Peace at Last

It has been almost three months since the last time I wrote anything, and the reason for that is simple: I didn't have the time. I've been working two jobs since February, and I have to say, it was not a good idea. Last time, I talked about the new job I found and how good it was, but I also mentioned that I was going to keep working as an English teacher, remember? Well, that decision turned out to be a mistake.

In my new job as a surveillance operator, I work a 12-hour shift with 36 hours off, and that's totally fine. But when you add a 12-hour shift to four hours of teaching, it suddenly becomes too much. I've been sleeping poorly, eating poorly, and basically living poorly for these past couple of months. And that's why I decided to quit the English school.

Today is only the first day I'm free from that obligation, and I was already able to focus and get things done. I don't know exactly what happens when we sleep; all I know is that it does wonders for our health, and our health is the most valuable thing we have. Not having much free time also impacted my eating habits; during this experience, most of my meals were from McDonald's, because many times it was the only option I had.

I'm not a health freak, and I don't condemn fast food, on the contrary, I love eating food from McDonald's, Burger King, and places like that. But it's important to have a variety of nutrients in our diet, and you can't get that from eating the same thing every day. We can eat unhealthy food sometimes, as long as we eat something healthy later on, and I was rarely doing that.

Besides not having much free time, I was always feeling tired and stressed, and the thing that scared me the most was that my hair started falling out. I hope it stops now, because I'm too young to go bald! I'm not going to say that money isn't important, or that it can't buy happiness, because that's bullshit. However, what I will say is that our inner peace is priceless.