Alieh KimbengThank God, I’ve lived to see another year. I’m not really big on New Year resolutions so my only one is to get more sleep. I’m more of a daily resolutions kinda girl which is basically me writing down 3 things I plan to achieve everyday, then do it.
I’m excited and nervous to write this post because It’s sort of a self appreciation, reflection and “it’s going to be okay letter to myself”. Also, for the first time in my life I’ve decided to do something for myself on my birthday, instead of other people doing something for me or doing nothing at all….. I’m going to New York for my birthday!
Hey everyone!!
I’m super excited about this post, first of all because Scholastica and I share a special bond and it was kinda emotional writing it because we both had to get really personal and connect with our feelings, which we don’t like doing. We came up with the questions and asked each other, so whenever you see Scholastica in this post, know that she is talking about me and vice versa, if that makes sense.
Lately, I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed as I’ve been trying to figure out this whole worklife-balance stuff. I feel like i’m constantly on the go mentally, so I’ve been trying to take personal time and unplug. Here are 6 things I am currently doing:
I am the person who walks into a room and takes about 10-15 mins just observing people and subtly deciding who I’m gonna interact with and who could potentially be a friend. I never jump right in because I like meaningful and legit interactions which explains why most of my friendships never start up on a good note. Most first impressions I get from people is that I am stuck up, but that’s just because I am reserved and don’t jump right in, but when you get pass my stuck up, you would realize that there’s a soft cushion underneath. I can hear my friend Gaby telling me Vaneh, “You need to talk to more people, you talk to about 8 people who we went to high school with”. This is so true and while my friend may be right, the people you keep around take a lot of your energy and you take in their energy as well, so at some point I had to started asking myself if it was worth it and if that’s the type of energy that I need in my life, hence why I have a very small and tight circle.
A couple of you have probably heard this saying and some of probably not. This saying is a definition of what my life is and where it is going right now. Flash back to January, February and specifically March when I started applying to jobs, I had no concrete Idea of what I wanted to do, but I knew that I didn’t want to work in front of a computer all day, I wanted to work with people for majority of my time.
Alieh Kimbeng 