It's the 4th day of 2013! As I am typing this, I have just spent an hour and a half doing my work in the middle of the night. These work has been super overdue since before Christmas. I have concluded again that it is impossible to do any work from home while taking care of a baby. Also, I'm typing this from my home office on my new desk in my new home!
2012 has been a super special year for me and probably the best year of my life. Never knew that having Z would bring so much joy to our lives, which includes both set of grandparents. This is way above my expectations. The beginning was really tough but as Z grows older, he is such a joy to look at. Maybe Z isn't such a difficult baby and that's why we enjoy having him so much. I think I have said this sentence probably more than twice everyday to SJ; 'Our baby/Z is so CUTE!'. HAHA. And SJ agrees! We are such vain parents! Maybe most parents feel the same way too! I look at Z when he is sleeping and look at his many photos in my phone as well. I have got so obsessed with him that I took more than 3,000 photos of him since he was born and that's less than 6 months!
The second best thing that happened in 2012 was we finally moved into our own home on the 22nd of December! :D This project of pulling an old house down and rebuilding most of it took almost 1.5 years. There were so many challenges in planning and completing this house that there were times I was so worried if we could move in comfortably. So glad that our house turned out pretty well. It's not perfect but we're really happy that we have our own 'nest' now :)
That's the family and personal part of my life. Career wise in 2012, not so good. 2012 is definitely the most relaxed year that I've had since I started the life insurance business almost 8 years ago. I would never take a holiday at the end of the year as it's the closing period but we went to Singapore on Christmas day this year! It was Z's first holiday! I have definitely neglected my fellow agents and response time to clients were much slower than usual. There was a vicious cycle going on almost everyday; I would take my laptop out in the morning but could not open it at all during the day because I was so busy tending to Z and the new house. Then, I would keep telling myself I would catch up on my work at night after dinner for a couple of hours. By the time we finished dinner, I would be so worn out that I told myself that it's pointless working with a tired mind and I need my energy the next day because I cannot sleep while the baby is awake. So, I would tell myself, 'tomorrow lar'. Of course tomorrow comes and it goes in that cycle all over again. There were times I was quite depressed about it and I would be so irritated and annoyed. When I was angry and annoyed, the person that I would blame and be angry at was SJ. Really poor SJ. He has been really sweet, as always to just accepts it calmly. There's good news, my agency has growth compared to 2011 even though I did not work as much. I guess my team is more independent than I thought and could possibly work better without my presence.
I always love the beginning of the year. New year, new beginning and new hopes. It is always exciting to plan because I'd have something to look forward then. 2013 is going to be the year that I am going to focus on my career. I did not work much since I got pregnant. I told myself that when it's time to rest and appreciate the changes in stages of my life; being pregnant and a new parent, I should really enjoy those moments. I hope I could make 2013 be the best year in my career but I know its not going to be easy to juggle between raising a baby, managing a home and building a career. So much to do! Thinking about it gives me both excitement and stress! The first week of January is almost gone! :S
Here wishing everybody a wonderful 2013 and may 2013 brings lots of laughter and joy!
