I am in a slump.
A life slump. You know that whole going-to-bed-just-to-wake-up-and-do-it-again feeling? That’s currently how my life feels.
Hence the reason I haven’t been updating the blog all that much. I do the same thing day-in and day-out, and I just don’t feel the need to tell the world about it. If I’m being honest here, my life is completely boring. Like brutally, annoyingly boring. This internship is sucking the life out of me on lots of different levels.
To start, I’m “working” 40 hours a week, plus am expected to do case studies, research and random assignments on top of that. I spend most of my free time sleeping…
Second, this whole “working” thing means I am free labor. Yes, free. I don’t get a dime. In fact, I’m paying thousands of dollars to even do this. Although I do get free lunch…
And in conjunction with that… Third, although I have amazing parents and a generous boyfriend to support me through this, I do have to live a hugely scaled back life. My money goes mostly to rent, groceries, and gas. There are no nights out, there are no pedicures, there are no new clothes or shoes.. hell there are hardly days at the beach because even parking costs money.
I know I shouldn’t be bitching because as the saying goes “there is always someone worse off than you”. But with my birthday this next week, it’s just been a reminder of how young I am and how many things I should be doing while I can. I’ll be 24, and I shouldn’t be spending my times planning out my grocery trip just because I have to stay within a strict budget. Ok so maybe I like doing that a little, but you get where I’m going with this.
Poor me, right? There’s really no use complaining about it. Maybe I need to reassess my spending so that with when I do have any free time I can actually have a life. Maybe I should just live off of Ramen noodles until I get a job? Maybe I should start selling lemonade on the side of the road? Hmmm…
Got any advice? Tips? Tricks? Maybe a job?
