Tag Archives: Life Goals

2016 Week 10 Update

Posted on by
Reply

This week I’ve been in a funk! The reality that I will be unemployed in about 6 weeks time probably hit me and I’ve been completely unproductive the whole week. I had plans, none of which I did. I really need to step it up if I have to have any hope come May.

I did send out my resume to a few places last week, but no nibble yet, that probably also had a hand in why I was so out of sorts. Though I have plans on what I will do post May, I also don’t want to be in that position….Its a catch-22 situation for me and I don’t like it one bit!

Big B is being quite nice to me these days and I guess there’s some guilt involved in that. I do plan to let him know if I need to take time off for interviews, but so far there’s nothing, not even a speck in the horizon – guess my age and varied experiences are finally catching up with me, a situation I dislike tremendously.

This week will be a short work week for me as I am on leave on Friday. My sister-in-law is pregnant after trying for close to 10 years and that day is the traditional baby shower. Unlike western cultures, most Indian communities have a very elaborate baby shower or Godh Bharai in Hindi and Seemantham in Tamil. In our community this is done usually in the seventh or ninth month of pregnancy and traditionally this is the date when the pregnant woman leaves for her parents place to complete her pregnancy and deliver the baby. These days though, most women only go to their parents homes after delivery, if at all.

Hopefully, writing this down will be cathartic and I am able to shake off the funk that I’ve been in and this week is a good one! Have a great week people!!

 

2016 Week 9 Update

Posted on by
Reply

What I was dreading came to fruition this week. I finally spoke to Big B and even though he was very reluctant to say it, it seems that his bosses have rejected my transition to a full-time position. Big B says he’s been pushed back twice and the reason given to him was that they are looking for someone who will provide administrative service now and not the hybrid role that I’ve been in. So now it’s back to the drawing board to start searching for new positions!

I’ve started looking for new positions, but given my age and varied experience, it does not look very positive for me. I’ve also given a thought about my helper. Now if I am not working full-time, I also don’t need and can’t afford a full-time helper. R’s contract ends sometime in September and so I guess I will wait out her contract and see how it goes. If I get a new full-time position by September, then it’s cool, I can continue to employ her, otherwise she also needs to find a new employer, though I think she will find it a whole lot easier than me!

It’s been quite depressing, but strangely I am not too worried – I find it very strange myself. Maybe it’s all a grand plan for me to get a great position? I really don’t know, but am hoping for the best while preparing for the worst!

This was my big news of the week, otherwise my boring life continues…

Oh, I also got the report of my HBA1C report which I did last week. After a very long time the result has moved from Unacceptable to Suboptimal! So I am quite happy. Now my goal is to bring it to Optimal, which I hope to do in the next 3 months (when I next do the test). Fasting Glucose still is above the optimal range though! Need to research on how to reduce that and work on it….

Happy Monday and March is on us tomorrow!!

2016 Week 8 Update

Posted on by
Reply

Another ho-hum week….

Work goes on as usual, with no hint of what will happen after early May. If the contract is not to be renewed, then I want it to end on my terms and so I’ve decided that I will decide when my last day will be…

This week was also about binge watching dramas.  I’ve been obsessed with two Pakistani serials and have spent hours watching them. I finally finished the last episode of the second one yeaterday and now I can finally get my life back!! It was really that bad….

Have a wonderful week everyone….

2016 Week 7 Update

Posted on by
Reply

A short work week which was made even shorter by hardly anyone around in the office! They were taking advantage of the fact that Big B was not around to ‘work from home’

Anyway, the fact that I may not have a job in 75 days is not making me panic as I am wont to usually do. I am the sort of person who has plans B to Z in place, but this time, why am I not bothered? I’ve started to make plans for when I won’t have a job to go to in the morning, including how long I will keep my helper on and what I plan to do the whole day when the kids will be in school and I at home. I wonder if this is the result of my ‘no expectations’ attitude, but I Guess time will tell….

On Saturday, me and another ex-colleague turned friend met someone we knew for years from my old company. This person is a mentor of sorts for me and it was wonderful chatting and catching up on news from people we all know…

Sunday, S surprised me with a gold and diamond chain for Valentine’s Day plus lunch at a wonderful Lation American inspired restaurant.  We took the kids to the main library which they loved (my kids what!) and now want to go there more often!! All in all, a delightful weekend and now back to work…..

2016 Week 6 Update

Posted on by
Reply

I got so fed-up of sitting with nothing to do at work that I finally went to Big B to ask him if there’s something I can help him with on Monday. He had loads of stuff to do, which meant I was pretty busy doing some interesting stuff for most of the week.

I’ve had some more vivid dreams this week – the first one had me with GG at some temple, maybe somewhere near the Himalayas and the temple looked to be a Shiva temple. I dream that I am praying and asking Lord Shiva to quickly call me to Mount Kailash (which is in present day Tibet/China and is in my bucket-list). I then start reciting the Hanuman Chalisa and wake up reciting it. I saw the time and it was 3 am then, which some people call the Brahma muhurat which is supposed to be a very auspicious time.

In the second dream I was in a car travelling some place quite far from home (not sure if it was Singapore or Mumbai). I come to a large temple which is set on the side of a busy road and is reached by a long staircase. I don’t remember much of this dream as it is quite fuzzy. Just before I slept that night, I did have one of my random conversations with my ishtadev and this could be the reason I dreamt of the temple.

Other than that, the week was ok with work politics happening as usual…

I am going to enjoy my CNY break so that I can get back to work with a refreshed and clear mind!

Today is the first day of the Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey so Gong Xi Fa Cai and Xin Nian Quai Le!