Cherishing the big stage

This week instead of sitting in Sportal's Auckand office, I have had the luxury of covering the Heineken Open for the company. For those not in the sporting know or are overseas it is the sole ATP Tour event here in New Zealand, and this year's field includes David Ferrer, John Isner, David Nalbandian and more.

I'm not one to be shy on the big stage. I use to love doing productions and stuff for my parents with my best friend at the time, Rutene Spooner. He's since gone on to do real productions that people actually pay to watch. Me? I'm more inclined to write about them.

This is besides the point. Needlessly to say, my first experience at the Heineken Open was that of relief - one of my favourite people in Auckland, and former classmate at AUT University Troels Somerville was working at the Heineken too! Sennsational I though - until I found out he was only working the first two days.

We spent those two days working, walking and talking about how things were going. He's moved on to the big world of fulltime work, as had I. It was incredibly exciting even just to discuss this with the man, because it was as if we were back at university - not for the books, but for the banter.

Anyway, as I came home tonight I had a big think about it - this is me. Matiu Workman, Sports reporter and web editor for www.sportal.co.nz. This is me in this first chapter of life outside of education. As a friend of mine said, it's hard to think of the daily grind and that we're another cog in the mix.

But are we another cog in the mix?

For instead of comparing ourselves to something inanimate, let us compare ourselves to something living - the human body. Instead of feeling like a worthless, oiled cog in the industrialised world of capitalism, why not be the brain in the body of fulltime work that both affects and inspires others? Surely that's a goal worth keeping.

That's my wee rant-in-old-english segment for this blog.

Life hasn't been exactly rosy for the Workman family, as you may well know. I have managed to feature in two car accidents this year, dad has also been one, and I managed to forget where I parked my car for over an hour on Monday. Thanks again, Troels, for keeping the sanity levels at a very respectable 5.6/10 at that stage.

Life's going really well, really enjoying it. It's hard to often have time for yourself and just think about how life is actually going for you. Whether it's on the up or if it's missing something. But when you do have that time, it's bliss, and often provides the catalyst for change or acceptance.

Make time for yourselves. It's sensational!