burnt out
just 2 weeks into 2008, and i'm totally burnt out.
worked till 10 pm or midnight for most of last week, and sometimes i even continued working at home after that. i didn't mind the long hours so much, but i found it emotionally exhausting to have to rely on the goodwill and professionalism of colleagues to get things done.
fortunately for me, both were in abundant supply. but i can't assume that'd always be the case.
and in my hurry to get things done, i made a careless mistake that cost my company a few thousand bucks. a mere blip in the bigger scheme of things, but i found it personally humiliating. fortunately, my boss was understanding... especially as i spotted the mistake just an hour or two before it'd have been too late to rectify it, and then we'd have suffered something worse than monetary loss.
am seriously considering switching into a frontline role. i don't consider myself to have the right personality for sales, but it's something that i've been wanting to try. still, my fear is that after doing short stints in 5 or 6 functions these few years, i'd still be at the bottom of the corporate ladder when i hit 30, while my peers would be in middle management by then.
i'll give myself a few more months to decide what i want to do.... in the meantime, it looks like January will be a month of pigging out. check out this delicious crepe from Canele!
worked till 10 pm or midnight for most of last week, and sometimes i even continued working at home after that. i didn't mind the long hours so much, but i found it emotionally exhausting to have to rely on the goodwill and professionalism of colleagues to get things done.
fortunately for me, both were in abundant supply. but i can't assume that'd always be the case.
and in my hurry to get things done, i made a careless mistake that cost my company a few thousand bucks. a mere blip in the bigger scheme of things, but i found it personally humiliating. fortunately, my boss was understanding... especially as i spotted the mistake just an hour or two before it'd have been too late to rectify it, and then we'd have suffered something worse than monetary loss.
am seriously considering switching into a frontline role. i don't consider myself to have the right personality for sales, but it's something that i've been wanting to try. still, my fear is that after doing short stints in 5 or 6 functions these few years, i'd still be at the bottom of the corporate ladder when i hit 30, while my peers would be in middle management by then.
i'll give myself a few more months to decide what i want to do.... in the meantime, it looks like January will be a month of pigging out. check out this delicious crepe from Canele!