I still log-in to LinkedIn for business-related purposes: to catch-up on trends, pick-up some buzz words, and with some diligence - research and reference materials that I will use for the more advanced classes. "Quiet quitting," for example. I suppose I can't afford to completely lock out on that corporate rhythm. It's also genuinely good to see people moving up the organizational ladder. It's flattering to receive job offers or invitations from former colleagues. Perhaps the job vacancies are really that bad. But unless I really have to, I won't be running back on that rat race.
The only thing that resembles an org chart that I have to map out and watch out for is this:
After watching House of the Dragon (which aired on Monday mornings in my time zone - coincidentally, the most optimal, perhaps the most toxic time for meetings and business reviews), I don't have the emotional quotient to wait 2 years for the sequel. I started reading (and listening to the audio companion) Fire and Blood, to satisfy my craving for fire and blood, fantasy, and this story of human frailty. HBO aired The White Lotus and I thoroughly enjoyed that too on the subsequent Monday mornings.
Fantasies are best enjoyed during the holidays. The cold air from the north adds a magical element in a tropical country. It is the season of revelry, drunkenness, profligate spending (in the poorest of countries) but also the season of sharing and kindness. A fantastic symmetry.
This is also the time when my country's Civil Aviation Authority (inaugurated 5 years ago with a 13 billion price tag, but without a back-up system) had a fiasco. Air traffic control power issues left our air space completely empty, all passengers stranded and scrambling for days to come. I suppose we'll have more of these things for the years to come, largely because of who we choose to put in power.
Yesterday, Tuesday, my wife and daughter were on the grocery store and I asked if I sit down in the cafe to read while they shop. I'm on the last hundred pages (of around 600) of Fire and Blood. It's already January, and the resumption of office work has started rolling. The grocery store is bare and empty compared to the wild party it was during the peak of the holiday season. I consider myself more than fortunate, because the mocha latte was surprisingly good for less than 100 pesos, the barista's service was earnest, and I felt that he might've squeezed in an extra pump which made this a really sweet deal.
In the book, the dance of the dragons has concluded and I've witnessed the gruesome end of the Blacks and the Greens. The holidays have ended too and grind's been set in motion.
Lucky for some of us, we don't need that quiet quitting nonsense.
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