My version of a Work-Life Balance

Work is anything that concerns my current employer: inductions, interviews, meetings, calls, planning, presentations, negotiations, consultations, having a chat with colleagues or simply just settling in.

Life includes hosting friends on a Saturday, finding rental properties online after work and on weekends, arranging for property viewing and applying for tenancy, applying for a loan, working on INZ docs by arranging a few visits to the printer room, the JP and the post plus a few phone calls here and there, checking out clearance and on sale items, my weekly laundry and grocery shopping and of course, my daily chat and call from home.

Friday lunch:
Bacon potato salad and Veggie quiche at Columbus

It's been so overwhelming these past few weeks. I spend at least 1 hour everyday walking as part of my daily commute, on top of the daily 2 hour train ride. It can really be exhausting to juggle all these things, to be physically and mentally drained.

This is why I give in to little treats from time to time, ice cream after dinner and lunching out on a Friday. It's only during meals outside the office where I can really clear my head. And yet I still try to take advantage of the free paper in this coffee shop and at home to scour for home deals.