Right now, your job, your business or looking for a job or starting a business … or studying, takes up most of your time. You will be spending 10 hours at least doing these, then add in chores, laundry, cooking, cleaning, shopping etc, plus you spend 8 hours sleeping too, so that means you have around 4 hours max to yourself.
Your job is only likely to get more stressful, starting a business of your own can easily become a 24/7 job and looking for a job IS a job, it must be the priority as you meet the demands of social security, welfare and work programme obligations and deal with the issues that arise when you are unemployed such as debts, money and housing issues ...
As most of us try to gain a better income, we are forced to take on more responsibilities and this ends up meaning we work longer hours and feel more stressed and more burned out at the end of the day.
The problem is that many of us don’t realize we have a choice. We assume that the only way to feel like we’re accomplishing something is to work harder, achieve something or achieve more
The Alternative
There IS an alternative: how about you aim to make your day as easy as possible and in the meantime, you get your enjoyment and even extra income from a hobby?
Would you like to be a writer, to paint perhaps, or take photographs for an income, make and sell handmade cards or other crafts? Plan your day, do whatever the day job is that for now pays the bills, look for a job if you must, then with what time is left write and paint or whatever gives you enjoyment and satisfaction. One way to make more time is not to stay up into the early hours, at least I have never found this works, for me, but going to bed at a reasonable hour and getting up at a sensible time does work. If you then manage to sell some articles you have written, photographs you have taken or paintings or crafts, then you will be supplementing your income and maybe even beginning a new dream job.
Valerie Hartland
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