been meeting up with friends who've just begun work and hearing stories about those who have and a recurring theme has been how they struggle with expecations and crazy workloads and long hours. and i'm beginning to wonder whether i may be wrong/overly idealistic/plain naive about how tough it is to juggle and order priorities once one begins work.

i remember talking to dhoby on our flight back from India about what living the simple lifestyle means and how it takes making conscious choices and prioritizing to not get sucked into the whole working world craziness. But perhaps it's more complicated than that - you don't always have a choice about how much time u wanna put into your job. maybe u have to. coz your boss says so. coz your appraisal requires you to. coz your colleagues are. coz your neck is on the line. coz you're expected to. is that really so?

if so, that's scary.

but real. and challenging. but exciting all at once.
guess standing and living by God's standards and for His appraisal takes on a whole new meaning.

on another note, had a talk with daddy this morning coz i could sense he was pissed at me for being out so late last night. so i apologized and he reminded me how i've not been home for dinner at all the last 2 wks. was a gentle yet strong reminder that i've been taking my family for granted once again and that it's time to reprioritize. figured that if i can't get this right now, it definitely won't get any easier when i start my Honours yr and eventually begin working.

heh beginning to really think i should read Reordering your Private World.