Happy Blogging New Year

I have always liked the phrase, "Its what I do, its not who I am." I don't know where it came from, or who said it, but who cares. It makes sense to me. What I do is work at a restaurant at a ski resort. Even before I worked there I have always thought that whatever job I found it would be what I did, not who I am. Anyone who defines themselves by their job has a problem in my book. Work sucks and is for suckers. Though my job calls for me to be social and outgoing, this is not how I spend my days away from work at all. In fact I think that the forced social interaction pushes me in the opposite direction on my days off. Some people might think that spending your free time in near complete solitude would be a sign of depression or some other psychological illness. Untrue. In fact I find it to be a most liberating kind of freedom. I don't have to listen to anyone. I don't have to compromise my spare time, I get to do exactly what I want. I remember when I was a freshman in college, my Resident Assistant for the floor of my dorm thought I was depressed and suggested that I attend an on campus depression screening. True story. She got this impression from the fact that I seemed to not be involved in a lot and also seemed a little bit withdrawn from what she thought was normal social interaction. She even almost had me fooled into thinking maybe I should go to that screening. In retrospect I think the only thing that kept me from going was my own laziness. But now I am glad I didn't attend. I wasn't depressed. Some people just enjoy being by themselves and not being involved with clubs or organizations. I am one of them. While every person needs some human interaction, I get plenty of it at work, so by the time I get some days off, I don't want to see or talk to anyone I know. Which, if you know me, is why I sometimes don't return your phonecalls. And let me tell you, those days off are key to my sanity. Nobody enjoys their days off more than I do. Also, I'm glad I don't have roommates or I would be on edge all the time. Living alone is the shit. For now at least.