I've always wondered why people preferred to leave the comfort of their home every morning (when they have no job to do outside that day) just so that they don't get to sit at home and do nothing. It never made sense to me, and I always felt it was weird because I have this friend who's a painter but would always go out almost every day.
At first I always thought he was going out to get jobs done, until one day when we both were having a conversation and he had opened up to me and told me that sometimes when he leaves here in the morning, he goes over to his friend's place to hang till evening, just because he hated sitting at home all day doing nothing.
Now I know I said it felt weird, but writing it out here just made me realize that it is weird, because when you think about it, you're literally leaving your home to go do the same thing you didn't want to do at your place, at your friend's place.
The only difference is that your neighbor automatically thinks you're going to work, which you're not, which I think is all he's concerned about. He probably just doesn't want people to see him as a jobless guy and would rather go hang out with a friend instead.
Anyway, when I got up this morning and went outside my room, it felt like a ghost town here, almost like everyone had a meeting to leave this morning and left me behind. I normally would have gone to church, but I had a late night last night because I had some personal stuff to do and ended up waking up very late this morning.
Usually, waking up to find an empty house wouldn't bother me, but something felt off within me today, and all of a sudden I found myself becoming that neighbor of mine who hates sitting at home.
So, for the first time in my life, rather than remain in the comfort of my humble abode, I had taken my bath, put on some clean clothes, and decided to just take a walk. I didn't care about where I was going to, as long as it wasn't somewhere where I would get recognized by someone who knew me.
I ended up finding a spot in a place far away from home, and I stayed there till evening. When I started coming back home, I felt like I had achieved something today, even though I did nothing other than take long walks… And for a bit I found myself relating to my neighbor and understanding why he does what he does.
