weekend.

it's funny how even when a work week goes by quickly, the weekend still isn't long enough. maybe it's because the carryover of the fast work week makes the weekend go by at an equal pace, and it's 3 days shorter. i often marvel at where my weekends go and i joke that i need a 4 day a week job.

it forces one to value his or her free time, even if it's just free time spent doing nothing. for me, it's a bit strange. much of my more active free time happens out-of-town because many of those i'm closest to live elsewhere. when i am home in LA for the weekend i usual relish in accomplishing as little as possible with myself, making up for rest i've missed out on traveling and being busy other weekends.

either way, i end up spending time thinking about careers and working. it's not that i sit around and worry about stuff at work or anything like that; i get away from work [which is healthy and necessary]. but it makes me think about how much of our lives is devoted to working at a job. it really causes me to pause and wonder where i'm going and wonder if i need more of a plan.

i think the generation of individuals in my age group definitely has it different than those that came before, but that is likely always true. i feel like this generation gets tagged as being lazy and spoiled and pampered. but i think we've been afforded opportunities that previous generations were not, in large part due to the hard work and sacrifice of our "elders" as well as the developments of recent decades in terms of technology as well as the recognition of civil and human rights more generally.

i am completely unsure where these words are wondering off to at this point. but i do feel like, spending so much time working and having the free time be of such importance and sometimes go by so quickly, it is important to have a good plan and know certain things [about yourself, who you are, and the things you would like to do with yourself and your life]. yet plans change and more importantly, the myriad of experiences in life inform your desires, hopes, and dreams.

time for some reading and then sleep [another precious commodity much like free time].

...also, i don't mean to complain. things could definitely be worse and i'm lucky to not feel completely overwhelmed or anything of the like. but who would turn down a little more free time?