Midlife Navigation

I had almost given up, forgotten, and sacrificed my social life while working full-time. It put a damper on my social life. At 40 plus, life had become monotonous, just the professional work and coming home to cook and do household chores. As the office put up circulars of International Women’s Day celebration, I figured what better time for a Personal Social Outing?

When I get home in the evening, I barely had the desire or energy to cook and clean let alone go out. I remember those days when I would look forward to after work socialising with friends at our favourite cafe, or dinner and a movie on Friday nights. Now, i’m in my pyjamas by 6:30 pm and yawning by 8:30 pm. The workplace hectic schedule and the heavy city traffic leaves me with hardly any energy or desire for recreation. Since the weekends fly by so fast, I find myself not doing things because I’d rather stay home than spend half a day stuck in the city traffic. When did I become such a bore?