DO NOT SETTLE.
This is the message I got today from all the people I got to talk to this week.
Do not settle for a half-assed written story. The story I just edited, I admit, I let through because the reporter would not have any output for the week. But then the content editor put a stop to it, because it was half-baked. Full of fiduciary statements with no substance.
I should stop being nice.
Do not settle for less than a full commitment to a job that was assigned a long time ago. I have given my team enough lead time; they should fulfill their end of the bargain. I push for more benefits and their promotion, then they should step up as well.
Do not settle for fleeting attention. If you want a relationship with me, I want your full attention. I don’t come second or third.
Do not make excuses for people. I will not settle for someone who spews inconsistencies and lies. Do not settle for people with questionable character.
Stop being nice. I deserve more than what I was receiving in the past.
Daughter: Dumb guys go for dumb girls and smart guys go for dumb girls. What do smart girls get?
Dad: Cats, mostly
Ah, truer words were never spoken. Because we’re no longer settling, we get cats. Happiness are derived from cats, not relationships.
Meanwhile, I would have to push back my trip to S.Korea from September (two weeks) to October-Nov (one week) as this is the only break my bestfriend and another good friend would have in the middle of the first semester school year 2022-2023. They have already booked their tickets while I haven’t because of my crazy schedule. I’m not sure if this is a good time for me since I need to go back to Singapore by mid-November and as head of the region for my publication, I cannot NOT be there… Ideally this S.Korea trip should be in September but…oh well. It’s more fun to be with my girlfriends if I cannot read street signs. My best friend and I had died of laughter for 8 days when we were in Japan in 2009 so I would really want to take this trip with her.
I don’t know what crazy stunts I would be doing this time but for sure I will not, I repeat, I will not eat a live octopus.