Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend
In 2009 there are 261 work days, excluding holidays. Add a few of the more popular holidays (4th of July, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Labor Day, New Year's Day and Earth Day) and you've got another 6 days. Let's say you take a week's vacation on top of that and five sick days. Now the number has dropped to 243. Two-hundred and forty-three work days in a year. That means, including weekends, holidays and sick and vacation days you have 122 days to yourself, or roughly 33% of a year.
If you want to survive in a corporation savor those 122 days. Have a personal life. Even though it gets two-thirds less attention than your professional life, it also defines who you are. And if you don't love your job, that's very important.
So for the love of god, don't waste your weekends. Do something you like doing. Don't know what you like doing? Out of the goodness of my heart, I'm including a few helpful websites that can help spark your imagination.
For the frugal spender, there's a list of 100 things that cost nothing (my favorite is number 70: Go "coupon scavenging" [and also number 66: Blow bubbles]).
For the more moderate spender, here's a list of 10 things (favorite is number 4: Test drive your dream car - how I have lived my life without having done this yet, I do not know).
Another great thing to do with your free time, instead of a stand-alone activity, is to get a hobby. If you have no idea how to go about this, start with the CNN "Discover your passion" quiz: The Quiz. This will give you a general idea as to what you might enjoy (I'm "creative" according to "CNN" and as a result I should look into doing "creative things").
If you have a disdain for quizzes, here's a massive archive of hobbies: http://findmyhobby.com. And here, if you don't like archives, is a list: http://www.findmeahobby.com.
Finally, if basket weaving or blowing bubbles just won't do it, if picnics or nature hikes aren't your thing, and spending time with your family drives you insane, there's this little firecracker: http://www.notsoboringlife.com.
Yes, shark fishing is a hobby, and yes, the people who pursue it are filling a void in their lives. I tried filling mine by jumping off a bridge and when that didn't do it, I jumped out of an airplane, hungover, on four hours of sleep.
Life is short and you spend more than two-thirds of it either working or sleeping. If you're not in the small percentile of people who have their dream job, you need to maintain your own identity and sense of self through other means. Don't let your job define you. Spend that free time wisely.
Even workaholics need a break sometime.
If you want to survive in a corporation savor those 122 days. Have a personal life. Even though it gets two-thirds less attention than your professional life, it also defines who you are. And if you don't love your job, that's very important.
So for the love of god, don't waste your weekends. Do something you like doing. Don't know what you like doing? Out of the goodness of my heart, I'm including a few helpful websites that can help spark your imagination.
For the frugal spender, there's a list of 100 things that cost nothing (my favorite is number 70: Go "coupon scavenging" [and also number 66: Blow bubbles]).
For the more moderate spender, here's a list of 10 things (favorite is number 4: Test drive your dream car - how I have lived my life without having done this yet, I do not know).
Another great thing to do with your free time, instead of a stand-alone activity, is to get a hobby. If you have no idea how to go about this, start with the CNN "Discover your passion" quiz: The Quiz. This will give you a general idea as to what you might enjoy (I'm "creative" according to "CNN" and as a result I should look into doing "creative things").
If you have a disdain for quizzes, here's a massive archive of hobbies: http://findmyhobby.com. And here, if you don't like archives, is a list: http://www.findmeahobby.com.
Finally, if basket weaving or blowing bubbles just won't do it, if picnics or nature hikes aren't your thing, and spending time with your family drives you insane, there's this little firecracker: http://www.notsoboringlife.com.
Yes, shark fishing is a hobby, and yes, the people who pursue it are filling a void in their lives. I tried filling mine by jumping off a bridge and when that didn't do it, I jumped out of an airplane, hungover, on four hours of sleep.
Life is short and you spend more than two-thirds of it either working or sleeping. If you're not in the small percentile of people who have their dream job, you need to maintain your own identity and sense of self through other means. Don't let your job define you. Spend that free time wisely.
Even workaholics need a break sometime.
nice resource.... i'm bookmarking a bunch of those links for later on... i'm in desperate need of a hobby
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