Think Tank

Note: This was supposed to be posted New Year’s Day but didn’t have the time to do so.

Please don’t mind the picture - I just had to take a picture of this cutesy lil furry dog with the new book that I’m reading.

Anyways, it’s 11:46pm and it’s almost the last day of the year 2006. I’m supposed to be at work, but I don’t understand why I feel so sick that I can’t go to work. This has never happened to me before – I always had enough energy to go to work and ignore the pain. Guess a lot of things has changed this year.

I was browsing through my old posts and I had a comment somewhere saying that “you’ll never know, it’ll be 2007 soon!”. And here it is, another year.

They say it’s just the calendar, something that we measure time with –(sometimes you’d wonder, whoever thought and decided that 365 days adds up to a year? Why not make it 300- flat?). Excuse me for my silliness.  Anyways, going back – it’s just the calendar, and yet, a lot of us believe in it and how much everything is significant. Starting anew. New Year’s Resolutions. Time of reflection. What-should-I-do-next?-kind-of-questions.

I remember back when I was younger when I still had these notebooks where I wrote every single year, reminisce and think about all the major things that happened that year. Not that I remember everything … but those that stand out and you always remember, that means that those times were the ones that really made an impact on your life.

I remember feeling stressed out a lot and that any invite that I get, I go for it. Like in April, a high school friend asked me to go to Boracay with her and some of her friends, I did not hesitate because I really wanted a vacation. Or that time when I went to Pangasinan then a trip to Baguio. And then the surprise trip to EK in Laguna. I realized, we always need a time out from all the hullabaloo at work – else, we’ll go crazy. Depends how frequently you need it. When you’re all ready to freak out, then it’s time. Lesson learned: Give yourself room to breath. Deeply breathe.

And then there’s work. I have been working for around 7 years now in the call center industry and have NEVER ever worked this hard in my entire life. I guess I have so much to learn that I learned so fast and the hard way too. Success did come with it – yet, I don’t feel too happy. I know now when you don’t feel valued and you’re not rewarded as you should be for all the hard work. Lesson learned: If I can’t be valued, then I’ll just make sure my agents do not feel that … EVER. Their value to my team will always be felt. 

Other than this, I met a lot of people – the reality of life is that, a lot of people DO come and go. Sometimes you get along and you know that ‘hey, this is for life! This will turn out to be a good friendship!’, and then there’ll be trust and respect issues that it doesn’t work out. Lesson learned: Friendship is also another level of a relationship – when you give too much and it doesn’t work out, then it’ll hurt more on your part. So be on guard all the time and choose the people that you will be with… especially at work.

And what just said about friendship also correlates with love. You give too much … you’ll bang your head on that wall. All I know is that - when I know I love someone, I love too much. Oh well.  Lesson learned in this area? ZILCH. Hehehe.

Who am I to say if 2006 was a good year or not? I wouldn’t know really. All I know if you continue to be positive in everything that comes your way and if you always see it as something that you can do, then nothing can stop you.

Think of all the good times and the people who continue to love you the way you are – that’s enough for you to keep your hopes up and face the new year with a smile.

Happy New Year everyone!!