A Big Big News Post
May. 9th, 2009 10:08 amLong time no see, huh?
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poire_gourmande
I went to a show last night, it was really nice, and there was this singer who's got great talent, Mathias Mental. He's from Montreal, he mostly sings in English, and I bought his first album, and I plan to go to the launch of his second one Thursday. All of his songs are available for listening and free downloading on his site, so you really got nothing to lose, go and give him some love!
All right, so in my life, what's going on?
I'm just so sick of working at the toyshop, I can't do it anymore... I was at 8,75$/h, 0,25$ above the minimum wage. Now the minimum wage rose to 9$, but I know my boss, he won't raise me to 9,25$, I'll stay at 9$, like all the new girls, even though I was there for 2 years and a half... I'm trying to get a real job, closer to what I want to do, which pays well, like 12-15 bucks an hour. I wanted to wait till my year off, to have finished my Bac, but I can't wait anymore. Plus, I have only 2 classes at the fall semester (monday and tuesday), so I can fit it easily in a work schedule. So now I'm looking for a place to work: museums, book stores, library, etc.I really wish it will work out!. There's this bookstore, not far from the Uni, which sells mostly travel guides, and they're hiring now, so I guess I'll give it a go!
Those days, I had great conversations with friends, and it really helped me, not in a "I now know what I wanna do when I grow up" way, but more in a "I now know what I DON'T wanna do when I grow up" way. I really don't feel like doing 9-5, 40 hrs a week, in a cubicule, to come back to my house / husband / 2 children / golden retriever / 2 cars / pool and spa. I don't want to wake up at 45, feeling I've just thrown 20 years of my life down the drain living a life I don't love. I'd want to go live 1 year in Paris, working in a bakery / museum / etc., even at the Louvre, why not? and then come back in Quebec for a while, return to Europe, working at the National Museum of Heraklion (Crete), coming back here, and then return for an archaeological trip, I dunno!
I know it won't be an easy choice, I'm a girl who really needs her routine, but I've got to learn to let go, and not letting it stop me jumping on occasions. It's just easier to make this choice at 22, than at 45, when you basically lived a life you hated for the past twenty years.
I came across this quote, by Gala Darling, and it really sums up what I'm thinking right now:
Since the last time... I changed my LJ layout, and I love it!
poire_gourmande I went to a show last night, it was really nice, and there was this singer who's got great talent, Mathias Mental. He's from Montreal, he mostly sings in English, and I bought his first album, and I plan to go to the launch of his second one Thursday. All of his songs are available for listening and free downloading on his site, so you really got nothing to lose, go and give him some love!
All right, so in my life, what's going on?
I'm just so sick of working at the toyshop, I can't do it anymore... I was at 8,75$/h, 0,25$ above the minimum wage. Now the minimum wage rose to 9$, but I know my boss, he won't raise me to 9,25$, I'll stay at 9$, like all the new girls, even though I was there for 2 years and a half... I'm trying to get a real job, closer to what I want to do, which pays well, like 12-15 bucks an hour. I wanted to wait till my year off, to have finished my Bac, but I can't wait anymore. Plus, I have only 2 classes at the fall semester (monday and tuesday), so I can fit it easily in a work schedule. So now I'm looking for a place to work: museums, book stores, library, etc.I really wish it will work out!. There's this bookstore, not far from the Uni, which sells mostly travel guides, and they're hiring now, so I guess I'll give it a go!
Those days, I had great conversations with friends, and it really helped me, not in a "I now know what I wanna do when I grow up" way, but more in a "I now know what I DON'T wanna do when I grow up" way. I really don't feel like doing 9-5, 40 hrs a week, in a cubicule, to come back to my house / husband / 2 children / golden retriever / 2 cars / pool and spa. I don't want to wake up at 45, feeling I've just thrown 20 years of my life down the drain living a life I don't love. I'd want to go live 1 year in Paris, working in a bakery / museum / etc., even at the Louvre, why not? and then come back in Quebec for a while, return to Europe, working at the National Museum of Heraklion (Crete), coming back here, and then return for an archaeological trip, I dunno!
I know it won't be an easy choice, I'm a girl who really needs her routine, but I've got to learn to let go, and not letting it stop me jumping on occasions. It's just easier to make this choice at 22, than at 45, when you basically lived a life you hated for the past twenty years.
I came across this quote, by Gala Darling, and it really sums up what I'm thinking right now:
Opportunities are spinning our way all the time. We can choose to live a life that scares and delights us, or we can choose to allow someone else’s view to control us.
