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Saturday 18 July 2020
@14:17
These days, I realised that there's certain kinds of work that I wouldn't mind encroaching into my time outside of work hours. In the past, I always harped on the importance of work-life balance and I absolutely hate answering work related queries outside of work hours. But now, with work from home arrangements and actually preferring to work at night (rather than in the day time), I find myself becoming more comfortable at working outside of my usual hours (8am-5pm).
And another factor is maybe because I like my work :) And I also enjoy discussions with my colleagues as we broaden our perspective about various things and becoming surer of what our 'roles' as a case manager are.
However, as much as I enjoy my work, I cannot agree with management's directions and that has caused me a lot of internal struggles and frustrations. As much as I want to reframe my thinking, yes I can reframe my thinking about how I receive criticisms or illogical negative feedback, I can't reframe my values and principles. It's a struggle for me to have to always expand my mental energy to reconcile the differing values and approaches between the management and myself (and case managers). I wish such mental energy could be spent on my clients instead of the management. These struggles often made me think about staying or leaving the organisation (but my 1 year bond with the organisation makes this decision a little more complex than I would have wished). My colleague had previously warned me from the beginning about the bond but I thought I would be fine.
But on some days, I find myself crumbling inside little by little.
And on other days, I remain hopeful and focused on what is truly important.
&the pages keep turning.
Sunday 12 July 2020
@15:49
It's my last Sunday before I'm back in office (for 2 weeks and then more WFH). I've enjoyed my WFH time thoroughly. I wish I can always WFH but it's prolly not good because I tend to slack off too much some times. Haha.
I'm about to start practicum at a family service centre in Aug too! What more at a centre which I have been dying to get into and I've heard so many positive comments about the organisation. I'm really excited about that. Looking forward to learning new things, basking in new vibes that enable workers to advocate for service users, understanding what it really means to help someone and being client-centric. I'm just wishing for the next 2 weeks to go smoothly and no dramas in office please. *keeping my fingers crossed*
Recently I have been hearing a lot about insurance plans. I was feeling scared that I don't have enough coverage - I mean, there'll never enough money right? But my agent (the one I trust the most) tells me my current plans are ok already. While another agent who's also an acquaintance of mine is trying to get me to consider 2 more medical plans + investment plans. LOL. Considering that I don't earn a lot (and these are things that I will divulge to agents without much hesitation), I was slightly put off when someone asks me to consider something that I personally do not feel ready for. I understand that sometimes we have to consider trade offs and I have to weigh the pros and cons - should I buy insurance for the future or maintain my current lifestyle and savings? I am pretty calculative when it comes to money and insurance so I would really listen in carefully when agents introduce policies to me. Adulting is truly difficult. HALP.
To end of this post randomly, here's a picture of a green observatory that I created in Minecraft a few weeks ago. It's incomplete still. Haven't played it in 2-3 weeks? Because now zw and I are more into another game - Don't Starve Together. But I would definitely love to complete this green observatory! Till then~
The sunrise, sunset and night views are pretty nice, though it's just a game. Haha.
&the pages keep turning.
