Studying and Working or Neither, really
There are just not enough hours in the day!
As a freelance translator, I cannot pass on cases, or else I can find myself without clients and, therefore, without an income... But it takes up so much of my day that currently I can’t even read the stuff for the ONE summer class I’m taking...
And one would think that, working so hard, I would be able to live in a decent place... well, think again...
Argentina’s rent is quite probably one of the most expensive ones out there... and I used to think Brazil was doing bad at that area... well, I guess only first world countries are able to offer cheap, yet good quality living arrangements.
For me, I have to make do with a place where the “bedroom walls” don’t even go all the way up to the ceiling and the wardrobe is literally falling to pieces... not to mention it was handed to me in a disgusting state, completely dirty. So much so, I had the reel state agency cut the cleaning expenses off from next month’s rent!
(don’t even ask me what’s with the stain, nothing of mine will ever go inside it)
But back to the studying x working dilema. I believe there will be a point somwhere down the road where I’ll have to choose or make some real changes to the way I am dedicating myself to a job that is not what I wanna do, however, is what pays the bills. That will probably be that turning point that separates those who make it from those who almost make it. And I can feel it approaching at a faster pace than I had anticipated. I really, really want to be on that first category, but do I have what it takes?
I guess only time will tell...
