Parked in 2023

Title for impact, maybe applicable to my corporate career. I feel like I still have a career.. wait let me google that.. yeah, I feel like I still have a job tho I do not get monetary gains but pays off way way more than enough compared to my previous job. I still try to skill up and gather experience day by day. I get feedback from clients or read their satisfaction of my output (cooking: doing good if no leftovers, etc.)

My headspace is filled with lots lately, hence this post.  Let me try to put more structure on my how I spent my hours so I can be closer to my reaching my goals.  Hang on, what are my goals again for this year? :D

Let me just share where I am at.  I barely play my piano.  I have just finished a skinny book, yay for my reading list: 1 out of 13 books for the year.  I have plants thriving and dying.  My cross stitch project is taking a back seat.  I plan to go back on my technical trainings maybe next week.  We'll see.

Felt like our first beach trip ever

 

Finally, our first beach trip post-pandemic.  We spent a night in Costa Blanca Island Resort somewhere in Batangas.  I was holding out and didn't really prepared much for this trip as we only tagged along with friends.  

As expected, it was a bit tiring as most trips are even when it was just a 2hr drive.  Not surprisingly, it made me miss having moments like these.  The sound of the waves (albeit sometimes disrupted by co-vacationers belting their hearts out with their late night videoke sessions), the feel of the soft sand on my feet as I walk alongside my loved ones.  Just sitting there, seeking refuge under the shade of a tree with the heat of the sun on my skin, I catch a glimpse of a small fishing boat and hear kids laughing as they waddled in the water.

Taking in the landscape and attempting to capture the scenery, I missed it for sure.