Missing My Social Life

Those were the days. I miss the time when I was still working for a magazine. A day seem to pass by so quickly, my work schedule was almost always hectic. And the after-work gimik, night out, coffee with officemates and friends, out of town trips, pictorials, malling everyday (am not exaggerating) and stargazing at Rockwell. Geez I thought I already had enough. Nine years.

Then I tried the corporate life for two years. It offered a whole new different kind of experience. I learned new things and it was all good. But I decided to  move on.

Since I resigned from my SEO job October last year, I decided to just work from home. It is nice actually. No commute, no need to worry about what to wear, I prepare my own food, can watch tv, movies and chat all I want and most important of all, no office politics. Just work, pure, plain work.

Lately though, am missing dressing up, putting makeup, social interaction, the whole office environment thing. I used to have a work that exposed me to a lot of people–celebrities, models, makeup artists, photographers…if you get my drift. Am contemplating though if I can still pull off an editorial job. Fyi, an editorial job goes way beyond the “8-to-5″ schedule, it extends a few hours a day and even into the weekend. It used to be at least 10 hours of work for me, Monday to Friday and sometimes even on weekends. This is the setup that I really enjoy. I miss the deadlines, the pressure, the stress of filling pages, the adrenaline rush, the works. The allnighter when the pages needed to be re-designed, when problems arise, when photos don’t have the right resolution, etc etc.

I am considering going back to work. I mean the whole office setup thing. I am enjoying my homebased job it’s just that I was inspired by the job opportunities that came my way this week. Yes, there are many jobs in Manila. But it was my decision to work from home and now I want to take a break from this very convenient setup. I want new challenges. I want to compete again. I want to have reasons to buy more gadgets, clothes, shoes, bags, makeup and all the other kikay stuffs (I still don’t know where to put them but I will think about that some other time). Hahahaha.

Am I crazy for wanting to veer away from my comfort zone? Nah, I am just as comfortable outside the home as inside of it. I need to continue to broaden my horizon, continue growing, form new friendships and be my social self again.

Ex Talk

A good friend called yesteday to rant about her most recent ex. Surely it was about a problem that has gone out of proportion because of the guy’s uncommon sense. My friend has really nothing to do with it except that her ex-bf is looking for somebody to blame for the predicament that he has managed (successfully) to get himself into.

My friend who is a peace loving citizen (read: not confrontational) got into her senses and told her ex to leave her out of his mess and move on. “I have moved on and very happy now and I think you should too.” And with that she ended the conversation. I just wonder when is the guy finally taking responsibility. I wish he’d grow up. Soon.