Six Months in a Flash

Six months in a flash, everything still in a mess. Have not settled payment to parents and aunts, have not settled claims, have not found the extra push to work after office hours and on weekends.

Payment to parents and aunts: It is a normal thing to do. I think I need to work out a monthly visiting schedule to aunts' place. Otherwise, nothing will get going. It is time to really bring back the dough.

Claims: Phone claims, cab fare, and other claims. Got to get my butt off and start doing these.

Work after office hours and weekends: For some reason, I totally switch off after work. Very very bad. There is no enthusiasm at all. Perhaps It is because I am used to doing work in lab till very late. Home is where I come back to sleep and not do work. Hence the brain automatically switches off when I am home. Need to find some way to "psycho" myself to work. I think I should set aside 1 hour after work every day to do extra work.

Finance Planning: It is time to start and Excel sheet to record expenditure. Perhaps a yearly budgeting exercise would be good.

Social Calendar: I have to start to plan GossipLane outings, BP lunch, 2202 meetings and CR meetings on a more regular basis. Say once a month.

Lessons Learnt:

1) Must be steady, DO NOT rush.

2) Think like planning experiment. Step by step, take stock of each step.

3) Clear definition of role is important. Leave the job to the proper people.

4) Calling is more personal than emailing, especially for apologizing to people.

5) Perfection is excessive. Good enough will do.