This was the first in-region Product Day where I was given the opportunity to coordinate the entire event. This group is 1/8 of the global company. It was such a hectic week but I learned so much from others and myself, especially because it reiterates the fact that my default community is not my only community—that I have the space to be proud of my accomplishments without being labeled as conceited or ignored because of fragile egos, and I can fail without being berated.
“Cầu ít thị phi” translates to “praying for less gossip”. I shared a meme version with this phrase on social media
earlier this year but I follow the concept in relevance with my default community, whether or not they realize that
paper cannot cover fire.
Whichever way it is sliced, one can only control their own actions and words and hope that others will wake up each day
and actively seek out kindness.
I turned the “big” 3-0 this month. I didn’t know how I wanted to celebrate this arbitrary number (because your health matters more than your age). I juggled between keeping it simple and go hiking with my husband and dog, go to a drive-in theatre, or go paintballing with my husband and nephews. If I was going to host something, I wanted to do a 90s “murder mystery” theme party. In the end, I chose to celebrate it with family and friends because they’re all as much a part of my journey growing up too.
Are you a lifelong learner or someone who works better with structure? I have always believed in lifelong learning. It was not meant to be used as an excuse to perform poorly but rather to remind myself to be grateful for being alive at each moment in time. On top of that, it was also a principle I created that there is something to learn from every encounter and situation no matter how small.
It has been four months since my last entry. I have been doing what I needed for my mental health and this meant learning to truly relax after I made a shift in my job allowing me to do so. The last few years has been full of nonstop changes and grinding without the pandemic added. I learned a lot from my previous job responsibilities but the flip side of it was that I was overworked and underpaid compared to the team and dealt with my portion of office politics.
At a young age, I was the type of kid who sought adventures regardless of accompaniment. A quest could mean climbing up a small hill in the backyard imagining I was on Mt. Everest or wearing traditional Chinese hairpins pretending I was a princess during the Tang dynasty.
“I think it is normal for people to want to pick a side and insist that others do as well, however, if we insist on digging to the bottom, there will be inevitable darkness—some more externally harmful than others and others internally damaging.”
I was on a two month trip abroad from October to December of 2016 which made it my first time going on a solo trip as well as my first time traveling out of the United States.
“They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.”
Buddha, Dhammapada Scripture, Verse 227
