Lost Focus or what?
For the past 6 months, I experienced a change in my lifestyle. I was introduced to a great deal of fun and laughter. Nothing is without a price though.
I need to rethink the issues at hand. I seemed to have lost a bit of focus there. Sorta misplaced my full attention on something other than my primary passion. My primary passion has not changed and will never change.
Yup! of course it's always good to have hobbies and many interests to spice up life. However, if it surmounts to affecting something which holds much more importance to me, i think i've done very poorly at my balancing act. Hence, i should really start shifting my weights around to achieve some sorta balance.
Maybe sometimes i place too much pressure on myself to be committed to something. I'm that type of person. If i sign up for pilates, i'll make sure i attend every single lesson unless i'm sick n hafta lie in bed. If i promise to play for a concert, i'll try my very best to attend the pracs.
I feel horrible each time i hafta skip team activities or trainings because of work commitment. it makes me dislike work. And i hate myself for disliking work! cos my work IS my primary passion! My patients are my primary concern!
That's why i'm right in the middle of a road now. To the left or to the right? Is it possible to continue standing in the middle and not move? of course not, then nothing progresses. I dun get on with my career and neither do I get the best outta the sunny side of my life.
Why must life be full of difficult choices? To the left or to the right? actually the answer is clear. in both my heart and my mind.
Any wise words, my dear frens?
posted by Gerri @ 7/16/2008 10:14:00 PM
2 Comments:
i know. i feel like that too. esp after my nearly back-to-back summer vacations. i realised i really love travelling, spending time with ks, the sun, walking miles and swimming. but like u said, these are hobbies... (except for ks hehehe) and we need to focus on work. i think it's hard to love work no matter what they say about work passion. there's so much more to life apart from work... i think it's great that we have not turned into workslaves. in the end, when we grow old, i think we want to have great memories which our hobbies and loved ones provide. seriously i never regretted not being a total nerd in back in sch. look we still got here... the cao-muggers are not necessarily doing better or happier than us now! dun think so much and live ur life the way you want it to be!
I like to think of life in phases. At a certain phase, you will find yourself focused on a certain interets. Work will always be there, and when you have passed the phase, you may then concentrate on work. But is this the time to concentrate on your work? Or do you have to focus on this other thing first?
That's why sabbaticals were created.
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