Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Life in Florence is slowly becoming my
new ‘normal’. My schedule is now full and I suppose, I should be thankful for
that. Naturally I am a “go getter’ and prefer to stay busy. This particular
schedule however, is giving me a run for the money.
04:00 – Wake up, pee, brush teeth, shower,
write or blog
05:00 – Report to the sally port to leave the
unit for work
06:00 – Report to work
17:45 – Leave work and travel back to the
prison unit
18:30 – Work out, eat dinner, make phone
calls, and shower
20:00 – Settle in for TV, read, write or
socialize
22:00 – Fall asleep
The good news is that the days are
flying by and I feel every day as I am going through it. I should embrace this
right? I mean, I have one of the most highly sought after jobs that an inmate
can have. I make a whopping $.80 cents an hour – which is the highest amount we
can make. I’m healthy, in shape and have extraordinary support from the
outside. Nobody really bothers me and I stay away from the nonsense. All of
these things are good.
Still… if all of this is good, why am
I so unhappy?
Life is funny. I have to acknowledge
my own advice to other people and do something about my unhappiness. I have to
figure out something or at least begin to really appreciate what I do have. I
need a change because I refuse to stay in such a melancholy state of mind.
I know that finding my own version of
‘happy’ is possible. I have done it in much worse situations than this. I think
I have become complacent with who I have become and this is my very real wake
up call. I need to look at everyday as if it is truly a brand new day.
This is something I know that I can do
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