Saturday, February 11, 2006

Inertia

I'm 26 this year.
Crossing over to the late-twenties region soon.
What have I done?
What have I achieved in my life so far?

I sit in Rohlin's shop and I ponder.
I look at Peiqi being a branch manager having a whole bunch of peeps under her and I ponder.
I hear of peers running their own businesses and I ponder.
I look at ahboy's banking kakis and I ponder.
I read about 22 yr-olds starting their own business and I ponder.
I glance around me, I look at others, and I ponder.

Was doing my performance appraisal report last Friday before submitting to my manager.
And I came upon this question which asked "List down your achievements for the past year".
I got stuck. My mind drew a blank.

What have I done in the company that warrants me to list it down as an achievement?

And then as I thought about it, it escalated into a question of a broader scope.
What have I done in my life that warrants me to list it down as an achievement?

Hmm..not that my expectations are high.
But somehow, I think I've not achieved much over the last few years.
It's like as if after the initial years of exponential growth, I've mellowed and plateau-ed.

It's come to a point of inertia.
And hmm..I don't know what to do about it.
Change jobs? Go study? Learn a new craft?

Life is maybe too....mundane at the moment..?
I dunno...sigh.. ('_')

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