Work vs Life

First full-time work and now I understand how hard it is to balance life outside of work. All you want to do is crash at home and do the most unproductive things, where your mind is allowed to switch off the remaining part of the day. Besides the chores and the little payments and grocery shopping, there hasn’t been much of ‘me-time’; a time to do something creative, to take care of myself (besides basic hygiene) or to just explore or live.

I hit a point where I felt like I was not living my life at all; as a person, I had stopped growing. (Professional-wise, work has been difficult but great; learning, adapting and trying.) I felt incompetent or like I had no goals in my life, or once I was working towards.

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Over sparkling wine and beer, epiphany came about through a conversation with a good friend of mine: start or pick-up a hobby. An outlet to be creative, as I have always grown up to do things ‘extra-curricular’ or with school projects that required me to express what I wanted. Without that kind of platform, I had to take the initiative to put it back into my life and gain that balance. It can be a way to explore my thoughts and perceptions; as well as provide an activity to stir up my mind and skills.

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First project in mind: a painting for my living room. Klimt-inspired from his painting Water Snakes II, but instead of that fluidity of water, it would appear more of ‘nature’ derived, with leaves, greens and the flow of the wind.

(Water Snakes II, Gustav Klimt; retrieved via google.com.au)

Another thing I need to incorporate into my life is also a physical balance: food, activity and energy. All this to produce a better, happy and ‘in-tuned’ me.

OK. First step: admitting what I need to do and planning it out.

Next part, the most difficult: actually applying it.

This should be interesting…