Chronic Blogger

Freedom! Part 2

I've been told that in my previous "Freedom!" post, I managed to conveniently forget to mention another aspect of my freedom - freedom from the oppression, the subjugation, the tyranny known as "the boyfriend" ;)

Well, truth be told he's not such a tyrant. I think I'm experiencing Stockholm-Syndrome-withdrawal symptoms now that he's gone. I've lost my one and only chauffeur, financial backer, joke-tester, therapist (read: listens to my whinging all day long), and movie buddy. I can probably go without four of those five things, one I absolutely cannot live without. You can guess which one hahahaa.

The good thing is I now have heaps of time.... to do absolutely nothing hahaa. I am reading books again, watching TV (the Foxtel is getting a lot of mileage), going out with family, catching up or organising catchups with friends that I haven't seen for yonks, and starting to call other people on the phone. It's amazing how narrowly focused you can be when you have to work, study, and maintain a relationship all at once. Mind you, it's not that I didn't have fun back when I was studying. It was just that I had to sacrifice sleep in order to have that same amount of fun.

Now that I've managed to kill or suspend two of those three responsibilities, life suddenly is so much more carefree, so much more enjoyable and so much more fun! It's a delicate balance between devoting time to the relationship and time for yourself. But, that's a topic for another post!

posted by chronicblogger @ 2:22 AM