Monday, January 21, 2008

Work-life balance?

I havent been writing for more than a week, and this is probably the longest break I've taken off from blogsphere since I started Aug last year, except the break I took when I went to Europe...

Work has been crazy the last 2 weeks, and I really mean CRAZY! I guess work has never been as crazy as this ever before to me for the past 7 years in the company. Maybe it's the nature of this current job that I'm in, which is very different from what I've been doing in the past, so this crazy long working hours is like...unavoidable!

In this current job, it's like "project-based". So when there's no "project"assigned, then I'll have more time, but when there's mega "project" going on, it's unbelievable...

I always believe in work-life balance and the MNC I work for also encourages work-life balance. But when you are engaged in such "project" where a lot of your work will be depending on other team members who always submit things late and pushing the timeline tighter and tighter, and end up having to work overnight without any sleep for the last few days, beating the dateline, where can u find work-life balance?

Anyway the "project" is now over, dateline was last Friday and I was practically sleeping throughout Friday afternoon & Sat. Also went to Genting with hubby & baby on Sunday, came back today since I've taken few days off from work to spend some time with family....

Before I end this post, I would like to thank Daniel who has given me the Bloggers of The World 2007 2008 Award. This is my first award since I started blogging Aug last year and I'm really really happy!

6 comments:

zewt said...

only in malaysia... in other countries... no matter you do projects or anything... there is always times for life... i am sure u know wat i mean.

Daniel said...

that's what is happening to me now... started another Kick-off meeting few days ago n things gonna start rolling... sure gonna drop more hair this time.. hahaha ;p

Dio Brando said...

Hope you had an enjoyable trip to genting... Looks like that are good and bad times :) Hope this year will be a lot smoother after you familarize with ur job ^^

sharlydia said...

zewt - yeah...agreed with u...

daniel - keep it up!

dio - I'm hoping so too, now that i'm pregnant! haha...

hcfoo said...

I'm glad that I'm prioritize in other things in life besides work now. I guess when you are older and have other people in your life, you realized how important it is to spend time on other things than work.

sharlydia said...

hcfoo - yeah totally agreed with u! mayb this is part of "aging" har? haha...