are you unemployed at the moment? working part-time? (this sounds like one of those self-help adverts). whatever you are doing, if you aren't in full time employment, it is ALWAYS hard to get a balance of worki-ness and free-timey-ness (sounding less like one now). that is why i have invented chooseday: monday, chooseday, wednesday, thursday, friday. unfortunately this pun does not work in italian; martedi not rhyming quite so well. even the americans may find this one a little tough with their 'toosday'. but for us brits, tuesday chooseday works wonderfully.
so what is chooseday? chooseday is a day that i have created for myself. it is not for work. it is not for job-hunting. it is a day for me to 'choose'. maybe i'll choose a museum or exhibition (likely...). maybe i'll choose the theatre. maybe i'll choose to go up the empire state building, ride the london eye or climb kilamanjaro (these are perhaps not such easy options to complete in a day in rome). but i have decided to create this day so that in the potential few months i have left in this fabulous place, i manage to see as much as possible as well as getting on with work and school during the rest of the week. and its structured fun. love a bit of structure.
it is important not to get bogged down with whatever one is doing, but to step back and EXPLORE one's surroundings. for me, living in a foreign city that is full to the brim with culture, this isn't hard. but we must remind ourselves that wherever we are, exciting goings-on are happening right around the corner, its just a matter of putting a 'chooseday' aside to experience them...
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