is not putting life on hold but starting a new chapter.
