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Chapter 319: Reflections

It's 12:44am and I have a lot on my mind. I feel like I haven't been able to give my 100% since the beginning of the year. I'm not entirely sure why but I guess it was because it was fast approaching one of my goals in the firm which was to get promoted to Senior Associate and subsequently tendering afterwards. The plan in my head was solid - I start applying in June, just slightly 2 weeks before the official promotion announcement, I get a call from HR after a week or so, an official interview by the managers after 2 days, and in July I was good to go. Plans always deviate, don't they? In June I find myself still in the midst of peak; whoever said that June was the start of off peak is a liar. However I also found myself avoiding to update my resume; I think a part of me still wanted to stay. I believe it was the comfort zone calling - I have good bosses, my portfolio was okay (I am taking over a job meant for an Assistant Manager), I am familiar with everything that

Chapter 318: Year-End Review 2018

Hey hey, so let's just jump into it! According to my instagram, my life in 2018 had been pretty...mundane HAHA. But let's take a good look back to the past. 1. My first Jay Chou concert It was SOOOO good. I had literal chills when I was at the National Stadium. Even though we were sat pretty far away from the stage, but the atmosphere was very, very worth it for me already. T___T 2. My first Peak Period You know how we always imagine things to be harder in our heads, and how much worse it could get when it finally happens, but in reality it's not that bad after all? Yep, that's what peak is to me.  I honestly couldn't have asked for a better team to go through this first peak with me. Yes, it was tough. During the first 2 weeks of fieldwork I was questioning my worthiness, whether or not I was up for this job. I had to lead 2 companies (with the help of Jeff) for the first time and I was basically clueless. Everything was so new to me.