Today - the 23rd of June 2025 - I've decided I am going to start doing this again. It has taken me many years - a few different blogs in beteen. Why a "new beginning?" Why NOW? I don't really know. It just feels right I suppose.
I actually want to start this off with some thoughts I have been pondering over the past several days. It all started last Thursday 19th June 2025. Well, maybe Wednesday the 18th actually (and if we were to be more accurate - probably way before then as everything is connected, linked and one builds on the other.
So, anyway - last Wednesday I had a workshop to conduct in the morning. It was a half day workshop on Sales Success Through Personality Types: An MBTI-Inspired Workshop to understand Yourself, Connect with Customers, and Sell with Confidence.
Waking up that morning, I could already tell something was a little "off." While I wasn't feeling any pain in my throat - I did find as if I was "losing my voice." I was concerned I would not be able to complete or even start the workshop that morning. I tried putting that thought out of my mind - and focused on what I believed I needed to do - and just move ahead. Thankfully, everything went well. I managed to get to the venue, had an associate with me to help out if and when needed, and everything went well.
Coming home after that event was over, the feeling was good. I had done what I set out to do - and I didn't lose my voice before, during, or even immediately after. Naturally I was feeling tired - but it was a good kinda tired. I was happy I was able to do it. NOW - the focus shifted to the event for the following day - a meeting with a friend, former student, and supervisee from Denmark. She was back in Malaysia for a conference on Cancer. I was to meet up with her to carry out a workshop the next day - the 19th of June 2025. The workshop was later changed to a meeting with members of an NGO (organizers for the Conference to be held the following Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).
The next day arrived (I am cutting things short so I won't be writing forever), we met up, attended the meeting - and again in my opinion - everything went well (from my perspective). The following day was going to be the first day of the Conference, and I had every intention of meeting up with her and also the new people I had met on Thursday.
Friday morning arrived, and I didn't feel on top of the world - my body was feeling warm tho I do not believe I had fever then. I debated a while and thought to myself - well, I think I'll just skip the first day of the Conference. Her presentation is afterall set for the second day. And a handful of the presentations I had any interests in were to be on the 2nd and 3rd day. So, taking that Friday off would be a good thing. Plus - more importantly, Friday's are my days to be with my 2 favorite people in the world - my two little angels. I get to pick them up from school on Fridays and spent an hour or so with them every week (when school is in session that is). So, everything was fine.
As usual, I picked them up from their school. Hung out with them and brought them both to one of our usual hangouts, Piccoli Lotti, to have ice-cream. When we were done, I dropped them off at their tuition centre and proceeded to go home. Although I felt lifted after spending sometime with both these lil angels, physically I could tell I was still feeling tired - and I need to rest. I had decided then that if I did not feel any better by that night or the next morning, I would probably skip going to the Conference. Maybe go for the final day. It would still be a good networking event, will certainly be able to pick up some good ideas/lessons from the presentations I attend, and get to meet with my former student now friend one more time before she left to return to Denmark.
To be continued ...
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