Today I realized that I have pretty much achieved what I often dreamed of during my studies - and that already at the age of 24.... Well, this makes me thoughtfull.
Waiting at the Cairo Airport Lounge, drinking free coffee, a company laptop and -phone in front of me, flying off to Algeria to run some Workshops alone on behalf of my team. And so on it goes... having worked already in so many countries, met so many interesting people as well as the only one I love, had fantastic adventures, and even found a small cat that gives the little bit of extra joy to life....
I guess its time to reflect on all this, put it in perspective.
In what kind of time are we living? Its the age of ever new technology, changing our lives. I could just take a photo with my mobile camera, send it to the pc via bluetooth and then upload it the same second so that everybody with access to the internet is able to see it...and here we talk about some billion people. Also its the age of global ways of working, you need to be connected around the world to do business. Along comes the 'new found' mobile worker, who personifies the office, wherever s/he's coordinates are located. And in this picture of the ideal, super flexible, cosmopolitain employee... we need to fit..... so maybe, the dreams from University seemed so far away, because 6 years ago...life led a slightly different pace. These days, it does not take decades anymore for life styles to change, for corporate mentalities to be overhauled. Maybe what I am experiencing right now, is just a normal professional life, nothing too exotic to be over-excited about?
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Hey Material girl with the AMEX corporate card full of capitalism. Welcome to the DIGITAL LEECH age. Times where your boss can reach you anytime, where no excuses can be found for not being reachable, where you shall be on 24/7, where ultimately, work will become your life.
Game is to keep trying balancing that with the personal life. Welcome to the biggest game of the century. And there is no such thing as GAME OVER.
That being said, go get yourself a Starbuck coffee with your Bush card and check your company email.
And send us a pic of that coffee since you are there :-)
i just say congruatulation mate!
as long as u r happy with it :)
u still have so many thing to do...adventure, experience...
bisous
/alex
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