Increase my earning power?

Today I was introduced to the concept of 'increasing my earning power'.  Very shocking concept because I've never thought about it before, and they were also extremely stressful words.  Enough for me to have a compelling need to write it down. 

What happened to doing things for leisure?  And if I'm not actively seeking to increase my earning power, does that mean I'm just drifting along in life?  Pretty sure the answer is no, since we all measure ourselves in different ways, depending on our priorities.  But this concept is shocking me, maybe because at 33 years old I still don't know what I want and how I measure myself. 

We all need goals of some sorts, it would be nice to have some strong earning power, I'm sure my goal is not to increase it, but I hope that's not because I already think that I can't.  And so I need to find what my goals are. 

But maybe it's about just making a decision and going with it. 

+ Flisha spoke @ 12:23 am

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Acceptance 2

What did I tell you: he is brilliant! 

He put together the folder of all the necessary information, tabbed it, and off we went. 

We had a conversation that was not all about work! Army, holidays, sexual orientations, reptiles, car servicing... Never would I have dared to imagine we would speak at this level. 

We kicked the project off, grabbed a drink at my favourite place, chatted and laughed on the journey back, and I got out of the car with a whole load lifted from my shoulders. 

It took 2 years, 2 months, 21 days to get here. 

+ Flisha spoke @ 11:35 pm

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Acceptance

27 October 2013

I really look up to him.  He is a good project manager - straight to the
point, no nonsense, keen eye for details, has this amazing ability to see far ahead
in the project. Give him all the necessary information, and you can depend on him to get the job done seamlessly.  This is, of course, as long as he doesn't have to deal with decidedly irrelevant paraphernalia

He is everything I am not. So toward me, usually he is indifferent, occasionally he is bitingly condescending, and sometimes he is just rude.   I'm kinda fluffy, don't know the details...  In his words, I am blur.

But something changed in the last couple of weeks.  Today there was a
new pinnacle to the relationship.  I dreaded handover meeting, he asked a question, as usual I couldn't answer, he let out an unsatisfied sigh, spat out 2 words, then he paused, took a deep breath...... And forced a patient tone! 

My heart leapt for joy - he didn't scold me. 

I was overwhelmed with this warm fuzzy feeling - he patiently explained to me what he needed! 

Like the little sister, I suddenly I felt accepted.

+ Flisha spoke @ 11:10 pm

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What did he mean?

'The engineer has joined our team and we are now cross training him.'

'Oh good, we didn't have the luxury of training him while he was with us.'

+ Flisha spoke @ 10:38 pm

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One more day in Xiamen

Mad rush to Palm Sunday mass this morning.
International community at Xiamen's only English mass. For the umpteenth time this trip it felt like Melby.
The run to see as much of Gulangyu as possible: My marathon training of the week. And oh the perfect weather.
Whirlwind lunch, crazy packup, suddenly we were on the plane.
1h 15mins on the tarmac, of watching the planes come in non stop. In that area of the sky, one could see 3 planes coming in at any one time. Note to self: find time to chill out at that special place again.
Stars light up the entire way home.
Flyer and HDBs! It was unmistakably Singapore.
Swooped past Standard Chartered CBP.
We landed.
4 ABB high tech posters in the airport, the BK where we had breakkie...
and I'm home!

Right back where I started.

+ Flisha spoke @ 12:38 am

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CMD

Apprehension
Self consciousness
Ventilation
Relief
Hurdle
Distraction
Confidence
Sexiness
Liberation
Psyche

+ Flisha spoke @ 10:19 pm

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Because I didn't work this afternoon...

Church
Lunch
Pool session
Tea
Catch up
Dinner
Return gear
Home

Still trying to get my head around being so productive when I don't do work!

+ Flisha spoke @ 10:39 pm

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3 fathers were talking...

A: I'm having breakfast with the guest at 7am tomorrow, would you like to join us?
B: You know I cannot make it so early
C: Yeah that happens when you have a precious daughter, every morning you become Driver.
B: Yes, and I consider that priority

Noteworthy-
1. A workaholic with priorities
2. I suspect that is how Papa thinks too :-)

+ Flisha spoke @ 11:45 pm

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Work life balance

Wouldn't it be awesome if I make my life also my work? That way I could use 'work' and 'life' interchangeably. Then life could be gloomily work-work, or hedonistically life-life. Or it could be the perfect balance of work-life.

So why is it that knowing that I have to leave the office by a certain set time always makes me unnecessarily fluatered? And now that I'm going to Sabah for 3 working days, I'm freaking out that I wouldn't have enough time to finish my stuff and that other pple have to do my work for me :-(

+ Flisha spoke @ 1:11 am

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Puss and Productivity

It crossed my mind that today I have had dinner, gone for a movie, hung out with friends, laughed a lot this evening, taken the train home from Harbourfront, have strolled home from AMK station, and get home earlier than I usually leave the office

Joys.

+ Flisha spoke @ 11:53 pm

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