Unemployed But Still Occupied
When I don’t have to go to work in the morning - as would be the case during a week of vacation - I realize the absurd amount of chores that I’ve been neglecting at home.
Hey… Don’t laugh.
I think it may be reasonable to say that I will never have another real vacation again. I don’t really care about leisure - I would much rather feel that everything I do is functional. Utilitarian. I don’t care for plain old enjoyment - I only want to be engaged in enjoyable work.
I am reluctant to find full time office work now. It has always been hard for me to stick to someone else’s schedule. I don’t know how other people can carve hours out of their day to travel back and forth to be in the same place every day at the same times. Commuting time is a dead-weight loss if you ask me. It was true for me in school and it was still true for me with work: There may be some comfort in routine, but there is hypnotism also. A lot of people think I cling to what I know, but that’s not even half of the story. I wanted a structured environment, and all I got was a veal pen.
Posted by Evan Bittner Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:47:00 GMT
But without real vacation, how will you get back to India?
Freelance website maintenance sounds like a good idea. Print up some business cards and go for it.
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