have been wanting to write
yet it has been a busy season
well not really that busy
since other posts were appearing
alright stop finding excuses for
your procrastination
it has been a fresh start
i didn’t expect March to be hectic
as back in March 2015
it felt like a looooong trough
and i was even thinking of giving up
full time freelancing for real
there were a couple of new records
being recorded this March
i worked for the very first time in flight
no joke were typing throughout the journey
with the exception of a break for a
Nasi Dagang for dinner
travelled two hours home and
back in the position to continue on
all the way until 2 am
the next day i was KO-ed so badly that
i missed an 11-AM email by one hour
there went my 200+ USD
it hurt, it almost did yet i was too tired that
the sorrow was short-lived
then it went on smooth sailing
in fact during the day i flied
i did inform another client that
i would be away for the entire day
yet i didn’t follow up when
i was back and since he wasn’t sure
he passed the work to another freelancer
well..ten days later
the work bounced back to me
on the Easter weekend
where i was expecting to chill
saying that the person had MIA-ed
and he would like to
re-assign the work to me
ten days have been lost and hence
i was faced with a really really tight deadline
which i managed to beat in the end
and during the process
i kinda understand why the person MIA-ed
facing over 10 thousand words of
banking terms and conditions
well those that i will never be bothered
to read until i have to translate them
not to mention the alignment issue
which almost caused me my laptop
if i would have flipped it over
and smashed it on the floor
and by the time i finished it
i have not seriously talked to my boy
for almost a week and
our communication broke down
into a very serious fight
but thank goodness it was salvaged
so March was indeed
such a roller coaster ride
begin with a post-island vacation slowness
then with a week of family vacation
some rush work during the journey back home
and end the month with some work of
triple challenges in terms of
- quantity
- deadline
- content
yet time management was
i would say well managed as
i didn’t spend a single night
burning the midnight’s oil
i would rather stick to the 9-6 schedule
with the maximum of 1-2 hour OT
my boy was shocked when
i told him that i was heading to H&M
after my working hour
he was like what working hour
well of course i do have my working hour
and i am trying my best to align it
as you can see
speaking of
motivation and determination
at times i would indulge myself in
a short break of work-free hours
then i come back more motivated to work
especially if i have spent outside
and as for determination
facing with a triple trouble
- quantity
- deadline
- content
i would split it up into
a proper daily time
instead of a big chunk
so that it doesn’t look as daunting
and trust me
getting started is the toughest part
yet once you are doing
and as long as you keep going
you are actually moving gradually
closer and faster towards the end
in fact i am writing this in the middle of
another really challenging project
well thank goodness it is a
double troubles this time round
instead of triple
the good news is
i have get myself started
difficult as it seemed
on a SUNDAY morning!!
1/3 of April is gone
by the time i finish this project
2/3 of April is approaching
and soon it’s May and
i am ready to fly again
well that’s how i keep myself motivated
for the time being and
the determination of course
would be partially driven by the
monetary reward in return