January 10th, 2020
On most days, I walk to the library through the downtown area of Salt Lake City.
If I'm getting a late start to my day, or I went for a run in the morning, I'll be walking through downtown at 10am or sometimes even noon.
I walk by many office buildings / high rises.
I always manage to walk by some groups of corporate employees. I can always tell from the business casual attire and they often have a lanyard/ID/badge thing.
And every time I see them, I get a feeling of gratitude that I am not doing a 9 to 5.
When I'm working at Starbucks, they will come in and have their gossip/politics chats.
Because it reminds me of my corporate days, when I had to be somewhere, every weekday, from 9 to 5. I felt compelled to go out to lunch (awkwardly) with coworkers, and have 1:1s with my managers.
And sometimes (when business gets hard) I forget about all of these reasons I left the 9to5.
But the thing that gets me the most is those stupid khaki pants and uncomfortable shoes that they are wearing. I just can't imagine ever doing that again.
If I'm getting a late start to my day, or I went for a run in the morning, I'll be walking through downtown at 10am or sometimes even noon.
I walk by many office buildings / high rises.
I always manage to walk by some groups of corporate employees. I can always tell from the business casual attire and they often have a lanyard/ID/badge thing.
And every time I see them, I get a feeling of gratitude that I am not doing a 9 to 5.
When I'm working at Starbucks, they will come in and have their gossip/politics chats.
Because it reminds me of my corporate days, when I had to be somewhere, every weekday, from 9 to 5. I felt compelled to go out to lunch (awkwardly) with coworkers, and have 1:1s with my managers.
And sometimes (when business gets hard) I forget about all of these reasons I left the 9to5.
But the thing that gets me the most is those stupid khaki pants and uncomfortable shoes that they are wearing. I just can't imagine ever doing that again.