Back To Stress

The first week of the school holidays was spent having meetings and more meetings. I spent the second week in Bangkok and Malaysia. The third week, I idled at home and did some holiday homework and played with my sons and took them and their cuzs out for some fun.

Next week, it is back to stress, stress and more stress. How time flies when you are happy and doing things that really matter to you!

And as I prepare and dread tomorrow, I can't help but wonder when is the ideal time to retire. Some say you must have at least half a million in your savings before you can say goodbye to your career but to wait till I have that amount means not having a chance to retire at all! Unless of course I strike some lottery or my parents 'present' me their assets and liquid cash! But that's not going to happen ...I mean, if it can happen, I don't mind if it's not gonna be soon. I can wait. And when the time comes, I can pack my work desk and say, "I am going for a long long holiday! Don't ever call me back for meetings!"

Then, I can travel the world and do what I have always wished to do, volunteer work. You see, I won't get paid doing the things I love but when I have the money in the bank, I don't have to worry about my family and kids and yet at the same time I can have this sense of gratifying satisfaction of helping the poor and the damned get on with their lives again. Right now, that dream will have to wait because if I don't work and get paid for it, what will happen to my loved ones? As I go through life, I hope I can save enough to then help others who then can save enough and then help others..

But in the meantime, I will pack my bag and get all the papers and documents ready for tomorrow where I will have to provide inputs during the 8 hour marathon discussion and rebuttals and conclusions which I have always suspected have been made even before a meeting commences. So, till next week, have a rolling stressful, oops, stress-free time!