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November 25th, 2010 - Am I Or Is My Work Tying Me Down?
Marsha Maung
A funny thing just occurred to me the other night while I was mindlessly chatting with a friend about all things frivolous and meaningless. That I am free. Let me explain what that means before everyone else jumps to the conclusion that I have been spending the last twenty years of my life tweeting and writing from behind bars.
All twelve years of my life, I have been complaining about being tied down to my job. That I can't go for holidays whenever I want to because I have to work. I remember people telling me that I have the best job in the world and most people are willing to lose a kidney just to work the way I work. And I remember scoffing at them thinking, 'You don't know how my work ties me up, darling.'
Now that I have been sitting here for twelve years, it dawned on me that I was mentally tying myself up. My job wasn't. This was my comfort zone. I work here and nowhere else; and besides who wants to bring their work while they are on holiday, please raise your hand.
One fine day, a relative of mine announced that she was leaving everything that she has here and moving to a new country to start from ground up. This is a person whom I considered timid and safe before. Yes, if you asked her to change her career, she would be the one person to say 'no, thanks' and yet, here she is, stunning me into silence by being willing to uproot herself for something completely unknown.
I have used my kids as an excuse not to travel too. Who is going to care for them if I went off gallivanting around the world with a laptop on my lap and a wine glass in my hand? I can't take them on holiday, work and still care for them at the same time. Can I?
Why not?
Somehow, I have made myself believe that in order to make money, I have to be seated right here, not somewhere else. I believed all this time that I can't work anywhere else. Come to think of it, what is wrong with traipsing around the world with my laptop and kids tagging along? I am sure I can get some work done so long as I can find internet access.
What is so impossible about that? The answer and the truth behind this question is...nothing. Nothing is impossible about that.
Are you tying yourself down with the belief that your work is tying you down too? Time to rethink some things.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marsha Maung is a Malaysian-based freelance web copywriter with two kids. She spends her time ferrying her kids around, watering her plants, writing web content, SEO stuff, ghostwriting books and also indulges in the occasional Facebook-ing. Visit her blog for more dirty details on the life and times of a mother, writer, designer, housekeeper, coffee-maker, poop-wiper, chef...and just about everything else under the sun.
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<b>Marsha Maung</b> is a Malaysian-based <a href="http://www.marshamaung.com" target="_blank">freelance writer</a> with two kids. She spends her time ferrying her kids around, watering her plants, writing web content, SEO stuff, ghostwriting books and also indulges in the occasional Facebook-ing. Visit her <a href="http://www.marshamaung.blogspot.com" target="_blank">blog</a> for more dirty details on the life and times of a mother, writer, designer, housekeeper, coffee-maker, poop-wiper, chef...and just about everything else under the sun.
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