Suffering from Student-Envy

So today, I'm facing regularization at work. I'm happy about it, but it just makes me realize more the things I've lost since I started my life in the corporate scene, brought on by a status update of a long-time friend. (Patrick!) He said he missed being a student, of being able to play Playstation 15 hours a day. Me, too! Hahaha! Oh, the good old days!

What do I miss about being a student? Now that I think about it, students are very self-absorbed, and are very, very lucky bastards! When I was a student, sure, I was worrying about grades, about school work, about projects, about friends, fights, crushes, boyfriends, everything under the sun! But those were problems I could easily take a break from. Yeah, yeah, my parents would scold me and nag me, yaddiyaddiya, but let's face it! We shut our ears once they start. Right? Right? Right! And you wouldn't care. You'd just throw some fits, drown in rebellion and be marked as 'cool' in the process among your peers. (Of course, I didn't do that. I'm a good girl! *cough, cough*) But, you see my point? Yes, there's work that you have to do, but it's something you can just put off for a few days until you absolutely have to do it. Students are masters at the art of cramming. And best of all, when you're beginning to feel as if you can't take any more crap from school, there's two months of absolute freedom waiting for you at the end. *sigh*

So to sum up: Students have the freedom to do what they want. Anything at all!

Work is different. You worry about a lot of things at work such as projects you have to do, co-workers you have to get along with, hot-tempered bosses, work schedules, etcetcetc... The bad thing about it is, if you dare to postpone your tasks, if you dare shut out your boss' instructions and if you dare throw a fit, you lose your job and you're left homeless and poor. (Exag, I know. hehe...) You can't postpone, you can't cram, you can't let go of your responsibilities. The worst is, when you're right on the edge, those two months of freedom are nowhere in sight. There's just the endless stretch of work after work after work after work... until you die! (Smile!) Kidding! Until you take a leave, which is limited and you really can't do that often.

But, you know... Even though I miss being a student, I don't think I'll go back down that road again for a while. Work has its own rewards, and the harder you work, the bigger it is. (or, so it should be) What's the reward?

MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!

Hahaha! :) Say what you want! Go ahead and tell me how greedy you think I am! But yes! I love money! And I will keep making it.

Student-Envy? Yes. Freedom with time-wise. But I don't have to ask permission from anyone if I want to buy something, or eat somewhere, or hang-out till late and drink numerous cups of expensive, pretentious coffee. So, if I'm suffering from student-envy, well, they have a reason to envy me, too.

Keeping it real! Mwah! :)