Today I am on a half day. I am a good brother you see and I am taking my little sister and her family to the airport for their summer holiday.
Today is also payday so rather depressingly I'm sat paying bills at work...there goes a third of my pay instantly!
But this brought me to thinking about why we work. I think there is essentially 2 resons:
The first is of course to pay the bills. I know some of my friends are struggling at the moment with recession-based un-employment. The situations we find ourselves in through redundancy or personal issues have a huge impact on how we are able to live. Can you imagine being one of the millions looking for work and as the month goes on your ability to fight for a job wanes as you can almost see your credit-rating fall because you know you can't afford your bills and there is no way out of it...not a good place to be I'd wager. I am fortunate enough to be in work even with San Francisco in the distant future. My boss and colleagues are being great and I work on at my usual rate.
The second reason to work is our social lives. There is a trend to this also whcih follows the payment month. We are all (as one of my closest friends always used to say) 'Weekend Millionaires'! We go out and probably spend too much but it's ok. This is our main indulgent weekend. The one where you KNOW you have enough money and you're not going to be embarrassed at the pub with no money to pay for your round. Then we start to plan our weekends and by the end of the month we're staying in with a dvd anhaving a glass of wine with our meal.
If you are lucky enough to enjoy your jobs CONGRATULATIONS! If not, try to think of the times when we have freedom to enjoy ourselves and the funds to do so properly!
Enjoy your pay. God knows you deserve it!
If you don't have a job at the minute try and keep your chin up. these things are sent to test us. If we let them win it doesn't help our prospects.
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