Hey guys, this is my first post on here and I have loved seeing and reading through your posts over the past few months.
I feel like I’m so attracted to this way of living, as well as it’s links to minimalism and mindfulness and I’ve really appreciated the insights that you have shared.
I’m 25/F (Aus) and have been a busy person most of my young adult and teenaged life. I’ve always worked more than one job and studied full time and maintained good grades. Due to my love of travelling, I usually work my ass off by having 2-3 streams of income, so that I have enough money to take off for 3-12 months. And I’ve done this three times, putting my studies on hold when I go away.
This year, I studied full-time, worked in retail 20-30hrs p/wk, taught a weekend language class (2hrs) and had 2 2hr private tutoring sessions with students. I also sat a B2 language exam separate to my university studies. Every moment of my day was planned and I had somewhere to be every single day for about 7 months (with maybe only about 3 genuine days off, other days were dedicated to assignments). Despite being busy and time poor, I managed to find time to cook in advance, do my laundry and stay on top of household things that needed to be done. I was exhausted some days (most of the time I felt fine) but I was on top of things. Usually I set myself “working hours” for getting things done even though I didn’t really have anyone keeping me accountable. I survived and humble brag even raised my GPA.
After the christmas rush with my retail job has slowed, University classes have ended and I’m not teaching at the moment, Ive kind of experienced this weird sense of loss. I’m working maybe 2 days a week and don’t have any deadlines ahead of me. I don’t really know what to do with myself. I’ve been reading, drinking slow cups of coffee/tea, going for walks and swims at the beach, but I’m falling behind on regular tasks, like cooking and eating healthily, keeping things tidy, laundry. I just find it weird how I’m not finding time to do things that I had time to do before.
I’m moving countries in less than a month (to close the gap with my boyfriend) where I won’t have a working visa for the first 2-3 months and will literally be unable to earn money or work a job. And I guess I essentially have to learn to be okay with that while he is working full time, until we move on to the country we’ve decided to settle in.
I don’t really know if I’m asking for advice or for someone to just listen or maybe this is just kind of like a journal entry (something I’ve always struggled to write when I try to sit down and do so). But I guess I’m just observing how I adjust to different life experiences and really noticing how it’s not necessary to be in control of everything all the time. Being okay with doing the laundry today or tomorrow, and taking a walk instead.
Thanks if you made it through this. This was kind of therapeutic.
Submitted January 03, 2020 at 07:51PM by crazy-holsar https://ift.tt/2Fv4jyJ
