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I spent all of today in my personal self. I've been thinking lately, how to properly separate the personal and the professional (right now, professional = studies) selves - I haven't got into a rhythm just yet. I also spent a little time doing my semi-annual Life Audit.
I've learned that if things in the personal self go badly, the personal self takes over and the professional self gets kinda neglected. What I've also learned that when things in the personal self go really, smashingly well, the personal self also takes over, and the professional self gets kinda neglected. Thus it logically follows that from henceforth to be fair to the professional self, the way things are in the personal self shall no longer influence the attention given to the professional self and vice-versa.
Of course, policy is one thing. Execution is another altogether. But it's a start I guess. I've been doing several exercises to try and internalize it. Like visualizing myself wearing a "Personal Self" hat and kicking ass doing personal things (whatever those are, you are free to imagine). And visualizing myself kicking ass doing professional things while wearing a "Professional Self" hat, like, erm, consolidating 3 subsidiaries and 2 associate companies with ease (how sexy!). You see, I kinda resort to such corny visualizations when I realize that simply telling myself over and over "Don't let work be affected" doesn't end up, err, working. Hopefully the visualization works - anyone got any other ideas?
Life Audit was difficult this time around. I decided to do one even though it's only April because I think a lot has happened since then and I might need to recalibrate the compass. Certain parts of my life stood still... for example, guitar neglected, as has been the case ever since I started university. I won't detail my life audit online here, but from the looks of it in my notebook, a lot happened this year so far. And the process of thinking through it and documenting, quite therapeutic.
Ok, won't bore you. Good luck to those having exams, or otherwise need the luck. Myself included. Please, kick ass.
I've learned that if things in the personal self go badly, the personal self takes over and the professional self gets kinda neglected. What I've also learned that when things in the personal self go really, smashingly well, the personal self also takes over, and the professional self gets kinda neglected. Thus it logically follows that from henceforth to be fair to the professional self, the way things are in the personal self shall no longer influence the attention given to the professional self and vice-versa.
Of course, policy is one thing. Execution is another altogether. But it's a start I guess. I've been doing several exercises to try and internalize it. Like visualizing myself wearing a "Personal Self" hat and kicking ass doing personal things (whatever those are, you are free to imagine). And visualizing myself kicking ass doing professional things while wearing a "Professional Self" hat, like, erm, consolidating 3 subsidiaries and 2 associate companies with ease (how sexy!). You see, I kinda resort to such corny visualizations when I realize that simply telling myself over and over "Don't let work be affected" doesn't end up, err, working. Hopefully the visualization works - anyone got any other ideas?
Life Audit was difficult this time around. I decided to do one even though it's only April because I think a lot has happened since then and I might need to recalibrate the compass. Certain parts of my life stood still... for example, guitar neglected, as has been the case ever since I started university. I won't detail my life audit online here, but from the looks of it in my notebook, a lot happened this year so far. And the process of thinking through it and documenting, quite therapeutic.
Ok, won't bore you. Good luck to those having exams, or otherwise need the luck. Myself included. Please, kick ass.