I Quit My Job in My New Life

I quit my job at the Hibachi joint I was serving at part-time. I enjoyed the extra few hundred bucks it afforded me a week, but the overall strain on my psyche was affecting me way too much. In the town I live, workaholism is so prevalent it’s expected. They keep trying to call me back. They are unable to admit that it is over. I almost went back in this weekend to help, but I immediately began to regret it. It’s impossible for workaholics to accept someone can be completely satisfied with a 40 an hour work week. What I know is that they are locked in a prison in their minds, and the only way out of that prison is a lamborghini, a mansion or a yacht. But, I grew up “rich” and it was still the same constant headache. The only way out of that prison is a change in your own mind. It’s organizing your week to where the work load is manageable everyday where no day of the week is dreaded. It takes practice and it takes patience. It takes exercise. 9 times out of 10, I’m pretty content in my life. I found things I enjoy doing, exercise and eat healthy. I found things I believe in to contribute to. At that point, it’s really only finding ways enhance your relationships in your work life and community. Once you get the diet and exercise down, then it’s a matter of leaving yourself treats or finding ways to manage other folks’ turbulence.

That’s how I knew she wasn’t the one for me, and partially why I quit my job. She sees me arriving to work happy and content with what I have, and where I am in life. And she thinks, “Just increase the fuel, do more, and you’ll be even happier.” But, I know that isn’t how it works. Doing the right amount, or “less is more”. I would guess the average human is Hedonistic. And that transcending Hedonism is where true happiness lays in wait. No money can bring back the day, or the phenomena’s you miss along the way. Money can buy you the violin and the lessons, but nothing except time and practice can make you play it. And for me, it’s the books, the poetry, the philosophy are what we are alive to experience. And the cocaine doesn’t hurt anything either. (Lololol. Jk. Lololol=)

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Last updated October 18, 2023