I resigned from the CSIR at the end of February without a formal job to go to, and I've been thinking about why ever since. I guess there isn't one single reason, more a number of them, and today I feel like I have enough of them to write a post. I'm not sorry I resigned, I'm mildly terrified about the consequences, but very excited about the opportunities. Lucky for me, I'm in a position to enable me to resign, I have two commitments I will honour, my girlfriend, Renalda, whom I love very much and my homeloan, which is mostly paid for by my tenants.
So why did I do it? I think that perhaps now is just the right time. There are a number of reasons why I've been considering this for some time. I guess it all started with the paradigm shift about diet. In my book, take everything you think you know about a healthy diet and throw it out the window! Low fat isn't the better option! Neither is wholegrain! Fat does not make you fat! I applied it to my life and haven't looked back, i feel wonderful, i still get astounded comments from people about how I look.
So if something as basic as what we eat is wrong, what other basic truths that we take for granted are also not right? I started reading self development books and business books. A friend pointed me towards The Four Hour series, of which I've read some of the Body and listened to all of the Work Week. He talks about lifestyle design, thats when i started to consider that perhaps a 40 hour work week (read 60 hours) was not the be all and end all of life, and that perhaps I was missing something.
Then I started thinking again about my eye and the fact that just after 30 years old I no longer have perfect eyesight, probably permanently. And that now and then I can feel my health deteriorate when things are stressing me out.
I also started thinking about family and that it is conceivable at this rate that I could count the number of times I may see my parents on two hands. Not to mention missing out on nieces and nephews growing up.
So I'm going to take some time to think about things, move closer to my folks, help my dad with all the maintenance he is now to old to complete...complete the circle 😊
So why did I do it? I think that perhaps now is just the right time. There are a number of reasons why I've been considering this for some time. I guess it all started with the paradigm shift about diet. In my book, take everything you think you know about a healthy diet and throw it out the window! Low fat isn't the better option! Neither is wholegrain! Fat does not make you fat! I applied it to my life and haven't looked back, i feel wonderful, i still get astounded comments from people about how I look.
So if something as basic as what we eat is wrong, what other basic truths that we take for granted are also not right? I started reading self development books and business books. A friend pointed me towards The Four Hour series, of which I've read some of the Body and listened to all of the Work Week. He talks about lifestyle design, thats when i started to consider that perhaps a 40 hour work week (read 60 hours) was not the be all and end all of life, and that perhaps I was missing something.
Then I started thinking again about my eye and the fact that just after 30 years old I no longer have perfect eyesight, probably permanently. And that now and then I can feel my health deteriorate when things are stressing me out.
I also started thinking about family and that it is conceivable at this rate that I could count the number of times I may see my parents on two hands. Not to mention missing out on nieces and nephews growing up.
So I'm going to take some time to think about things, move closer to my folks, help my dad with all the maintenance he is now to old to complete...complete the circle 😊
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