Changes

So many updates again. To start off the maid I hired left two weeks ago for her enrollment at her school. She said she’ll be back by May 2 and will resume working till the end of May. The original plan was she would be here for two months straight which will give us enough time to find a replacement but as we all know things don’t usually go as planned and she had to say goodbye unexpectedly.

So the first week she was gone it was again chaos in the house and with Z now going to school, for the first time in many months I was late in submitting my work. But for the past; two weeks now, we aren’t receiving that many audio to transcribe so thank goodness I didn’t have to work for a couple of days. So I had the liberty to wait for Z to finish school for two hours and on some days go to the mall afterwards. I had time to watch movies and catch up with the series we love like Naruto and Heroes. I had even started teaching Z how to read again and had some success in doing so. It has been a great week for me but there are times I felt weird not working because starting last January I have been working every single day including weekends. But I really need this break to have time to think since work seems to consume me and I don’t allow myself to think of anything else aside from work. S labelled this quality of mine “persistence” and I admit I can be persistent and single-minded or focused when I put head into it and it has its advantages but alas also disadvantages. My being “persistent” means I can’t juggle two things at once and if one area flourishes another area suffers. My work being deadline-driven doesn’t help at all. So I have been thinking a lot about this and I have decided to slowly start focusing on another online work that I had in mind even way before. I had already taken the plunge and spent a considerable amount of money to jumpstart my work transition and I may be foolish to do so but I don’t regret it one bit. I won’t let go of my current job as of now but I’m lying low and stop being “persistent.” I will be missing my salary but I’m hoping this is only temporary as I spend the next few months laying down the foundation on hopefully some passive income in the future. There will be sacrifices but my family comes first and I need to take control of my time so my family will take precedence from work and not the other way around. For some reason I am confident this will work – if there was one thing I learned about my transcription job, if you pour your heart into something you will definitely achieve it. So wish me all the luck and all the prayers you can give because that’s what I need right now.

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5 Responses to “Changes”

1. pehpot says:

   May 13, 2009 at 3:14 am

   hey Mommy, thanks for the comment.. you need a helper ba? baka I knew someone..

   Make or Break
2. Kerslyn says:

   May 4, 2009 at 11:52 am

   good luck on your endeavor sis! at pag marami ka na pera, share mo naman sa amin ano yung secret…hehehe. indeed, it’s really hard to juggle things. ganun din ako, hirap ako makapag-focus on many things. when I am good at one, everything else suffers.
3. Paula says:

   May 1, 2009 at 1:01 pm

   Thanks for the support and your wonderful words of encouragement. I really needed that. Got hooked with the Zen Habits – my eyes got big when he said he has 100k subscribers and one of the top 25 blogs by Time Magazine. Thanks for sharing the link.
4. irish says:

   May 1, 2009 at 11:38 am

   here’s a post id like to share, just to reinforce your belief that indeed single tasking and focusing our minds on a single thing is much much better than multitasking.

   http://zenhabits.net/2009/04/the-mindfulness-guide-for-the-super-busy-how-to-live-life-to-the-fullest/
5. irish says:

   May 1, 2009 at 11:21 am

   you really are on the right track paula. whatever you decision is, believe in it. always pray to God that He will guide you in whatever decision you make. specially in these days, life is not easy. keep in mind, what really matters to you. and never forget about it. they will serve as are your guidepost whether the thing you are doing is worth it or not. being focused, something i need to work on more, cause i tend to get distracted by another idea easily, is a very great quality in being successful.
   you are right in what you’ve learned. the truth is, if we hold on to an idea, fixed our minds on it, it will most likely become a reality. nothing is impossible to a person who believes in herself. like you do. i wish u all the best.