Slow down
Dalam Notes — Oct 19, 2025
Photo by Jimmy Liu on Unsplash
It’s funny to remember that the initial plan for me to switch careers was to be able to get more free time and have work-life balance. That was my naive thought, ignoring some friends’ advice that it would be just the same, or even make me busier. Well, it’s way busier than the previous one, haha.
This weekend, sadly, I’m sick. I got a fever and a runny nose, it’s mild, but still had to cancel my short holiday plan to Jogja. It is really boring to only be able to watch Netflix and play games instead of hanging out with friends or fams, but yeah, health comes first after all.
During this very boring time, my mind came up with the reflection that my colleague told me last Friday. I told her that I was feeling blue, and she told me to ‘slow down’ and be less stressed out, since she knew that I had just gotten sick last month. Well, I have been or am always stressed out on multiple occasions, lol. There’s just so much going on: new responsibilities, different work cultures, late-night calls related to work, and so on. I guess that’s why I get sick easily (and barely sleep enough).
Back then, I just needed to deal with a computer (most of the time), and now I need to deal with multiple clients and work with people most of the time. What stresses me out the most is how unpredictable people can be, lol: reschedules, sudden requirement changes, last-minute changes: it’s hard to stay chill.
But there’s one thing I’ve realized: there’s always another task waiting. No matter how many I finish, there’s always one more the next day. And it’s okay to make them wait a bit, I shouldn’t sacrifice my personal time for it. And I don’t need to stress out over something beyond my control. Let it be.
And one more reminder to myself: life is not just about work; there’s life outside the office. I should live a little.
Dibuat dengan ❤ dan di Kendal.