I went to bed annoyed by a
few things about being a bachelor. It gets to me at times, but it is ok because
my major responsibilities are still my mother, nephew and myself, in that
order. She's actually become less demanding these days, I think she has a
boyfriend. On the other hand my nephew worries me with his tantrums and how he
thinks we are the same age or maybe I'm younger. I don't think at 4 I was that
dramatic and a bully. He is picking up on labels and now demands to wear Polo
or Guess stuff to school and fights his mother. He hates tomato sauce and a few
other things that kids love. I might be to blame. LOL!
Anyway, as I sat in bed
enjoying my new addiction, tea, after a night out. I tried to count my
blessings but I didn't want to get myself in trouble with God because I would
start complaining. I ended up drawing a list in my mind of all the things I can
do now...
Let me try to break it
down to you by giving you a few examples of what this means.
This is the only time....
- This is the only time
you can purchase a convertible two door and be the guy in the 'red sports car'
who dresses and looks like he just stepped out of GQ pages and not have a nagging
woman/man on your shoulder.
- You can be the main and
only member on your medical aid. Use it as much as you can and enjoy it. I'm
actually going to start visiting my Dr when I have hangovers.
- You can be arrested for
driving over the speed limit, spend the night in a cell and make jokes about it
at the bar.
- You can afford to live
in an up market townhouse with the furniture YOU like and always have the TV on
your favourite channel.
- You can stay in bed
until 1pm without anyone complaining or waking up to your mother in law
screaming "Dear Lord, does he ever get out of bed! I think he'll die and
you won't even know." from the lounge. When did she get here??
- You can save something
as hilarious as R800pm and not feel guilty.- You can commit to two or more jobs and still have time to party and study. #StoryOfMyLife
- This is the only time
you can ask your siblings for R1500 loans half-way through the month and not be
embarrassed to even have dinner at their place for the whole week. Hope you
don't do this to your moms guys. LOL #SideEyesSomeone
- You can afford to take
work home and actually get it done. No brat will be screaming 'wook' in attempt
to say 'look' and next thing the fool points at a curtain.
- As a PR guy this is the
ONLY time people will be fascinated by the well-spoken black guy who always
laughs and closes deals like a pro. My greatest fear is being 33 and at events on
Wednesday nights trying to get the Director's number. I would rather be stuck
marking scripts in my house as a lecturer or a lifestyle magazine editor
trotting the globe on food/wine tasting sprees etc. I wouldn't want to shame
myself competing with 25-30 year old #CorporateProstitutes. Surely my system
won't allow late nights and early mornings, but the reverse.
- You can afford to kiss
and tell. After 30 you'll pay someone to keep it a secret. After 35 you
threaten to kill them. After 40 your blood pressure would shoot at their sight.
After 50 wouldn't be sure if it's the same person you were with. LMAO
That's just to give you an
idea of how I feel about being over 25 and approaching that number that I
mentioned before. Life gets serious but it is ok to be a little disorganized
but not too messy with your time, finances, health, lifestyle and faith.
My turmoil is always
brought by the question I ask myself EVERYDAY before I go to bed, even in the
least state of sobriety I ask myself "What was my highlight today?"
I still laugh at myself
when I don't have any, but I pray for better days. It is ok not to have the
most exciting days, as much as it is ok to over celebrate little achievements
now and again. I think it builds morale for bigger ones.
To you my friend, I say:
make the best out of the weekends, take that risk and finish off the sentence
"This is the ONLY time I can...”
Good luck!!
