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Since my grandfather's health deteriorated, i have not been feeling really
great from within. I have always been stressed out financially and emotionally
and juggling between three jobs, keeping up with grad school requirements, and
having a rather dysfunctional family around have all been keeping me busy (and
pressured!) more often than not. Right now, I am actually entertaining thoughts
of leaving my day job and just focusing on the things I find more meaningful
and important.
For more than two years, I have actually survived and thrived without a day
job. I had my online writing gigs as my sole source of income and I was doing
well in fact. I was able to focus on my master’s degree at the same time and I
bet I was feeling less pressured then than I am right now.
My decisions whether or not to quit from work is like in a tug-of-war right
now. I need to set priorities. I need to decide which is really which. While I
enjoy the company of people here at work, what takes my energy is the pressure
associated with running an academic library.
Add to this, I have my master’s degree thesis to finish. I hope I could do
this before this summer ends. Perhaps, eventually, I could really decide what
path to thread. I might as well leave the library and just teach part time? Or
accept consultancies, maybe? With more time left at hand, I could only look
forward to spending it building my blogs. I have long yearned to make them a
successful enterprise. I would like to give a lease of life to my declining
online business and if everything goes well with my blog, perhaps, it becomes
self-sustaining enough to generate substantial income, I could cease writing
for clients and simply focus on my blog. Hopefully, I could write an ebook… or
ebooks perhaps, travel to places I
want and enjoy a simple, bountiful and fulfilling life? Quitting my day job and
pursuing the plans of my heart are just wishful thoughts for now. But I don’t
lose hope that someday, these plans will all become true realizations. AMEN.
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