Thursday, June 16, 2016

Life, Unfolding

Currently feeling rather complacent about work, that I am not really growing & thinking of making a change. What do I do next?

As I see it the following are some of my options:

1- Stay & take up additional tasks that I have never done before in this organisation; or

2- Remain as a senior lecturer (without added responsibilities) and pursue my DBA*; or

3- Go back to practice; or

4- Rejoin the industry (legal department); or

5- Work in Singapore as a lecturer; or

6- Work in Singapore as a lawyer; or

7- Pursue my PhD (topic: flexi work) in New Zealand & return to Malaysia upon its completion; or

8- Pursue my PhD (topic: flexi work) in New Zealand & stay for good; or

9- Start a training/ consulting/ event management business; or

10- Work freelance doing various jobs; or

11- Become a writer (how do I make money doing this?); or

12- Sell any product that are worthwhile (product recommendations & sale).

The initial choice is marked with * and without fear or intervention, this is probably the easiest to do.

What is in my mind is the 5 mouths to feed. I can probably hustle and fail miserably on my own, but the stakes are higher when there are kids to raise.

Going back to practice- the main reason is that I feel that I have never quite finished what I started. Had wanted to be a corporate lawyer so badly and got started with corporate loans & basic JV agreements before I jumped into teaching. Which I really enjoy (no doubt). However after the umpteenth time teaching about sale of goods, it kinda gets to me. The routine things numb my mind- marking, preparing exam papers, moderation, meetings.. reminiscent of wash-rinse-dry-repeat (*sigh*).

The next thing to do is to present this to the teens. Of course the final say is mine- but I would consider their views important because whatever I choose entails added responsibilities and some degree of change/ adjustment on their part.

What is next? (How much time do I have?) Feels like now I am preparing for a jump.. and hopefully the parachute is ready to open when the time comes.. or the landing area has been padded properly.

GOOD LUCK TO ME!!!

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