Sep 02 2008
Out of the rat race
Again, Ace talked about his disappointments at work and he really wanted to quit. I cannot say he cannot handle pressure but the workload is too much for him not to mention a number of people he directly coordinates with and the many “bosses” that asks favor for him to do this and that. He should only be directly reporting to the Warehouse Supervisor but with the company’s lack of centralized and coordinated system, their workflow is so complicated that a should be one-process task became multi-process. He has been working hard to make the workflow simple by eliminating some processes that should not be done but he cannot change the whole system of the department and the company as a whole.
I know he drags his feet to the office every morning because he’s not motivated to work and I don’t know exactly what to say. What keeps him to work is my final say about the matter. I never said I’m ok with what he wanted and I know that’s what he wanted to hear from me. For all you know, he has been unemployed for quite sometime and was used to being his own boss. For the time that he was not in the rat race, he was making money thru a small business. Now he wanted that freedom from the rat race and I don’t know how to deal with it. As much as I wanted him to have a regular job if he is not really happy with it, I guess I should be supporting him for what he wanted to happen. Should I say, “okey, tender your resignation letter”?
Ace knew I am not hard to please in money matters and I can live simply in the comfort of what we have that’s why he knew losing a permanent source of income is not a very big issue for me. I am not a future-conscious person and he knew I can survive with barely a penny in my pocket. I am used to that kind of life and we survived so why would I worry about it? I was reminded of what the Bible was saying…”do not worry about the future”. Why should I worry then? Is it practical to save now for our future children’s education? It’s not even practical to pay for the children’s educational plan today and wait for more than a decade before it can be used and when the time has come, the hard-earned money you put in the plan is almost worthless. Not even enough to pay for the miscellaneous fees in the school, how much more the tuition fees?
Anyhow, if ever Ace will finally decide to quit from his job there’s countless ways to earn in business or in the internet and I would rather go back to the province where life is simple and cost of living is very cheap. We also have a land to till and I think Daddy will be happy if finally we can prioritize developing the farm.
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