Thursday, October 16, 2025

Why work so hard

 Being back in work after a semi retirement puts things in new perspectives. While I felt energized to do interesting work and to contribute, I also now take time to observe and also build relationships. 

In workplace, we will have colleagues in different stages of life. Some are fresh out of college with less than 5 years of working experience, some are old birds in 40s with young kids at home, while others are in their early 30s building career and enjoying dating. 


It’s fascinating 

It’s also alive

I’ll enjoy while suffering some stress

But I’ll enjoy

Because I have an exit plan in place and I am in a different stage from them. 

Still, I have much to learn from them. 

There will be assholes but there will also be nice flowers


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