The struggle...

To go to work or not to go to work? That has been my question over the last couple of weeks. I was working at K-Mart as a regular associate doing a variety of tasks from cashiering to working the floors helping out customers. However, as I analyzed my situation I realized that driving from the Bronx to White Plains (gas expense), buying lunch or something to drink, and buying new clothes or sneakers could not be done alone on a minimum wage basis. On top of that the people I had to deal with (management) were the dirtiest and grimiest of people I have ever encountered, but I digress. Needless to say, I did what any young college student would have done if they didn't like the position they were in...I quit! Of course I was faced with the popular ridicule and patronizing. "what are you gonna do for money," and "you can't just quit your job," oh and my absolute favorite "your going to have a lot of jobs in your life that you don't like." Really? Are we all destined to struggle and toil at a job we don't like? I thought that's why I apply for loans every year to make up the difference for a college tuition so that I can be put in a better position to obtain a job that I ACTUALLY enjoy. I feel like my summer's are for me now to revive myself and prepare myself for the next year of college. Unfortunately, my "relaxed" view of society is frowned upon and my punishment is not having a constant flow of the green paper with white faces on it. So there in lies my struggle and possibly the struggle which most people have...you can either work everyday and be miserable, but reap the minor benefits of having money (clothes, sneakers, phones, etc.) or you could just simply chill. If you work you earn money, but as fast as you make it the quicker you give it right back and start all over again at square one (being broke!) If you don't work your always at square one, but your lack of production causes you to be seen as value-less...Pick your poison.

Stay Hungry...