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One Size Never Fits All
Who are you doing that for? Whose life is it anyway?
The balance between living to work and working to live is precarious. Has it always been this way? No. But “they” want you to believe that it’s always been this way AND you can’t change it.
For example, after COVID lockdowns, work from home became a lot more popular. All the stories that those who work from home are way less productive were utterly disproven. Yet, here we are, major corporations are starting to demand workforces return to the offices. A lot of people are going to increasingly face the live-to-work/work-to-live problem as this continues.
You’ve probably been worn down most of your life. From teachers to parents to friends and even random strangers, you’ve been told how you must do “X”, “Y”, and “Z” to be a good person, contribute to society, meet expectations real and imagined, and the like.
I have a nontraditional job. Between being a writer and working part-time as a virtual assistant/copywriter/website and SEO specialist, I keep busy. For the most part, I’m content with this arrangement. I do what I do because I love to do it.
One size never fits all. I’ve tried to fit the mold. Thus, I’ve held 9–5 jobs of varying stripes, worked in several different industries, and made many an effort to be who…
