Emotional flux = Sharing a room (bed) with your ex for over a week. When you still might like each other but you don't quite know yet. I don't recommend it yet it sure saved me a lot of money! After that messiness I moved into the BIG hostel for a few days, very decent for $30 a night. Big common room with nice TV, some cool people and cool staff. Sharing a room with 8 has its expected problems but having a bunk bed that squeaks like a dry-raped goose every time you shift sure makes you feel self conscious - and popular.
Then, I scoured the Australian version of Gumtree and found a pretty little place 15 minutes walk from the centre of Sydney city. I'm gonna be living with two couples (oh god) in a study-cum-bedroom with no door (wtf) and paying about £133 a week to do it (!). Don't worry though, the mitigating reasons are fantastic. The location is brilliant, the couples are asian (3 japanese, 1 chinese) and are therefore amazing flatmates. I speak from experience. The flat itself is gorgeous, air conditioning, bills and internet all included in the price. The study is blocked off by this gorgeous hanging sheet and has a very comfortable single bed, wardrobe, desk and leather office chair... what more do I need?
(A door, a lock and a double bed. But hey, we can always go to her place)
Provenance - just like meeting a man on the beach who then offered me a room in his beach house (that didn't work out cause his girlfriend didn't think I was a reliable tenant. They normally only get Chinese students in because of how good and quiet they are) - on my first night in Sydney I walked past a backpackers travel agents that was open until 10 and everyone was drinking and partying. I went in to check it out - made some friends.
Fast forward a week.
I'm walking to my new office to pick up my merchandise for my FANTASTIC door to door salesman role! And I walk past the travel agents looking quite smart and bam, they start offering me a job and what not. I quit the door to door (100% commission, not stable) and started Monday just gone - and I love it. The people are great, the workplace is great and the money is the sweetest thing - a really reasonable wage and a commission to boot. I was paid to train the last few days and tomorrow I start properly, name on the system, chasing the dollar. I'm gonna make the best of it.
Making the best of it... that's the name of the game. I've realised I've turned into a really negative person over time, finding something wrong with everything... really need to count my blessings sometimes. I guess being by myself has that effect, a bit more of a drifting, empty feeling than if you're surrounded by your loved ones. I'm going to start throwing myself into this life with everything now, not gonna hold back at ALL.
My first aim is to really succeed within an employed environment on a long term basis, to stay motivated and unjaded and successful, an asset to myself and others around me. I hope to do 3 months out in the bush here so I can qualify for a second year of working visa so for now my aim is to make and save as much money as possible - while having a shit load of fun. I think this job, these colleagues can make this happen.
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