so this is what it’s like.
May 18, 2012 § 1 Comment
Three weeks ago I went through a bit of a lifestyle change. It’s something a lot of my friends have succumbed to made, and it was always one I knew I would eventually make, just not this soon:
I’ve {temporarily} joined the 9-5 working world.
Gasp.
For everyone who knows me well, this is something I wanted to avoid for as long as I could. But you know something, it honestly isn’t as scary as I thought*. I have wonderful co-workers, I’m working in an environment where I actually get to see first-hand where my efforts are going and who they’re going to, I’ve been given real responsibility and important tasks that make me feel like I’m legitimately contributing to the rest of the puzzle, and best of all, the office is sometimes more often than not full of free food. It’s kind of amazing. My healthy lunch wouldn’t agree though.
But the point of this post isn’t for me to spill about my new job, it’s to spill about that through all the good and exciting, I’m having a slightly difficult time adjusting to the fact that I now have so little creative time in a day. I’m sure this will pass once I get into a more normal routine, but right now I’m struggling to keep up with everything else. I’ve barely touched my camera or edited a single photo in weeks and my ‘to do’ list is growing astronomically faster than I’m crossing items off it. Things like my ‘I love my city’ series are getting tossed to the wayside. Not cool I say. How do you find and keep the balance?
On the bright side, I’m hoping it will all change this weekend since I’m cottage bound! Hooray for May 2-4! Have a fantastic long weekend, the weather forecast could not be more perfect!
* I can imagine a lot of people disagreeing with me at this exact moment, and I’m sure my opinion is sheltered by the fact that I haven’t signed my life away just yet
image via pinterest
Don’t worry!! It get’s easier, take it from me who has had a 9-5 type job for the past 5 years at first it always feels overwhelming and like you have no creative time but it does get better :)! I find what helps is realizing you can’t do everything so you pick the ideas you want to do the most and schedule them in like appointments. The next two months you will focus on [this] then you will focus on [this] – hope this makes a bit of sense!! But Congrats on the full time job and enjoy the cottage!! xxoo