This week's Friday Five:
- When did you take the road less traveled? December 2019, when I quit my full-time job at MAC. I had good pay, good benefits, and excellent RRSP contributions. And because I was hitting my 10 year mark, I also would've gotten 4 weeks of paid vacation. But I was MISERABLE AF. Management was awful, goals were unrealistic, the makeup industry is having a steady decline (in sales, in ideas, in originality, in artistry — you name it), customers are assholes, and retail is terrible in general. My mental health couldn't take it anymore, and it's a huge reason why I ended up having to take medication for high blood pressure. So I quit, despite having a lot to lose. Which has lead me to where I am now, and — knock on wood — I am a lot happier for it.
- When have you told the truth but told it slant? When I call in sick to work. Like, when I'm not feeling that well, but I could have gone in to office. I tell an embellished truth.
- When did you most recently strike out? Last week, when I went to check my lottery tickets and DIDN'T WIN. Imagine that.
- In what way is today like a summer's day? It was actually sunny today! (Nevermind that it was -10℃ with harsh, bitterly cold winds. THE SUN WAS OUT.)
- Where do you go to find yourself? In my bed, or maybe the shower. Those are the places that I do the most contemplation. I am definitely not one of those people who need to go to a forest or a lake or a mountain or a beach (or anything nature-related, really) to think or relax or have an epiphany.
That's because in Canada, the weather is trying to kill you. If you lived somewhere nice and pleasant, the weather would be much more nurturing. I mean, except for the ocean trying to drown you and sharks trying to eat you. The trick is not to think about sharks because that keeps them away. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! You're not wrong since there's about a 60-degree (Celcius) difference between winter and summer in Toronto (much less of a difference by the coasts), but Canada isn't lacking in nature by any means! We have an insane abundance of it, it's just not pretty beaches. :P
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