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What I Learned From a Month Of Manual Labor
And why we must proactively take control of our lives.
I’ve been home since September after I lost my job. I worked as a waiter for only two months this year, yes just two months. The lockdown in Italy was lifted pretty late in the summer, so restaurants couldn’t get to work early, speak of having a bad year. 2020 will never be forgotten, at least not by me. In fact I have chosen to write to God, to scrap this year off my age, since I practically didn’t use it. Think about it, what really did you do this year? Okay maybe you did great, though I have no clue how. But for me, it’s a very bad year and even as i write this, it still isn’t great. That’s why I decided to get any job, anything at all, to help with the bills. You can imagine staying home for four months without a source of income- it’s hell!
A few days ago, a friend called me that a family was looking for a manual labourer to tend to their lawn and also axe woods for their fire-place this winter. I felt, what the heck, I need to get something doing. So I volunteered myself and it’s been one month since. So far, beside the body ache and cramped fingers I get every morning, here are a few things I’ve learned.
