Six twelve - hour days later , free time feels miraculous . When I was planning this fall , way back in the spring , I decided not to try to get a campaign job . Partly , this was to hedge against failure . Mostly , it was because I knew that I physically could not keep up a campaign schedule .

A: Why does free time feel miraculous to the speaker ?

Although I was kind of sad that I would lose a few days in Georgia , I agreed -- after all , these people were fun , and I had never been to those places . Then , my Couchsurfing friend Hisham asked if he could come , too . It started to look interesting . Of course , one by one they started to drop out ( Hisham because of family issues , Ali because he had just started a new job and could n't take time off , and Pelin because she 's Pelin ) .

A: What does " Pelin because she 's Pelin " mean in this context ?

I start school on monday , i have to get my car fixed stat ! I wish i made more money than what i ' m making , and i know i need a new job with better pay and more hours , but i love my job so much and i do n't want to leave . I ' ve become attatched to my coworkers , ok maybe like three of them , and to the kids . I ' m really getting tired of getting in the car , and worrying that i ' m going to break down on the side of the road .

A: What has lead the speaker to complain about the way that their car is currently functioning ?

Perhaps they had good intentions , but obviously that was the wrong answer , since Hashem got mad and we had to wander around for 40 years . That made me lie back and look up at the dark sky and think for a bit ... The point of my life is NOT to try to find the easiest way out ... even if I wanted to . The point is n't to find the most ' efficient ' path , the ' quickest ' way . The point is to get in there , get dirty , and struggle ... Struggle by doing seemingly fruitless things that are difficult , to fully engage with life instead of sitting on the side lines and thinking " I do n't know what I ' m doing , so why should I play ? "

A:
What may be the reason for their reflection on life ?