Sometimes, having a life outside of work, especially when you’re in training is hard. And that’s because you have to think about the things you need to learn next, and then practise, and then work towards earning with it, and then build a future in it without losing yourself along the line. Meanwhile, earning so that you won’t starve in the present is a very important skill to master still.
I used to work as a content writer for brands, while building myself to become a world-class data analyst, but I unfortunately was living at a place where the power supply was at an all-time low. It was tiring having to think of the next available space to use for work, but for a friend who stayed in a not-too-distant community from mine, I could use his place.
On one of those days of working through the day to make a very good use of the power supply at my friend’s, and at night trying to drain my laptop’s battery before the next morning, I got so tired, and I badly needed a break. But for the little time I had, I couldn’t think of the best thing to do.
Taking a walk would mean that I was wasting time as the power could go off anytime, and deadlines were on my neck like a pile of wood. So, the only option I had was to listen to a song that would help lift my mood for about the three to five minutes that I had to spare.
So, I brought out my phone, got on Boomplay, searched up my favourite Afrobeats artist, Johnny Drille’s latest song, and played it on my laptop.
At first, I was connected to a headset thinking that was all I needed, but my body needed some form of exercise to boost my mood even if it was little, so, I disconnected from the headset but forgot to remove it from my head. Lol
I played the song on a loud volume, moved a bit to the rhythm, made myself laugh, and boom! I was back to myself. That was a well-spent two minutes.
I am so looking forward to that day when taking breaks when needed wouldn’t be a burden on me, and I could take the break for as much as I need because at the time, I’ll have all the things necessary to make my works easy, and my life and sanity wouldn’t even be affected one bit.
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