It's mostly down to Tim, who worked as a catalyst between me and Claire, in many ways this was a good thing, it brought me to my senses somewhat and made me think about things. This was also quite bad in other ways but much of the negative was caused and fueled by alcohol (evil stuff) and moods. Certainly I don't think (hope) there are no bad feelings and that it's water under the bridge.
I think the biggest realization was that of self-worth. For a while I have believed that in order to make effective use of your time and to create a balanced sense of self-value you should work out that your time is worth what your personal minimum wage is. This is not the minimum you want to get paid for a job you want to have, but how much you have to get paid to do a job you hate.
For me this is around £12 an hour. Now, use this figure, and balance it with activities you are doing, your job for instance may be quite good, I certainly enjoy mine, I have fun with my colleagues and get to chat to lots of people all the time, so I'm happy with my £6 an hour.
However it is in your free time that this has to be balanced, obviously sleep is necessary and therefore worthy of the £12 loss of profit, eating is also a needed cost. Doing fun things that are free are obviously great for the self-worth.
Essentially what I'm trying to say is that you should make the most of your time, you have a high self-worth and should use that to some extent at all times, whether for your own pleasure or for income. Take from this what you will, but maybe it'll help someone.
Don't forget investments though - sometimes it is worth destroying this self-worth in order to help another who is in need. A sleepless night or an awkward conversation may prove far greater 'value' in the long run, it is important that while you do your best for yourself, you also do the same for others lest we all turn into the bastards punk-rock songs sing about.
Maybe I'm talking shit, maybe I'm not.
I think this is enough, I have other ideas along these lines which I may well share with you at some point in future. In the meantime listen to Reggie and the Full Effect.
Anyone reading this on the blog site comment this post please, I want to know how many there are!
3 comments:
There's me for one! I know what you're saying cos you've actually hit upon sound microeconomic principles about wages, utility and opportunity cost (blah blah) but I don't see how it was related to last weekend!!
ZOMG has anyone ever clicked on that little wheelchair?? Tripped me out!!
Hrm, I see your point there Tim, I'd say that I forgot most of what I had hoped to put into the post by the time I'd written the first two paragraphs! So, I continued with another theory instead!
I found you!
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