Ah I had another unproductive day again so unfortunately nothing else other than this prompt, I’ve also picked up a cold, big shock, well it’s not considering I’ve been going into London for work.
Like yes I enjoy it but at the same time I’m from a small market town where I am not used to people being everywhere, the tube in certain areas is known for being fairly dirty too and it’s at this point I envy Singapore’s clean metro, so my immune systems probably wondering what’s the hell is going on 😱 It also gets way more packed in the shop I work at now compared to my old camping shop so that probably has something to do with my cold as well!
Anyway I’d say yes and no. Yes because I feel like there are some things I’ve just got used too, like people being more cautious about germs and far more likely to use hand sanitizers. You know how much I saw people using hand sanitizers before Covid? Almost none! Now in every shop usually there is a hand sanitizer about.
And no because I feel it kind of stalled my younger adult life. I feel like I am missing a big chunk of my younger twenties because of it. Selfishly I wanted to go to Spain way more and actually think about getting a job there, be an expat for a bit, nope, Covid.
I also wanted to get a certain summer job that I actually planned to go for a permanent job at it after the summer job, like a part of me wonders what if that plan had worked out? I’d be in a full time permanent job right now and be able to move out of my parents home!
I was successful at getting the summer job! The biggest opportunity of my life, I would be actually working at Buckingham Palance over the summer with the potential to convince them to take me on permanently and even if that didn’t work out , it would look amazing on my CV.
I always liked the idea (when I am not thinking about being a travel blogger) to work in museum, tourist attractions or travel agency, like to have that on my CV was sure to help me!
But what happened?
Covid!
I honestly teared up and almost cried when reading the email and telling my parents that the summer job would not go ahead because they were closed for the summer because of Covid.
I tried to apply the next year but they were still closed because of Covid and I gave up then.
But yes that often plays at the back of my mind, how would my life have turned out if I had got it, especially at the age of 24.
Like at 28 I feel like I NEED to move out from my parents place, like as soon as I find a well paying job I am out but at 24 this feeling was much less pressurised and I was definitely more relaxed!
I have got a summer job, four years later but not at Buckingham Palace, though I still hope this current job leads to me being permanent. And no I am not going to tell you where I work, I think I’ve heard too many horrer stories about sharing stuff like that online!
I am aware of course that people had much much bigger problems than I did but I guess this is just me being selfish for a bit! Though I know in reality I know I am lucky compared to how some people experienced Covid!
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