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2019 Week 4 Weekly Update

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This was a bit of a busy week for me and I was actually surprised when Friday came around.

I went for an interview this week after a fairly long time, as it turns out. Actually I was sure I would not go to this interview. What happened was someone from this organisation called me last week and asked me if I was free this week for the interview. Normally, a call is always followed up with an email confirming the interview and the details. But the email never came until a day before the supposed interview date and after I had given up on this organisation for being rude and disrespectful of me and my time. When the email came, I was surprised that the employee handbook and a detailed job description (along with targets and KPI) were sent. This intrigued me enough to actually go for the interview. As of now, I am still undecided if this is the right fit for me, but I have decided to keep an open mind for now. They are seeing others, obviously and will let me know if I have to go down for a second round. The interviewers were also interested in the fact that I blog and wanted me to send them links to this space. I declined since I blog anonymously and don’t want my privacy shot. The price I pay for privacy! Should I privatise these updates posts and share the rest with people? I am still on the fence on this.

On other sad news, last Friday, I heard of the demise of one of my managers. I have now known him for more than a decade and he was too young to go, he was in his mid fifties only! I learned that he had been sick for a while now and was hospitalised in a bigger city around 170 km from his hometown. He died fifteen minutes after he was sent by ambulance to his home surrounded by his wife, children, parents and siblings due to multiple organ failure. He was a good human being and a boss who cared for his subordinates so I was quite upset when I heard the news on social media. May his soul Rest In Peace.

We will enter February later this week and I can’t help but want this year to go slow. We have the GCSE exams at the end of the year and I am just not ready for it.

On that note, have a great and productive week folks!

2019 Week 3 Update

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Hmm, actually there’s nothing really to share this week. I live a fairly mundane life and this week has been especially boring even to me.

Nothing really happened and the highlight of the week was someone calling me for an interview next week saying they would follow it up with an email confirmation latest by the next day…which still hadn’t come in! I actually found it rather funny and telling about the organisation than being offended. If I do interview with that organisation, I will definitely keep this boo-boo in mind about potentially how disorganised they could be.

I am reading a lot more this year as compared to last year. This is one of my habits I am tracking and started when I could not hit my initial goal of books read and had to revise the figure downwards as the year ended. So far, I am on track and am reading both physical and e-books so far. I am hoping this will continue throughout the year.

Have a wonderful and productive week folks!

2019 Week 2 Weekly Update

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We’re at the halfway point in January and somehow I feel that this week has just zoomed past me!

I have been more or less consistent in the habits I have been tracking since the beginning of the year and I am happy with my progress so far. Unfortunately, since some of these habits are quite personal, I will not be able to share it here.

Work-wise, things are still where they were at the end of last year, but I am still hopeful for the future.

We also went to some poly open houses over the weekend and I was quite impressed with how GG conducted herself there. She went to speak to current and past students as well as lecturers to ask about the course requirements as well as any other questions she had to them. She has grown up into a very confident and articulate young lady and I am so very proud of her. I know she will excel in the course she finally chooses.

This week most of India will celebrate various harvest festivals, be it Makar Sankranti across most of the region north of the Vindhyas, the Pongal of Tamil Nadu, Lohri in the plains of Punjab and Haryana and Bihu in Assam in the north-east of India.

To those celebrating these festivities, wishing you a very happy harvest festivals. Have a wonderful week people!

2019 Week 1 Update

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Week one of 2019 is done and well it didn’t feel anything special!

As I mentioned last week, I am trying to change some habits this year and so far I have been on track. I also want to read more books this year and write some solid content in this space. Will all this pan out? Watch this space!

This week will be the first full week of school for BB & GG and given that they are in their last year of secondary school, teachers are also not letting them get away with less than their best.

School really starts this week and most days they have to stay back till the afternoon. So I need to up my game to provide them with nutritious meals especially on those days.

Have a wonderful and productive week!

Goodbye and Hello

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No, I am not leaving WP yet! Goodbye 2018 and hello 2019

It’s a bit later than I would have liked, but no time like the present to do this post. I for one believe that at least for the first two weeks of January, you are still finetuning what you want to do in the new year and so on that note, I am not late at all!

I ended 2018 the same way as I started it, with hope that the coming year will be better for all of us. 2018 was not a very good year for us, what with the children not really doing well in Sec 3 (which is considered a harder year than Sec 4) nor with me continuing being mostly a SAHM. I did get some relief in the form of some freelance work which I have been doing for the past few months, so I am grateful for the that.

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2019 is a crucial year for us as both GG & BB will be sitting for their O level exams at the end of the year. This will then mark the end of their school years and once the results are out, will start their tertiary studies. What that will be, I don’t know at this point. They both have ideas, but these will be translated into reality only when the results come out. So my nagging mode is super on these days, so much so that BB just sighs in frustration all the time. But it is for his own good and he knows that, so he just grins and bears it!

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This year, I decided not to make any resolutions which I will inevitably break a month or so later. Instead, I decided to use a couple of words to guide me this year and not stress out when I slip up. My words this year will be ‘Simplicity’ and ‘Productivity’. These words will guide me to lead a more simple but productive life this year. The words will also help adjust my goals and resolutions as the year goes by.

I also decided that I will try and change habits instead of trying to fulfil resolutions. I am currently trying to track 10 habits across different areas in my life. I hope I can do them every single day, but if I slip up some days, I am still ok with it. I will come back at the end of the year or the beginning of 2020 to say how I fared with changing habits.

So that’s my plan of action for 2019. I am hoping for a more simple, minimalistic and productive year for me and you!

What have you thought about and planned for 2019? I would love to hear from you!