Adulting

Just got back the from a trip to Manila with my coworkers in local government. In all my years as a working professional, this was the first work-related out-of-town thing I'd been invited to. So I was pretty nervous.

But the days came and went really quickly. And I'm happy that I got to know my fellow LGU people better.

And I got some sage advice from one of the older Sangguniang Bayan members during a brief, random heart-to-heart moment while standing in line for ice cream. 

I told him about the pickle I've been in with Rap, where we don't know where to go after our Doctors to the Barrios contract ends in December. I've been pushing for Nasipit, while he has been pushing for South Cotabato. 

SB said we have to pick a place where we'll both be happy. If I force him to go to Nasipit, where he has no roots, no friends, and no family, this could cause tensions to build in the relationship and possibly drive a wedge between us. 

I could say the same for South Cotabato because I don't have friends or family there either. But objectively speaking, it is a nicer place than Agusan del Norte. The food is definitely better. The roads are nicer. And there are more green spaces for future kids or pets to run around and play in. 

Hay. I hate making adult decisions. Biologically, I'm already 29 years old, but developmentally, I feel like I'm 22. I spent the last 9 years studying medicine, and the last 2 years surviving a pandemic. I've only just started making my own salary. Only just started living on my own. I feel like there's just so much growing up I have left to do before I can consider myself an official full-fledged card-carrying "adult" member of society.

I don't really know how to end this post, so... bye.