{"id":4728,"date":"2020-11-14T13:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T03:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2020-11-14T17:37:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T07:37:19","slug":"4728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/?p=4728","title":{"rendered":"courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i thought i had something &#8220;philosophical&#8221; to write about today. by philosophical i mean end of the week rants. it has been a gruesome week at work with last minute meetings popping up like youtube ads. i have one tomorrow at 10am. yes on a freaking Sunday. it&#8217;s a virtual meeting, but it&#8217;s still work and it&#8217;s eating into my leisure-time. believe it or not I have been denied time off work because these meetings are &#8220;virtual&#8221; so they apparently don&#8217;t account for &#8220;real work&#8221;. if that&#8217;s the case then here is my &#8220;report&#8221; *hands in a blank sheet of paper* . here is my &#8220;brief&#8221; *hands in a file of blank papers*. sila meninggal please.<\/p>\n<p>this pandemic has forced us to change the way we work. tani nya yang change tapi operational guidelines nya masih sama. so for how long will we be spending our &#8220;weekends&#8221; working without being compensated? getting financially compensated is nice, but for now i think i&#8217;d settle for the bare minimum: being granted time off. how i wish people could be a little bit more compassionate and be more intuitive to the needs of people around them?. why can&#8217;t we normalize &#8220;quality time&#8221; without coming off as being lazy or entitled? not to mention,   mental health should be prioritized too. there&#8217;s no point jua expecting people to deliver excellence when they are burnt out. I&#8217;m at my best when im well rested.<\/p>\n<p>thing is, if they can&#8217;t make you feel valued at work&#8230; lol at least let them have proper rest? amah ku tidur kul 8malam jua. nda kami ngacau kecuali kami lupa bawa kunci rumah&#8230;he he he.  mun kan mau nasi lapas kul 8.. jantah harap. masak tah sendiri please.<\/p>\n<p>oh well atu tah saja grievances ku hari ani.  other than that i am okay-ish with work these days. it&#8217;s a little bit more peaceful than what it used to be.. i&#8217;m not as anxious about it. maybe it&#8217;s the forced travelling ban that has made it somewhat bearable. i hated the travelling part. dont get me wrong, it was fun for maybe the first 3 years&#8230; and then the novelty just dipped after that. ive been lucky enough to visit countries that i dont think i&#8217;d go on my own&#8230; but what&#8217;s the point when the catch is always work?<\/p>\n<p>i think im burnt out. im so close to quitting. not because i hate my job. i&#8217;m just tired. demotivated. exhausted.  ngalih ku ngalih. and it&#8217;s also that urge of wanting to try out something new? i love the theatrics and gossip that comes with international relations&#8230;. tp mau jua ku meliat sinetron lain kan? i&#8217;m going to have to dig deep and find the courage to do what i want despite the fear-mongering voices around me.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m  35. it&#8217;s time to do what I want to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i thought i had something &#8220;philosophical&#8221; to write about today. by philosophical i mean end of the week rants. it has been a gruesome week at work with last minute meetings popping up like youtube ads. i have one tomorrow at 10am. yes on a freaking Sunday. it&#8217;s a virtual meeting, but it&#8217;s still work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dailies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4733,"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions\/4733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}