What a week! Work has been hectic as I am rushing through the finishing line. Monday I was the peer reviewer of one report and stayed up until 10pm. Tuesday I had to work until 7pm. Two nights of bad sleep meant I had to semi-abandon my Wed running workout. Sigh… even Friday I came home past 6pm. But I can see the light of the ending, soon I’ll be in Shanghai with my family.
- Poor writing is a real thing. I am by no means good writer but there is always worse. This week I have to review 12 notes, 2 pages each. And man… I became the editor to remove the redundancies. I think everyone needs to learn how to write clearly, concisely, at non-technical manner so everyone can understand. Experts like to use jargons to make them look technical, not realizing that this means most of people wouldn’t understand the writing, thus reaching to nobody, thus no impact.
- Office drama weights me down. Sigh…. my friends are mostly from work as those are the people I interact in a daily basis. Once we moved out of DC, our friendships are concentrated with people from work. This means I get emotionally affected when there is drama among people I know. It is sad to see people would step into each other to climb the ladder. Very sad.
- De-optimizing for improved overall wellbeing from this podcast. This concept is mind blowing but soooooooooo true! It describes exactly I’ve been doing since my late 30s. I used to be the efficiency queen. Everything needed to serve a purpose, to be more productive. I realize that that’s a very unbalanced view of well-being. Now, I “waste” time doing things like meditation, walk for an hour to get a place when I can take a taxi, folder clothes on weekends when I can wait the helper do it on Monday, etc.
- I absolutely love this book (the road to character). Brilliant!
- I miss my family!!!!! I’m done with single living. I am not complete without them. I want to be their parent, I want to be my husband’s wife. I want us to be together despite the noise, flight. I am done living alone. It is sad to come home when no when is waiting. It is sad to finish a day of work and no one to talk about non-work related thing. I still appreciate the freedom to do whatever I want whenever I want, but I am ready to give up that freedom.
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Those long days at work are hard! I always feel like I am behind and that makes me feel like I need to catch up, so I then feel like I am always trying to catch up. There is something to be said for a little down time/me time to boost your morale and recharge! I also agree with you on taking the time to walk when you could get a car etc. Sometimes it is better to “waste” time in order to gain something else, be it mental clarity or exercise or a sense of accomplishment. I’ve been going through some old stuff, and it is SO tedious, and I could be doing something a lot more fun or financially viable, but it makes me feel better when I have everything organized and put away and purged, even if I am missing out on other things.
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I am glad your time apart from your family is coming to an end. It’s kind of nice that it coincided with a really busy time at work as then you didnt feel guilty about coming home later than usual. But it will be good to be reunited with them and to have a break from work!!
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Ugh, poor writing is a thing. It’s funny because English is not my first language, but I often end up “editing” work from native speakers (as are you, I suppose?!).
I can imagine that you’re itching to get your family back 😉
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