Today's Thought

by Gracee / November 22, 2021

Sometimes it is not about the salary but it is the folks who makes you feel loved, appreciated and happy and your goals that makes you motivated and keep going despite of the changes that happening around you.

Time flies so fast. It is been almost 3 months since I started working again as customer service representative in a BPO Company. As time passed by, I get use to be bored in my boarding house and let the time and day pass sleeping and thinking nothing until my shift started. I get use to hear too many mode of transportation passing by and seeing a lot of people walking around that seems like it is not pandemic.

On the other hand, I still manage to enjoy my journey. I sometimes catch up with my friends. Eat fast food and browse internet to fall asleep. It is unhealthy right? I gained weight and makes me a bored person (though not all the time😂). I even stop to explore new things and choice to be alone (sometimes) which is a bad thing for me.

For the last three months, my routine changed. From being a house person, do household chores from morning to evening and a freelancer to a busy employee who takes phone calls for seven and a half hour for five days in a week because the another one and a half hour is for my breaks.

As my schedule adjusted, from 8 in the evening change every week and now it is two in the morning, my body started to feel exhausted that even affects my mood. It makes me want to go home, do not like to see lots of transportation on the highways and just lay down, do gardening to lift my mood and stare at the sky and trees. It even makes me want to go somewhere that can give me peace of mind like going to beach or go on a mountain or at least a place that full of green colors. However, do not know who I am going to invite.

Sometimes it is not about the salary but it is the folks who makes you feel loved, appreciated and happy and your goals that makes you motivated and keep going despite of the changes that happening around you.

My salary is quite enough for me. It is not so high and not so low. My work is not too hard yet having graveyard shift is challenging.

Fortunately, there are people who makes me feel loved, appreciated and happy that helps me keep going in every shift. These are my loved ones, friends, colleagues and special someone. In addition to that, my virtual friends who often post positivity and encouragement words. They help me realize and remember that having a job is a blessing. Waking up today is a blessing and knowing my family's safe is a blessing.

Furthermore, my goals in life. When I feel bad, bored or exhausted I often forget my goals and asking myself "why am I doing this and that?" But at the end of the day, before I feel asleep I always remind myself that I have goals to pursue and one of them is to make my family happy. It is not my responsibility yet I feel within me that I should give them a better life for everything they have done for me.

Having good people around us and reminding ourselves of our goals make us more motivated and go back in track. Let us not forget that challenges and changes in our daily routine are just part of our lives which might make us stronger and better.

We sometimes forget that life is not complete without struggles, challenges and changes. We sometimes forget that life is more meaningful after facing and surviving struggles and challenges.

We even forget that life is not only all about happiness and joy. Life is full of surprises that includes struggles and challenges. Yet, one thing that we must not forget is to trust His process. Everything will fall into the right places. Just keep on moving, fighting and do your best. Soon, He will surely give you the best things in life. The process may take so long and hard yet in the end, it surely worth it and satisfying.

-the end.