Starting a habit, and notes
Work has been overwhelming and overtime hour is just barely under the legal limit.
I think I have been trying and working too hard.
I don't feel healthy mentally and physically, so I think I really need to make some changes.
Maybe I will write more often; to review myself for improvement and perhaps find inspiration somewhere in the process.
Daily goal to exercise more and study Japanese. For health and for long term goals.
I have been thinking about writing. Maybe I will write something, even just drafts. Gotta start somewhere.
Work on daily, weekly, monthly and annual goals. Gotta have some aims.
Animation as screen saver for my phone?
Reminder to care less about work. Care just enough and don't overwork.
Career-wise, I think it will be tough. I barely know the right people. And my Japanese isn't quite good enough yet.
I will continue to work on myself until I am too big for this water for now. (Yes, I am the hoarding troops kind of RTS player.)
There's also an issue with my manager. He is a nice person and a good teammate, but is lacking in leadership and management skills quite a bit.
///////Below is a message to my manager.
Yes, if you are reading my website somehow, you should know that I really need more reassurance and guidance on career path from you as my manager. I have been trying to ask for advice but I only got the generic answers so far.
I am not afraid to just say this to you directly. I just have not felt the necessity to push you yet. So I have hold off for a couple months. Unless… we will see if things actually affects my salary and compensation in the upcoming annual report.
Work responsibility wise, I know what I am doing and what to work on. But as a full-time employee, I don't know how to advance in my career. And I would really prefer to get some of the important corporate news from you instead of getting directly reminded by higher ups, HR or hear from other teams' managers. There are also things missed because I didn't know about it.
I don't know if any important things are missed. I don't how to ask because I don't know what I don't know.
I am a bit old fashioned in a sense that I won't really say things out of my place… but if you do see this somehow… The team needs better structure to work more effectively and efficiently too; starting with tasks/projects and shifts management… Let's talk.
