Although sometimes I feel the need of getting a place to stay in Manila, I was never pressured to live on my own even if friends have been pushing me to. Reasons vary - you're old already, it's tiring to travel, etc. But I'd usually tell them, "Darating tayo dun."
Actually I don't feel that I'm that old to move out of our house. Not because I'm too attached with my family but I'm just trying to enjoy those few moments I'm with them. On the other hand, ever since college, I've been traveling. Heck, my system got used to it. The it's "traveling is too tiring" notion doesn't appeal to me anymore.
But this kind of persuasion is something new to me:
"Just imagine how much time you're wasting whenever you travel. If say you travel at least 4 hours a day, imagine how many hours you're wasting for a month. Then, compute how many hours you're wasting in a year. In 10 years, you have technically wasted 1 year of your life traveling. You could have spent those time wasted in other interesting and meaningful activities." - my boss persuading me to get a place in Manila.
(Well, notice that there's something wrong with the computation. It should have been nearly 2 years of traveling. Anyway, that's not the point.)
After listening to my boss, those things I missed doing suddently popped into my head - watching movies (in theater), reading "more" books, catching tv shows, etc. Man,if his perspective is true, of 525,500 minutes, have I actually wasted 87,600 minutes?
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Assuming, of course, that the only thing you're doing is traveling (sitting down or driving). 87,600 minutes of listening to great music or reading books or even just plain thinking is not a waste of time.
Napaisip ako dun. Looking at a different perspective, I'm not really wasting time at all. Even if there are "challenging times" (overly crowded transit, or whatever bother) wherein I couldn't bring out a book, I would usually contemplate on various things. I would normally observe people, listen to them, and reflect. Every little thinking helps me learn something.
It's not the notion of "waste" of 87,600 minutes that should push me to get a place in Manila. It think it should be the 7-hr stranded moment.
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