The Moon at YIH
Today's a Thursday, and crazy enough I woke up later than I'm used to. I had a bad dream (not necessarily a nightmare) but it's an uneasy dream. Hence I let myself sleep longer, especially when I sleep by myself tonight.
I let myself be slightly unproductive today - and there was no remorse against it. Unlike any other day where I plan my days ahead to keep my calendar full with talks, events, lectures or practices. Today my calendar is rather empty.
When I woke up at 10am today - I walked to the Erick's super monitor and joined an environmental webinar. Basically one that encourages us to be aware of our CO2 emissions (how you travel, what you eat). The prof went to calculate his carbon footprint as he travels on an economy class vs business class plane, and travel with taxi or take a public transport to campus. The prof also promoted carbon offset through buying carbon credits. He's saying carbon credits can be for those who are environmentally conscious but don't know how to contribute or instead of planting trees on your own you pay an organisation who does eco-initiatives.
When the webinar ended, I let myself do the thing I'm always against, playing game during the day. I let myself play a Nintendo game for an hour with no guilt at all. I limit myself to an hour of gaming, and yes - it felt great. I let myself do the things I enjoy.
I have been exercising these days, because I couldn't take my mind off the long winded interview process, and I went to have a chat with a maritime startup today. I felt like I do have a leverage in maritime-tech with my maritime foundation and supplemental tech degree, like I feel great I build my career upon this, although there has been no significant monetary milestone yet, it's alright! It's what I like doing, and I can finally do what I like irrespective of residency or money, I let myself explore and understand myself.
And since the year is ending, I am thankful that I get to prioritise and love myself this year. But of course, I hope tomorrow will be a better day because Erick comes home today, and my life is rather empty without him.











