Today

Today, a monsoon hits the Philippines. For the first time in seven months, I wasn't able to go to work.

As I am writing this, I just finished cleaning up the flood in my room.

Today may be a great day for others specially for students who are celebrating because they don't have school. But for many, it isn't great especially for the homeless and those who are leaving near the waters. I hope that all of us are saying a prayer for these people.

As for me, I realized today that I am done. Or maybe I have realized these a few days ago already, or a few weeks or months back, but today, I have finally admitted that I am done.

Done holding on to baggages. Done caring about opinions of other people. Done wanting to please everyone. Done holding on to people who do not want to stay. Done judging and hating and hastily condemning. Done overthinking and overanalyzing.

I am still really messed up but now I am living in the light of a hope and promise that I can always start over.

Because the sun will always shine after the rain. What a great consolation!

On Apologies and Being Brave

I'd like to start this blog post with an apology. My last entry here was posted two months ago. When I started working for the corporate world again, I ran straight into the arms of a busy life, for real. Somebody once told me I have all my time in my hands when I was still working from home. But I have to admit that I am quite in love with my current busy life.

Out of the Box

It's been a while. It's been a really long while.

I know I promised to post a blog at least once a week but a lot of things happened lately.  As you all know, I have been working from home for the past two years and I do enjoy it so much. I love the flexibility, the pay, my clients - I just love everything about it.

But look at my life. I'm 25. Single and haven't accomplished anything in my life yet. If I only wanted money, I would stay at home all my life. But when this year started, I realized a lot of things. It's high time to prioritize my own life and prepare for my future. Though I am not with someone right now, I still wanted to have my own house, be financially stable and let God's glory radiate through my good life.

So I decided to go back to the corporate world. The decision wasn't easy to make. I have to make a big adjustment and let go a lot of things. I have to adjust with a fixed schedule that I have to follow and with a fixed pay that I will receive.

I don't wanna sound too braggy but I feel so much blessed that I don't need to spend a lot of time and effort looking for a job. I came from the recruitment field for the past five years of my career so I can say that I have a lot of backers. But on the second day of my job hunting, I got hired with one of the biggest pizza & pasta chains in the Philippines, actually, the best one yet.

What's funny is I didn't really apply for that company. The HR person who called me on a Friday told that somebody from an HR forum referred my profile. I gave it a shot and was interviewed on a Tuesday. On a Thursday, I was offered the job already. I started with my job last February 28.

This new job is a new and great experience for me. For the past five years, I was in the recruitment field, giving jobs to people and being concerned to client satisfaction. But now, I got hired for an HR Generalist position, meaning I get to be exposed in all facets of HR: employee relations, labor relations, compensation benefits and a little bit of staffing as well. To be honest, I am not really experienced with these fields. I was quite contented with interviewing people and administering tests because it was my comfort zone.

But God told me to get out of my comfort zone and discover something new, meet new people and learn a lot about myself.

I am on my fourth week now. And so far, I am having a great time.

Thank you for praying for me. Thanks be to God for the underserving grace.

And to you, my dear reader, God is telling you the same thing. You don't have to live out of fear. There is a great world out there. Conquer your fears and you will be rewarded. That's a promise.

Blessings,
Joycee

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Hey everyone! Sorry for being MIA for quite some time. I've been hit by laziness LOL and I've been really busy with going back to the corporate world. I am starting with my new job on Monday and I am really excited. But that's probably for a different blog post.

Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013

December 30, 2012.

Two more days until 2013. Looking back, I asked myself, 'Did I have a great 2012? Am I proud with the things that I did?'