LIfe is a highway

WRITING POSITIONS AVAILABLE
St. John Tradewinds newspaper
seeks a qualified writer for a
special columnist position.
Position includes writing a
weekly column. Column topics
would consist primarily of
St. John issues as they relate
to its native population.
Candidate must be able to
meet weekly deadlines.
Please send cover letter,
resume and writing samples to:
St. John Tradewinds
Attn: MaLinda Nelson
P.O. Box 1500
St. John, VI 00831
or fax to 693-8885

Maybe some of you have been following my count down on gmail. Six more days till Maho Bay. B and I will be embarking on a five day vacation to St. John for some beaching, snorkeling, sailing and four wheel driving. Not that I hate my job or anything, but everyone seems so miserable around here. It weighs on the shoulders day in and day out and may one day break someones back.

 

It just doesn't feel right, sitting in an office for 10 hours a day, five days a week. Say you average a 9 hour day, work 48 weeks a year, take 2 weeks of vacation and another handful of days for sick days and holidays. That's 2/3rds of your year spent working 2/3rds of your waking day (an extra hour for commuting). And the 1/3rd you have to yourself, you spend thinking about that 2/3rds of your life at work. 1/3rd of you that is awake and yearning for something more...fulfilling, something beautiful. And like a car pushed to the limit, we're given a little oil to keep the gears going, accepting our fate on this congested highway. The volume 1/3rd of the way up on the radio playing commercial after commercial. buy me, you need this, eat here. Looking out our fogged windows at the world around us.

 

Yikes, I need a vacation. Maybe I'll apply for that job too.