If my life were a movie, right now would be a great time for a montage. This would be the kind of montage (set to a Jay-Z song, naturally) that has cutaways of work days under fluorescent lights, Terminal two of Hongqiao airport, falling asleep awkwardly on planes, 1.5 hour cab rides, and verbal arguments with my cab drivers. Also a frame or two of me chugging caffeinated beverages (mostly tea).
In short, I feel like I’ve been letting work get to me. And I don’t like it. It’s not me to be that one person who doesn’t have the energy to go out, or who has to leave someplace early, simply because I’m too exhausted. But I’m at my wit’s end. I’m roughly 3 more work days away from actually turning zombie (‘BRAAAAAINS BRAIIIINS’). And so, at the moment, I’m trying to balance the things I actually want to do, with the things that are actually good for me (like sleeping, pajamas, and that body scrub I brought from France).
I haven’t quite mastered this work-life balance thing yet. Or this business trip balance yet. Or how not to look like I just came back from a ‘four-day-college-weekend’ bender every time I’ve exited a plane. But I’m getting there.
A short snapshot of my last two weeks:
haha love that strike off ‘Shanghai in the smog’
😀
I don’t know what happened to the air last week, but there were a few afternoons where the ‘haze’ was getting to Beijing levels..
Maybe fireworks? Lol
Work-life balance is one of the most painful things for women. Our beauty, health, relationship and harmony depend on it. I’m a workaholic. So it’s extremely important for me to have an interesting job I love. Because when I’m working I’m unstoppable =)
Smog is always my favorite picture
Or as they like to call it in China.. ‘fog’ 🙂
I have not figured out how to avoid looking like a wreck every time I get off a plane either. How do people do it?
Right?? I’ve seen the youtube tutorials about bringing tons of moisturizers/balms/creams/wipes on the plane, and I’ve tried it on some of the 16 hour long-haul flights back to the U.S. — to very little difference haha.