I'm all about recycling. We have bins for out plastics and paper. We are starting to compost our scraps for the garden. I've never recycled a partner, but I'm sure someone ELSE reused them!
But I just recycled working.
Full time. Actually MORE than full time, 6 days a week. For nearly 2 weeks!
WHAT WAS I THINKING?!
Well, I was thinking .. "It would be nice to have some extra cash." Ah the seductive lure of the mighty dollar.. Suckers you right in every time !
Here is what I learned. The people I used to work with are nice people.. probably nicer than I'd remembered. I should visit them more often. It was nice to feel productive and useful. I liked getting paid.
But the things I have been doing for the last year that filled my time (Photography, Volunteering, Gardening, Working out), I let go completely the last 2 weeks. I was getting grumpy again.
So being busy wasn't the problem- WORKING wasn't the problem. The problem was my ability to balance it with the rest of my life. And doing things because I ENJOYED THEM, not because they paid me a wad o cash!
So I MIGHT recycle work a few more times.. but I will ensure I also recycle the "QUIT" to ensure I keep in perspective the "gain" of monetary freedom versus the "loss" of personal freedom.
