"I have been working for almost 5 years and so far, the most difficult moment in my working life is when I have to decide whether to stay working in this company or to take leave to accompany my husband while continuing his postgraduate studies overseas. I believe that for many people, it is an easy decision to leave your work and enjoy the stay overseas at least for three years. For me, it is a difficult thing to do because I love my work and I just started to gain confidence from other people on my capabilities of doing stressful job and hoping for faster promotion within a year or two. I was afraid that by the time I came back my friends are all promoted at higher level, and I was left behind picking up bit and pieces where I left before. At the same time, I adore my family very much and the thought of my children growing up far from their father is unacceptable, even though it is for a short duration. Putting my family first above the rest, I decided to take leave for a year and went overseas. I overcame the feeling of insecurity for being a full time housewife and empty spaces while caring for the children by continuing what I love to do; reading, writing and researching on matters that interest me especially on children health. I kept in touch with things happening in the company via emails and communication with my colleague. Even though we were living on a my husband's very small amount of scholarship, I had a wonderful time being with my children, seeing my husband effort to accelerate his studies and at the same time taking care of our needs. I also had a good time being paid as part time writer for a small online company. It was a good one-year break for me to rejuvenate, widen my horizon, and gain more experiences to be a better person, and employee upon my return to work. I am glad that I made that decision."
Sounds very personal, isn't it? Hehe. I won't win, I just knew it. Company politics as usual. I just took the oppotunity to write my heart out to the others. They don't know me much, though.
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