Two Worlds. Karen, a TV director
by kasia_eight_thirty on February 26, 2008
in stories, students
I work for a big TV company in Canary Wharf – the symbol of wealth. When I finish work, quite often late in the evening, other people are at their homes. Before returning to my elegant apartment I stop in the bar on the ground floor. I have whisky and coke and for a moment I’d like to forget about my job and career. Then I go to the empty place of my own and turn TV on. After all, ‘someone’ should talk to me if no one awaits me. I feel lonely and tired. I take a shower and go to sleep. The next day is going to be similar.
Perhaps at the weekend I’ll go out of town. I’ll walk through the fields among wild flowers and feel that I’m alive. Perhaps I’ll take a book and spend all day in the park.
On the one hand, I have a comfortable, well-paid job and should be happy. On the other hand, I have no time for my friends, family and pets. My life tastes bitter-sweet.