Helloooooooow blogspot, years of absence and wow I can't recognise the interface anymore.
So I have closed a chapter of life of study study study- research research research - paper paper paper and comfortable in the working life now. One day I'll share my years on journey with y'all how I got to where I am now, in the world of data analysis. All praise to God for answering my prayer at the last moments when I started to feel the pressure and frustration of uncertainty of what I am gonna do for my career? Thank You Daddy for coming through on time <3<3
And today, well it's been for more than half of 2020 now, we found us in an unprecedented time of a global pandemic and the world and the culture in working and human interaction is changed and we are taking a turn to different dynamics for the rest of our lives.
Working from home has become a norm, which was a privilege to some including my team (we have been equipped to do so for the past two years) and honey, it comes with some perks, advantages and disadvantages. An example, I woke up in the middle of the night (4AM ish) and realized i forgot to upload a file and refresh a report that should done by yesterday. So I woke up to the alarm at 7AM and first thing I did, turn off the alarm of course ^o^ then turn on my work laptop and did what I was suppose to do. So i didn't miss a deadline. Sweet.
And If you know me you know I always go in and out last from office, and late most of the time... now that we are WFH, I am never again late to the office.
Now question is, would these likes outweigh the likes for conservative office style? Let's see, up to this day, I have been sitting at a table that is too low and have a very cluttered working space... The poor set up for my monitor and table have caused me pain when sitting too long, and I do this 4 days a week at the moment due to company's policy to take leaves (can't imagine how i'll do with 5 days a week??). So, no I don't like WFH more than working from office because I can simply walk 20 minutes to the office and have a properly set working station to support my shoulder and plenty of space to move around. Of course it would be a different story if I live in Geelong or elsewhere that will require at least 1 hour commute to office, which I am hoping and praying will happen soon. That would be another chapter of life.
COVID-19, what have we all learnt from this ? To me, I learnt that human is relational being at the core, and no body can live alone, physical well being and emotional well being are equally important, if they are not I would tend to weigh the latter slightly more (maybe biased by the second X-chromosome but hey there is one saying in Proverbs "a cheerful heart is a good medicine"). So a lesson leant for me is to remember to prioritise my relationships over routine and life business even after pandemic is over. And talking about relationship, I have not mentioned much of it so far in my journal but I got a feeling I might write much more about it from now on, the good, bad, and the ugly.
