What's On My Mind
“What about relationships?”
“Relationship-maintenance” came up in my journal this week. This must have been due to my recent reach out for help. How come it took me this long to say hi?
The common excuse is that we’re just too busy. Our headspace is almost always filled with what needs to get done right here right now. And our to-do list seems to never end. It’s so easy to forget. You keep delaying until you realize that you haven’t talked to that person in months or years.
I struggle to call my grandma on a consistent basis because something almost always comes up. Though I think about her.
The same thing goes with close friends and family. I wonder how everyone else is doing and yet I don’t send a text or call. The closest thing to saying “hi” is by liking their recent post on social media.
COVID did not help either. Setting up a get-together is a tough decision. Is it really safe now?
Why focus on relationships? All areas in life need to be upgraded simultaneously. You can’t improve one area and dismiss others. Money is pointless if you feel alone. Emotional contentment will be short-lived if you don’t take care of yourself. A successful career loses its value if you’re not challenged.
A good visual metaphor for this is a table with 5 legs of different lengths. All those legs need to be almost at the same length otherwise, the table will tip over.
July is going to be a month where I’m gonna try (no promises) to engage more with friends and family.
A Year Ago This Week
- Planning on the go – what do you do when things didn’t go the way you imagined it.
- I needed to learn to stop adding more to my to-do-list.
- I work out for better sleep and increased mental capacity.
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Weekly Update
Personal Projects
Reconstruction of my website is complete.
Doing this taught me the basics of how to design a website – DIY style.
If you need help building your own website–let me know. I might know a thing or two 😉
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I wanted to follow-up on my appointments to do a presentation. However, it didn’t feel right to do that this weekend. People care more about enjoying the weather with friends and family.
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I’m still not done with my blog (on job-hopping) but I intend to finish that this week. Then send it off to a publication.
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We recorded another podcast episode lol. We’re gonna keep doing that until we get better at it. The goal is to feel comfortable on camera, quickly come up with a response that makes sense and to improve the way I talk in Eng-glesh lol.
Routine
I have been spending at least 30-minutes of my morning editing my blog or fixing my website.
I feel the need to do this otherwise, I’d be thinking about it while I’m at work.
Finance
No update here other than the fact we wouldn’t be going back to the office for a while. That means, I’m going to save money because I’m not driving.