Every day, on my way to work, I see all those people on the bus,
in the subway and I feel like a number. Just another number. A sad number. Just
another one in a group of people that repeat the same day over and over: wake
up at the same time, have the same (or almost the same) breakfast, get dressed,
and head to work where the same endless tasks will be repeated hour after hour while dreaming
of the time they get to go home again and of the weekend ahead unaware that
each and every one of those tediously unhappy days is a day in life that will
never come back.
I’m part of this crowd with tired and
sad eyes on a Monday morning, but my mind never stops wondering about how can
people go on repeating endlessly something that doesn’t make them happy? How
and what can I do to change my days and not fall into this same sad path my
entire life?
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The crowd moves slowly, in the same
pace, even their breaths seem to follow the same anxious and hopeless rhythm. No smiles board the
morning train, only serious sleepy faces staring into the void. I don't want to follow the crowd.
We grow up being told to do what we
love, but what if what we love doesn’t open doors? What if all the time,
effort, tears and joy you put on your dreams, didn't unlock any doors? Eventually you end up in the crowd, this sad Monday crowd.
How did we get here? How and when did society
become this pleasure-less repetition of boring tasks? When did we
forget to enjoy ourselves? To enjoy each day? But most importantly, how do we
get out of this meaningless existence?
The longer we stay in a job position, the harder it is to
get out of it. Not because we don’t want to, but because others will only see
the last and longest experience we had. What do to do when you fall into a
field you never even thought of, in a job that for you is meaningless? It pays
the bills, ok, but is that what life is all about? I, for one, refuse to accept
that. But how to change it when you don't know what to do, where to go and how
to get there? When you feel completely lost knowing that your career dreams can no longer be? How to change directions when all connections you've been making in this field don't know your potential, don't know your background or even your level
of education to be able to refer you to something else, to something better
suited to you?
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If anyone out there knows the answer for these
questions, don't feel shy to come forward, to give
tips, to pass along your knowledge on how we can change things. Everyone deserves the chance to wake up to a
life that they love, to work in something that fulfills them, to be happy. Sometimes all we need is an outside look to see different perspectives, different paths. It's never too late to climb that mountain and sometimes, all we need is a little push.