Me Time!
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When I was little, my mum told me to stay away from people who talk to themselves.
#AllIreallyNeedtoKnowILearnedinKindergarten. -
Had a wonderful restful day with family and my plants. Looking forward to Monday for a change. Wishing everyone a great week ahead.
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Late last year I resigned from my 10 year job and that marked the end of my 20ish years in the industry since I graduated.
This year I decided to step out of comfort zone and try something new. Took up some courses and started new job assignments since July. Not as well-paying as previous opportunities but it provides good flexibility given my family constraints. It also provides for me a comfortable pace and some room to grow. There’re new things to learn and new challenges to overcome.
Mid-life career change is possible. But need to adapt and keep an open mind. I am happy to have stepped out and tried. It’s never too late.
Just some words of never-give-up to get through a Monday morning. Jiayou. -
IMM
I salute to those who stepped out of comfort zone for a mid-life career.
I started working in 1991 and am still in my first job.
Now my office is facing a merge of offices. Although I wont be retrenched as I will move to work at another workplace, am hesitating to leave.
Maybe I can become a "tai-tai", afterall am age 50 this year.
At times, I just tell myself "don’t think too much, just continue and take a step at a time". -
SL
These days reorg is the new black. When I was still working regular last year these things kept coming and going. Very tiring.
I too dun think too far ahead now as compared to younger days when I was a lot more ambitious. I guess the rigours of life have jaded me quite a lot. Even for this new move it was a situation where I just took one step at a time and things just unfolded along the way and doors started to appear.
I’m not that far behind - 47 this year. For me at this relatively ‘young’ age, I do feel my body and mind slowing down. Supporting my DD3 is a life long journey and there are still times when I get so tired that I dun know how to move on. But life has to go on, we still have responsibilities to fulfil as children and parents, so we can’t fall and rest yet.
These days I tell myself. 不想它苦，它就不会苦。it’s all in the mind. -
IMM
Growing old with our body parts start falling apart is part and parcel of our life journey.
It is sad; when we were young, we wished time flies to grow up and be indept.
Now that we are indept, we wish time crawls so that we can enjoy ourselves before departing. -
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The worst is am involved in this massive and messy reorg. I feel like am digging my own grave bec I dislike to step out of my comfort zone.
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Cloud Cloud:
I think it depends on individual. My two SILs are SAHM but they seem very happy and busy attending to their homes and stuff. I am a pseudo SAHM and I already feel very bored even with my craft and some job assignments. Somehow I can't seem to find enough things to fill up all my time and I do have idling time while waiting for my kids. But I can't go back to FT work at this stage cos my child still needs my support at the odd hours.Reorganisation seems to be the norm nowadys. Employees have to take on new roles and more roles. I wonder how many employees who are in their forties and beyond can adapt. But most of them simply has to accept the new role because it is not easy to find a new job.
I enjoy my homemaker role now but also concern if I will be bored when my younger child is in he
The other downside of being at home for too long is one becomes a loner if one is not careful. Solitude is addictive and I feel it. My DH has to remind me to seek social interactions though these days I do find it quite meaningless having to do small talk. Most of the days I have to repeat several times for my child to follow my instructions, all I want is to keep quiet to converse some energy and the last thing on my mind is to make small talk. -
Reorganisation seems to be the norm nowadys. Employees have to take on multiple and new roles. I wonder how many employees who are in their forties and beyond can adapt. But most of them simply has to accept the new role because it is not easy to find a new job.
Maybe we should just count our blessings we still have a job and not think so much. Enjoy the usual “gossip’ with our colleagues. Don’t think too much. After all, life is only a few decades. Go for holidays to reward ourselves when we get our bonus. By our 70s, we are probably too weak to travel far.
I count my blessings that I can afford to quit my job and enjoy my homemaker role. Of course, there are sacrifices to be made, especially with the rising living costs. I am also concerned that I may be bored when my younger child enters her teens. But I suppose I can take on more hobbies or do volunteer work.
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