I've been reflecting about my life, how many things I do in a day, and how many things I'd like to do in a week, but only 24 hours in a day is not enough time.
My routine is a little crazy, but I recognize that I’m not the only one that has this “privilege”. I believe that this kind of “crazy routine” is normal for almost everybody that works far from home.
I wake up early, at 4:30 a.m, do my hygiene and personal care, take the bus until Av. Bandeirantes in São Paulo city — I live in ABC Paulista, a little distant from São Paulo. Then at 6:30 a.m I get to Av. Bandeirantes, walk for 20 minutes and arrive at the gym. Yes, especially because my routine is crazy, I need to take care of my body to avoid making things worse.
At 8 o'clock I start work, and I won’t leave until 5:30 p.m. I like my job, it’s not simple, of course, but it requires attention and I always learn something new, it's impossible to do things automatically here — rules and customers’ requests change all the time.
After work I have to walk another 20 minutes back to Av. Bandeirantes to take the bus — I like this time, because I can relax my mind. I usually try to practice meditation while I walk; it seems weird, but it’s perfectly possible using the mindfulness techniques. My English teacher asked me if I have ever tripped or bumped into someone while doing this, and this question only shows how much he doesn’t know about mindfulness... so here is a link to a future post that might help ;)
As I spend daily around 3 long hours on the bus — sometimes even more! — , last year I used this time to study for my MBA in Logistics (distance education), this year I’m improving my English and Spanish language knowledges, so that I can take advantage of this time, and only at 8:30 p.m I arrive at home, but it doesn't mean that I can take a break. I still have many other things to do - a mommy never rests...
At home I need to prepare dinner and take care of my daughter, do homework with her and give as much attention as she deserves. This is the most difficult part of the day, because as parent we can’t measure our responsibility level in the education of our own children. We split up the performance and learning zones at same time, and any mistake can be catastrophic.
The weekend passes so fast that we miss the time to rest, to date, to enjoy with family and, obviously, to do nothing for a little time.
Sometimes, I think it's insane, but no, I can do everything. It’s hard, and I'm not making drama, I've embraced all these goals - and I’ve come to realize that without everything I do, life would be boring, I'm sure.
I’m thankful for the opportunity to learn new different things each day, I can learn at work, I can learn by being mother, by being wife, by being a student,
by helping people with volunteer work once a month and whatnot. Whatever I do, I’ll be
always learning something new, I’ll be studying ways to succeed in life.
Nevertheless, we cannot be content with the life we have all the time. Not always am I positive about my choices, sometimes, I wish to get away, take a flying saucer and go to the infinity and beyond. Especially when I'm in that difficult period “Bloody Buddy” that every woman passes.
In fact, there is no time to be lazy, although it's hard, I need to drive across the obstacles. There is a popular saying - God never gives us a CROSS greater than we can carry. And then, when I remember this saying, I start my personal reflections.
- How many women don't face the same issues? Why am I wasting time complaining?
I'm struggling with myself that the best instead of complaining should be strengthen my full potential and fight one more day for my dreams.
We cannot forget that helping us we’ll always have angels like family, friends and whatnot - a lot of people to share the pain, problems, happiness, to make the difference, walking and learning with us on this journey called LIFE.
That’s why life is worth to be lived, it’s part of a plan, the one that I believe we do before coming to this life...
And if we have more than 24 hours in a day, maybe there wouldn’t be much emotion to be lived. Rethink about it !!!
