To be

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The guard on watch, as always, said goodbye politely. The front door slammed shut. In front of me is a painfully familiar street, along which you need to run twenty paces to the tram. Free day ahead. How long have I been in the fresh air at three o'clock in the afternoon! You can do shopping with feeling and sense. You can go to the clinic - I put it off for a long time, although something in my side ached. You can just wander around the city - this pleasure I have not allowed myself for so long. Walk to the house, having eaten two portions of ice cream along the way. At home, first sleep (Lord, sleep!), Then watch a movie, which I have never had time to see. And then get under the blanket and read something unscientific and very romantic.

Every day I deprive myself of simple joys for the sake of work. But I am sure that I will continue to do this forever.

I don’t know what disaster can be compared to the loss of a job in our time. Work is money, self-realization, career, my guarantee of a stable future. Now, when even experienced specialists (not to mention university graduates) have problems with employment, the very fact of having a job is gaining priority. Next on the scale of values is salary. Then the correspondence of the position to your skills, aspirations, wishes.

Getting a job somewhere (for one and a half to two thousand) is not a problem. Therefore, the concept of "good job" is now equivalent to the concept of "good salary". Psychological tests conducted among students showed that over the past five years, such value as material goods has evolved significantly in their minds. Others - self-realization, health, family - remained almost at the same level. And although the competition for universities has jumped up in recent years and the number of commercial training places has grown, education is rarely seen by anyone as an end in itself: to become smarter, better, more cultured. The main measure of a potential higher education is the prospect of earning big money later.

The overwhelming majority of my fellow students from the journalism department went to work in advertising. Firstly, it is easier to get a job than in the media, and secondly, the salary is higher. Thirdly … - each has its own "third". After graduation, I myself decided: I will no longer work for an idea, the red price of which is $ 100. - and start making money. At any cost. The price was not so high: the largest stevedoring company in the North-West region has been looking for a speechwriter for a long time.

And I found out what a super feeling it is to know that there is a stack of lilac pieces of paper in a leather purse on the closet and that they will not run out until the end of the month. That you don't have to think about what kind of cream I want for myself - from "Nivea" or from "Lancome". That I can finally start helping my mother financially, who did not reproach a word for my complete non-participation in the family budget during my five years of study at the university. You don't have to take sandwiches to work, but go to the dining room. And in winter you can buy something not only warm, like my old fur coat to the floor, but also beautiful and stylish. And for this it is not at all necessary to curtail oneself in everything.

Yes, money is not happiness, but if there are no other options, money successfully provides this happiness. And no one can convince me that confidence in the financial stability of tomorrow is less enjoyable than a great romance. And don't tell me about spiritual values - only a small fraction of us are able to withstand a long time in a hut, where rain flows through the branches, the mattress lies right on the ground, and the only light is Ilyich's lamp.

They say that you quickly get used to good things. It is not true. You get used to good things at lightning speed. And the one who at least once bought shampoo for 60 rubles. instead of shampoo for 12 - will never return to the past. And it is not necessary. Let's grow, let's raise our demands on life, let's convince ourselves that we, as in advertising, "deserve it"!

So what can you do to keep this money from slipping away? How to always feel "on horseback"? How much do you need to get so that, standing in the icy wind at a bus stop, not to think painfully - take a minibus or freeze a little more, wait for a regular bus? How to gain confidence that there will always be enough money? How to stop postponing "for a rainy day" and start saving for a "brighter tomorrow"? I will answer: hold on to a good place with your hands, feet, claws, teeth, etc. Take the initiative. Continuously develop as a professional. Do not cheat even in small things. Always be cheerful and ready to work overtime. And do it all with pleasure. And try, try, not relaxing.

I suspect that men may suspect people like me of being overly commercialized. They are wrong. It is common for a woman to want more. If she associates serious plans with a man, she takes care not only of herself, but also of future offspring. Ruddy, well-groomed kids in bright imported costumes on expensive strollers always gave me a sharp thought - mine will be the same. I will not skimp on "diapers". And I will buy him any rags and any toys. He will be the most beautiful baby in the world. I can deny myself something. But I have no right to give birth to a child who is not sure that he will have everything: a bright room, a comfortable bed, a stroller, a playpen, soft toys, a bunch of overalls, undershirts, sliders, booties and hats. And for this I am ready to earn any money.

Today is my day off. The headmistress, from the royal shoulder, sent everyone home at three o'clock in the afternoon. Indeed, we had a crazy week. I have forwarded a bunch of articles written by unlucky journalists who don't understand the difference between indoor and outdoor warehouses. I have composed a bunch of informational texts in various directories about how great and powerful our port is. I did not leave the phone, because the workers went on strike demanding higher wages, and all and sundry called our department to find out how events were developing. Events developed horribly. But I told everyone: the situation is returning to normal. Negotiations are in progress. The company fulfills all obligations to customers. This is my job. PR. For which I get my wonderful, my rather big money. And I will do my best to stay "on horseback" as long as I need.