Getting into my new routine
This is day 3 of my new routine sans a job so far. I like to call it the unemployment diet.
7:00 am - Wake up, make a pot of coffee and practice Spanish for an hour. Product plug - I use “Tell Me More” Spanish software from Auralog that I bought about a year ago. I really like it and feel like I’m learning.
8:00 am - Try to do some cleaning around the house. Little by little it makes a difference.
8:45 am - Get dressed to go to the gym.
9:00 am - Get to the gym. The weird thing I’ve noticed so far about going to the gym is that even at 9am it is still pretty busy. The funny thing is it seems a lot more people stand around talking than work out. Or it’s the Fishers moms who have nothing better to do than to complain about their children.
11:00 am - Back home to shower, sh*t, shave, etc.
12:00 pm - Lunch
12:30 pm - Start my work day and work on misc tasks. This has begun as me starting on things that I’ve always wanted to do. I.E. learning things on lynda.com, doing old projects I’ve never finished, and then doing design work for Zack for ebash.com.
5:00 pm - That is about my day, I know, real exciting so far. I haven’t really figured out my evening yet because I’m doing all the things that I would trying to rush into a usual evening after work spread out through the day. It’s kind of nice to sit down and watch a movie or tv and not feel guilty about it.
Johnny Paycheck would be proud.
Yesterday was the last day at my job. I decided two weeks ago that I was ready to leave and did that, put in my resignation.
It’s amazing how sometimes what you do day in and day out, once you’ve decided you don’t want to do it anymore what a relief it is to be done. The last few weeks I have been on somewhat of a cloud, I can’t explain it. I haven’t been this happy in a long, long time. That says something.
I have been planning for a long time to travel to a foreign country to learn Spanish. It is something that I’ve always wanted to do, and now I’m ready to do it. At the moment, my plan is to travel to Guatemala the week after Thanksgiving and stay and learn as long as my money holds out. I’m utterly excited.
I feel like I have everything in order and I have about 6 weeks or so to do the tasks necessary to prepare me for my travels.
There isn’t a better time for me to do this. With the responsibilities in my life having dwindled over the last few years, there is nothing stopping me from doing it. A lot of my friends that I’ve talked to are very excited and jealous for me. I just wish that I could help my parents understand what a life changing trip this will be. But they are parents, they worry, and sometimes don’t understand.
So this blog is dedicated to my travels and misadventures in learning Spanish. 50 days and counting.