I Chose This Stress
Friday, November 21, 2025
Finally, the workweek is almost done and tomorrow is the weekend...I survived! But right before the day ended, Top Management made the official announcement... We are the new IMS Internal Auditors!
Although the congratulations were warm and the job is real, the pride lasted only moments before the true panic hit me... adding to my existing stress over the week, I still can’t move on from that Miss Universe announcement because my auditor brain is screaming parang may mali sa ranking from winners to placers!
This double panic made the total weight of the role crush me immediately... Wait, ano ba 'tong pinasok ko? Tama ba ginawa ko? Naghahanap ba talaga ako ng sarili kong problema at sakit sa ulo?!
I officially chose the life of high-stress accountability and professional problem-hunting and the irony is that even the certificates proving this choice are currently delayed because they needed corrections, further cementing that nothing... not global pageants, not internal controls and certainly not my career decisions... is flawless.
So, while I'm relieved the week is over, I'm heading into the weekend professionally anxious, internally auditing everything from the company's systems to beauty pageant scoring. Congrats to my fellow auditors... we officially start the job of finding flaws next week!