"Relax and trust the timing of your life. You will figure out your career. You will find the right relationship. You will become the person you always wanted to be. Just don’t forget to appreciate who you are now" – Ruben Chavez
"Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you."— Jonathan Tropper
"That's the thing with time, isn't it? It's not all the same. Some days - some years - some decades - are empty. There is nothing to them. It's just flat water. And then you come across a year, or even a day, or an afternoon. And it is everything. It is the whole thing.”- `How To Stop Time`-Matt Haig
"What you allow is what will continue."
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” - Albert Einstein
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Time has stoped
and all I know
is that we were meant to be
Our silluettes
clashing with the sparks
we feel in our hearts
Stardusts
all iridescent
swirl around us
invisible to the naked eye
You will forever be the reason
why I've stayed alive.
in your mind with words
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But doing all these shifts also makes me appreciate my translation gigs even more.
And I know I will never take sitting down, drinking hot tea and relaxing despite not being able to be that social, for granted ever again. (not that I ever did).
While working all these shifts at the vets, It's made me realize just how much translation work suits me.
I have the freedom to choose the gigs I want to do, and I get to work at any time of the day that I like.
I have been thinking of trying to specialize in a field.
I'd LOVE to specialize in lyrics translation, but maybe this is too unrealistic, since I don't really have any degree from college, and solely experience translating lyrics now for maybe close to 2 years, and this is all thanks to a single client who I was fortunate enough to recieve an email from, asking if I can accept his awesome, dream-like gig.
I also have some experience translating short stories and Japanese manga, so, I won't mind trying to specialize in this field either.
More than anything, I would like to explore more gigs, and read a bit more as well, since I haven't been able to read that much these days.
For now, I am just taking it shift by shift.
I'll have worked at the clinic for an year when it's June. Time flies.
I know I hated it before, constantly cleaning etc. But I learned that it was a stepping stone for me to become a VA in training. We all have to start somewhere after all. :)
So, since I became a Vet Assistant, I have been enjoying my job a lot more.
Some days, I wash dogs and trim their coats, other days I assist in surgery (which I've always been interested in ever since I was a kid, watching 'Emergency Vets' in the US).
But most days I am cleaning cages, syringes, exam room tables, observe the vet during examinations and help when he needs me, etc. , plus what I've mentioned above.
It can be pressuring, which can be difficult for me to remain calm, especially when I am not sure what to give the vet when he needs a tool for example, ( still learning names of the equipments in Japanese), but it is also a job that helps me grow as a person.
Most days are typical, but other days, I can do amazing things, like bottle feeding a sick kitten, which was my dream "job", and kind of still is.
And the fact that I was able to experience this again ( i cared for an abandoned kitten a few years ago when I was a student at a Japanese Language School in Tokyo ), was a dream come true.
I feel with time and determination to learn more, I feel I can do this, I can try becoming a better Vet Assistant.
In the long run, I just have to learn everything in English.. hah. But I feel it would feel easier to learn this way to be honest, even if I am bilingual :p
It's getting much colder here in Nagoya, but luckily, besides my part-time job at the vet clinic once a week, ( my job there finishes for good at the end of December!) for the rest of the week, I get to stay indoors drinking hot tea, relaxing, and work on my gigs.
Anywhere we move to in the future, ( or visit for vacation, always take my work with me ) I won't have to worry about applying for boring waitressing jobs anymore. :p
Who knew you don't always need a college degree to be happy with your life!
I am so fuckin' content with my life. <3
And to think this is my lifelong career now... :)