The last post didn't make sense. It's like hearing my thoughts out loud; what is my point, exactly? Perhaps it was just another of my futile attempt to convince myself otherwise with regards to this thing called 'work'.
So, I'm finally moving on. In fact, the decision wasn't so hard to make. Something just cemented it; could be that the so-called determination to go that had been eluding me for so long, has finally found me, or simply because enough is enough. Ultimately, it's both.
I asked myself several times, is this an impulse? Cos I am one who succumbs to impulse (be it buying or temperament-wise). Because if it truly had been on impulse, there should be the repercussions of regret, but there wasn't. There was one point where there was this pang of something (regret? I don't know.), because as future plans were being discussed... suddenly, I am not involved anymore. So that sobering realization that I no longer belong set in, and that's when I had this jolt of realism. This is real, and that jolt unsettled me. Because I've been here for a while, and it is no longer going to be comfortable. I ronically, I looked forward to it.
In retrospect, it is pretty liberating after I gave the letter. I don't know how the world out there is going to treat me; probably beat me up left right and center, but so what? I'll just pick myself up again and move on.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Wow, the last time I did any decent blogging was months ago (the pics do not count). Geez. Time to make up for it.
This year so far, has been rather interesting. Events that happened at work actually placed me at another whole new level; for me, it's invigorating and surprising. The details are not important, but the experience is like a push toward something fresh and new, and I am looking forward to it, whatever it may be.
Sometimes, there will be people around you saying or handling things a certain way and it began to grow on you, and that inevitably becomes how you work as well. Habits, structure and tradition set the institution, no matter where you are. It's how that company of people function as a team and when the method works, it becomes the rule of thumb. Recently, I've gotten interested in the concept of work, and the itty-nitty sub-categories of it.
The main category obviously is practicality and survival. Money is the currency of the world, and to live in the world, you gotta have the currency. SO, working (being paid for your service and expertise) provides you the currency. That's the basic need of living, the minimal. What people are so caught up with in the age is the pursue of financial fitness. Everybody wants to be a 'bodybuilder'; super fit, all muscle groups in tip-top condition. So that becomes their goal, and work will then hold a different meaning for them. Earn more money, more more more.
But, what if your goal of work is to be expose to as many different industry as possible? It will be different. You want experience, that's your goal. Of course, you will need to decide on your various criteria. In that way, perhaps money is not priority. The main thing is, earning power give you options. Higher earning power wil therefore give you more options. Say, LV or bonia? You decide.
My reason of putting this down is for me to see work clearly, maybe as an outsider. For a long time, I've been in it and was not able to see it as I should. So, there you go. Part 1.
This year so far, has been rather interesting. Events that happened at work actually placed me at another whole new level; for me, it's invigorating and surprising. The details are not important, but the experience is like a push toward something fresh and new, and I am looking forward to it, whatever it may be.
Sometimes, there will be people around you saying or handling things a certain way and it began to grow on you, and that inevitably becomes how you work as well. Habits, structure and tradition set the institution, no matter where you are. It's how that company of people function as a team and when the method works, it becomes the rule of thumb. Recently, I've gotten interested in the concept of work, and the itty-nitty sub-categories of it.
The main category obviously is practicality and survival. Money is the currency of the world, and to live in the world, you gotta have the currency. SO, working (being paid for your service and expertise) provides you the currency. That's the basic need of living, the minimal. What people are so caught up with in the age is the pursue of financial fitness. Everybody wants to be a 'bodybuilder'; super fit, all muscle groups in tip-top condition. So that becomes their goal, and work will then hold a different meaning for them. Earn more money, more more more.
But, what if your goal of work is to be expose to as many different industry as possible? It will be different. You want experience, that's your goal. Of course, you will need to decide on your various criteria. In that way, perhaps money is not priority. The main thing is, earning power give you options. Higher earning power wil therefore give you more options. Say, LV or bonia? You decide.
My reason of putting this down is for me to see work clearly, maybe as an outsider. For a long time, I've been in it and was not able to see it as I should. So, there you go. Part 1.
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