Work as a lifestyle? Am I ready?

When I was young, I always wanted to just grow up and get started on my career. I could not wait to start working, that is why I looked for my first job as soon as I turned 16.

In England, after you finish your GCSEs and turn 16, you can leave education and start "the big LIFE". In Hungary, you need to finish high school, and be 18 to start working properly. And even though I was all about working, I went to university because I thought it was very important. (This might be because of the Hungarian mentality of needing to get papers of your education, and the general push towards higher education. I think it is a great approach, however, it can be quite off-putting for the less ambitious teens.) At university, I was determined to find a job straight away, not just because I needed to support myself financially, or because I understand the importance of job experience in the future, but because I really wanted to. I still have two part time jobs alongside my studies, and I enjoy them both.

Now I am on placement, I do not have to go to class, I am away from my friends; and although I did manage to carry on with my hobby, although I made friends who I can meet up in my free time, my life pretty much planned around work. It is my priority and many times it stops me from doing other things, because of my rota, because I am too tired, or because I live far away from the city - so I can be close to my work place. Even my mind is all about work. Sometimes, for example, I even get excited about the fact that the pub has the same brand toiletpaper holder as the hotel. I mean Lilla, wtf? And then I realise that is scary. Does my life consist of nothing else but work? Is this how the "big LIFE" will be after I graduate? Is my next job going to do the same with me after I graduate? When I am at university there are so many things going on, I can switch between education, work, friends and hobby. I am planning my own life even if I have more things to juggle around. If a full time job, a grown up life is so restricted, then why do we think we have more freedom as an adult when we were young?

Does it really have to be this way?

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