DON’T EXPECT TO SEE CHANGE IF YOU DON’T MAKE ONE

Routine is always part of our everyday life. We wake up each morning (evening for others), glimpse at our phone, look at the time, take a sip of coffee, bath, wear same old clothes, ride the jeepney, walk the same path, meet the same people, sit on same chair, listen, stare at paper works left undone. It was always, it is always and it will always be the same. Nonetheless you’ll break the thick line of monotonous life.

You are bursting fire because you’re getting tired of what you do. You are losing your motivation because you are not happy anymore. You cannot give your 101% because it is worthless. But why?

Sometimes we ask ourselves, is it us? or Is it them? or Is it the work? or Is it the boss? or Is it the system? How are we going survive?

The truth is, it is not those things that surrounds us. It is our selves. We have choices we are just afraid to fail. However, failure is part of growing up and it helps us to improve. Risk is not a just a word for caution but for courage. Courage to take a step out of our comfort zone. Courage to go a little further. Courage to make that change so you won’t feel the anxiety of doing the same thing over and over.

Do make a change. Life is short to live a tedious living.

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The author is SST II at Pulung Santol National High School