I met a nice girl at the bar and we ended up back at her place. Was a great night, plenty of dancing and too many gin and tonics, aided with a minimal amount of additional We had pre-drinks at a friends place before hitting a club in town. On new years eve I was exhausted after a full day of social rounds, this included tennis in the scorching heat,ĭe-hydration and even missing meals. I’d somehow got to a stage in my life where I was operating on aĭangerous high level of stress, without even knowing it. It wasĪs foreign as the place I was now living. Relaxing and turning off was something that had become unfamiliar. I caught up with as many people as I could breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had a constant underlying sense of growing apart from all these people by living abroad. My first week was jammed packed catching up with familyĪnd friends. I arrived back home in Melbourne quite stressed. Due to the pressing demands it was also tough Hundreds of people that were effected by the work I was doing. I did my best to not get overwhelmed with the responsibility and the literally I’d felt some confidence following successful meetings and was determined to turn around The management process was horrendous and I The hours were ridiculous with very little support.Įvery time I’d complete a task, a new one would arise. On what was the biggest responsibility I’d had to date. I can’t say I was really enjoying my new job, but I was doing my best and it wasn’t all that bad. I was driven by the generous salary andīenefits of saving for what I now identify as a sickness of ‘getting ahead’. Of a long stay and signing a full–time contract had become daunting. As much as I did get culturallyįrustrated, I took it in my stride and did enjoy the experience and exposure to a new way of life. High, the adjustment was difficult, the expat drinking culture was excessive. I’d taken a high flying job in a Asian country and was doing my best to adjust. Reunite with family and friends after living away for the last three years, including abroad for the last six It all started on what’s become a very symbolic new years day of 2015. I had forgotten to stop and smell the roses, I had become numb, I had turned intoĪ robot, just like the computer I was glued to every day for ten hours. I do blame our modern day society for that, which is so out of touch with the true I am very grateful for this learning and can not believe I got caught up in the trueĭefinition of ‘rat race’ as I did. As I’ve found out the hard way life isn’t like that, it’s a journey and balance all I would just get to a point where I would be able to stop, be content and just relax. It was an unnecessary pressure that I had overlaid on myself, through a societyĪnd industry that made me feel like I had to keep going as hard as I could to get ahead in the hope that one day For as long as I can remember I’ve always felt like I was in a hurry, wasting time and had to get back to work.
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