New Years 2012!

My nightshift has ended and today is my first day back to the day mode.

It made me see my 'daily' life at the other end, seeing how my family bustles/ or nua at home at different hours, reaching home in time to see my little brother at 6am for school and trying to stay up just a little bit more to watch him eat breakfast.

Or my mum would one night call me at 3am because she was awoken by the heavy rain outside, telling me not the come home yet because of the downpour and she didn't want me to get wet and fall sick.

Meeting little friends at night, aka. bugs, who would crawl around the floor near the light switches.

What a lonesome affair. I had become completely oblivious to the happenings during the day. Thank God that somehow inside me, I felt peace throughout the past week. Perhaps I was too busy to notice, but I'm glad it's over.

I don't like the fact that I have subconsciously let work take over my life. To allow it to have my social life, my family life, my activity, hobbies, church, etc, be taken over by a version of activity that is deemed more important than school in the real world. I like my work and I enjoy what I do. VERY. At the same time, I like alot of other things too. So I really admire those who have the ability to take time off and do what they love. Be it regular classes in yoga or dancing, or the simple act of attending cell. It's the joy of life.

OK, I don't want to sound like I have no life. But I am spurred up enough to want to make some changes this year. I know I will have pockets of time and will venture to learn this great skill of balancing or rather, last minute spontaneous act of quickly deciding what I want to do and slotting a session into my available times AND planning ahead.

I actually told someone in my office that life isn't only about work. Well, unfortunately, the reply was: "My work IS my life." and that was that.

I will choose to give my 100% to work, at work.

Because I only have 2 out of 7 days in the week for everything else. It may be done sparingly, but it will be done. :)

All the best to a much more fulfilling life in 2012!