Letting go.. (Part 1)
Quite a no. of things happened to me in the past few mths.
2 of the major "events" would be a change of job & falling in & out of "love".
I changed my job after barely 3 mths coz of a sadistic manager that I could not stand working with. She was unhappy with me no matter what I did.. Acting like a superwoman & covering the job of 2-3 officers despite being new did not seem enough. Since I could not handle the "insatiable" demands of this woman (I had also come to realise that she preferred male officers), I quitted w/o a job & "lobo" for 2-3 mths before finding my current job.
A totally horrible experience but made me realise what are the important things in my life..
1) that working 12-15 hrs a day is not somethg I would want to do long term
2) that there shld be a balance between work & life
3) that there are plenty of unreasonable people in the world who think that others always owe them something
4) that customer service is not my cup of tea & that I would rather do somethg more meaningful instead of trying to satisfy these "crazy demands" of a bunch of unreasonable customers.
I may not know what I wanted as a career but I learnt that there're certain things I don't want to do.. hence, this experience helped to shape my career path to a certain extent - a blessing in disguise...
I got a new job which is both mentally & emotionally challenging. It is a job that I've to go through dozens layers of bureacracy & might not make any difference in the end. But in the very least, it does at times...& that is what that counts. I've to learnt to be objective in handling the different cases & not let my emotions get in the way. Tough tough.. but nevertheless, it's about letting go of your feelings & focusing on the problem on hand. I'm still learning... How to deal with the saddest stories that others encounter & yet not be affected... well.. I guess I need to learn that when I've done my best, I should let go of the case & try my best for the next one.. The end results are not up to me.. the most important thing is that I've been there & done that...
2 of the major "events" would be a change of job & falling in & out of "love".
I changed my job after barely 3 mths coz of a sadistic manager that I could not stand working with. She was unhappy with me no matter what I did.. Acting like a superwoman & covering the job of 2-3 officers despite being new did not seem enough. Since I could not handle the "insatiable" demands of this woman (I had also come to realise that she preferred male officers), I quitted w/o a job & "lobo" for 2-3 mths before finding my current job.
A totally horrible experience but made me realise what are the important things in my life..
1) that working 12-15 hrs a day is not somethg I would want to do long term
2) that there shld be a balance between work & life
3) that there are plenty of unreasonable people in the world who think that others always owe them something
4) that customer service is not my cup of tea & that I would rather do somethg more meaningful instead of trying to satisfy these "crazy demands" of a bunch of unreasonable customers.
I may not know what I wanted as a career but I learnt that there're certain things I don't want to do.. hence, this experience helped to shape my career path to a certain extent - a blessing in disguise...
I got a new job which is both mentally & emotionally challenging. It is a job that I've to go through dozens layers of bureacracy & might not make any difference in the end. But in the very least, it does at times...& that is what that counts. I've to learnt to be objective in handling the different cases & not let my emotions get in the way. Tough tough.. but nevertheless, it's about letting go of your feelings & focusing on the problem on hand. I'm still learning... How to deal with the saddest stories that others encounter & yet not be affected... well.. I guess I need to learn that when I've done my best, I should let go of the case & try my best for the next one.. The end results are not up to me.. the most important thing is that I've been there & done that...
posted by The Rose Box @ 3:58 AM
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