The Longest Weekend Of My Life
This article is posted under Inspirations and Motivations, Life Lessons, Productivity.For most people, it’s “back to reality” today, September 8. After enjoying yet another long weekend, it’s time to resume work in the office.
It’s been three consecutive long weekends, with another one coming on September 21. I think that 2009 is by far, the year with the most public non-working holidays in recent Philippine history, am I right?
So… what have you been doing for the past three long weekends and what are you planning to do in the next one?
Long weekends are always a welcome break to the monotony of work. It’s a time to relax, get busy with your hobby or go out of town to spend time with family and friends.
When I was still working in the corporate world, I always looked forward to these occasions. I would usually plan ahead and arrange my schedule days before to ensure that I would get the most fun out of the short vacation.
That was until I realized that long weekends can be more than just a time to rest and enjoy. For someone who dreams of financial freedom, long weekends are also opportunities.
A long weekend is a chance for you to:
- earn some extra income by doing some freelance work
- brainstorm and plan for a new business
- study and learn about entrepreneurship and investing
- take stock and analyze your current finances
- contemplate and decide on your financial future
Personally, for almost a year before I left the corporate world, I remember spending most of my long weekends (including the holiday vacation) doing freelance work. I’d grab any income opportunity I could get and later on, work out my finances to see if I have enough to start a business.
This continued until I had the resources and the courage to resign from work. And upon doing so, I have consequently started living the longest weekend of my life.
No more manic Mondays nor TGIF, for everyday seems to be a Saturday for me.
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On a side note, I still look forward to long weekends, because it’s an oppportunity for me to spend time with my corporate friends.
And for the past weeks, we’ve been working hard to shoot our entry to “The Best About C2 Life” video making contest. We hit two birds with one stone by going out of town for a vacation while still doing something productive. 
I would like to ask everyone to please vote for our entry, our music video and the voting link is provided below:
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Congrats Fitz for living a life without worried from work! I hope I can do the same someday.
I agree.. ang daming weekends ngayong 2009! woooooooooooot!
Sipag mo talaga.. bakasyon na nag fefreelance pa.. yung iba iniisip nila boracay, bohol, hong kong.. tsk tsk tsk..
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yes. we should be happy because of the too many non-working holidays this month…hehehe..at least we can relax and at the same time we can focus on our online or the make money online jobs.
yes.. this must be the happiest moment to those who are employed.heheheh at least.. they can relax and have time with their families… and we can also focus on our make money online.
holidays are not so happy when you are “forced” to work on those days. =( did you know that if you work at philippine embassy, you are entitled to BOTH holidays on your host country and the holidays in the Philippines? That means 2x the number of holidays to enjoy! =)