What's On My Mind
“And it’s over…”
And just like that, my parental leave is over. It has been long…and short at the same time.
It is “short” because I overwhelmed myself with tasks to get some of my side projects going.
Now I’m exhausted. But please note this was self-inflicted. I needed to see how far I can stretch myself before I snap. And I snapped lol.
Overall, I learned a lot of things that would’ve never happened if I didn’t do what I did. Whatever tiredness I feel right now is going to pass and then it wouldn’t matter in the future.
When you start thinking about the long-term effect of your efforts, it makes the tiredness more tolerable.
Friends and family may have heard me bitch about stuff…but note that it wasn’t a cry for help. It was just something to voice out my tiredness.
I had to agree I was doing too much, too many things on the side.
But that also tells me that I’m doing something right.
That’s exactly the point: to stretch myself out.
What is 5-weeks out of a year? It’s NOTHING.
And so I don’t really have the right to complain. And I’m not complaining.
But I need to physically and mentally recover before I go back to work 😛
A Year Ago This Week
- I enjoy learning. Yea yea, I realize how that sounds pretentious lol. I’m not smart but I like to think I am lol.
- I question myself why I should work on my side projects. I thought about giving them up once and for all.
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Weekly Update
Personal Projects
I need to come up with my own writing process.
I’m not gonna focus as much on making money for Medium. But I will use the platform to gauge how good the articles I’m writing.
I have 4 articles that were rejected. Ouchie…I spent hours working on them.
But I needed those rejections. I learned a lot from them.
I might publish those articles in the future but for now, I’m gonna put them aside.
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I have taken most of the pre-requisites to acquire the certification to allow me to do a presentation on my own for offering life insurance.
I missed a piece of information that would take me longer to be qualified. That irritated me but I will keep trying.
Routine
I’m sleep deprived. I’m sleeping later but still manage to get up earlier.
I thought I can live with 5 or 6-hrs of sleep but I can’t. I write early in the morning. But I might need to cut the time I spend on that so I can get more sleep.
Sleep is important. Writing is also important to me. Not sure how to deal with this yet but I will figure it out.
Finance
Well, I’m going back to work tomorrow. Yey…
