When Work Gets in the Way of Play
“Choose a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” There are some days I would punch Confucius in his philosophical nose for spouting out such simple nonsense. I imagine he embedded this quote in some manuscript that explained it in greater detail, but popular society has decided to trumpet this singular sentence when people are thinking of career choices. God knows I heard the saying enough during my days in college.
If I could choose any job, I would love to be a writer, and I’m sure as a writer, I would never work a day in my life. Unfortunately, this is also called unemployment, and this doesn’t necessarily put food on the table or video games in the Switch. As such, I chose a career path in college that could earn me a consistent income, and I pursued it knowing that I would genuinely enjoy the work I would be doing. I have days when I am fully in my element, when the day flies by. I’m almost always proud of what I do.
I also have weeks when I am slaughtered by my workload. Sometimes, Friday night rolls around, and I’m already dreading Monday morning without even having started my weekend. Most of us will experience these hardships, and you know what? We get past them. It sucks; we don’t like it, but we move on.
This week’s video is spawned from exhaustion, routine, and Spacecats with Lasers. Because I am still early in my career as a YouTuber wannabe, I have no idea if anyone will notice a difference in my videos. The nervous chihuahua in my head is yipping incessantly, yapping that I stuttered more frequently and came off as less entertaining. I have no way of confirming this unless I ask people for feedback, but the chihuahua is afraid of talking to people as well.
Let it be known that I would have probably referred to a part of my brain as a chihuahua, regardless of my work week.
No matter my excuse, I still made a video, and that’s a triumph. If it’s good or bad, let me know. I’ll be over here peeing on a fire hydrant while watching you with my big ol’ bug eyes.