It's nearly 1am and on a normal day nowadays, I'm fast asleep. 

Been a while since I've had time to myself like this. 

Life can just throw things down your throat and before you know it, you don't even realise that you have not had time to come up for air. Big decisions, weighing priorities, making sacrifices - it's all part of growing up, isn't it? 

I was recently at a training program, and it was two hours away from the city. On the drive back, we were all exhausted and to keep myself awake, I tried to pay attention to the radio - they were discussing urban development and the rising property prices. To my surprise, it kept me wide awake and it was actually - gasp - interesting! I thought to myself - a year ago, I would be so overwhelmed by these big and 'boring' topics that I would retreat back to my comfortable shell. How things have changed. 

One can never be too comfortable can they? Pfft. I don't think I have ever been given much chance to even BE too comfortable. Never in the same place for more than a couple of years, with varying - but always present - levels of reluctance each time. Call me a wimp but I still long to either be back in my hometown for good or if I really have to leave again, at least it's something I want and with the person I want to be with. 

Ah, such a typical self-entitled, unrealistically idealistic Gen-Y young adult. Screw that. In this day and age, opportunities don't just come knocking, most of them are lying around, waiting to be discovered. If I'm going to give less than my best, I might as well not go for it. We live in a generation of creators. Accessible information. Rapid innovation. There is so much that can be done within these areas. It's just a matter of breaking through, isn't it?