しんどい時に思い出すこと

Last year, I was sorting out my stuff in anticipation of moving from Canada to take the posting. In a box full of documents, letters etc I found an old newsletter from the Japanese NGO where I interned for the last year of my university. I was flipping through and found one article featuring a group discussion for all interns about why doing internship in development. We were all asked what our (career) goal was. According to the article I answered "my goal is to work for an UN agency". This was when I was 22 years old. I found funny that I never knew that it will take me a whole decade to reach this. At the same time, I realized that it was quite remarkable that this actually came true. I stuck to my initial objective and somehow I was able to make it happen.     

So, when I feel tired and frustrated, I try to remember this and how lucky I am to be given this opportunity and have the job that was once my dream. Certainly, not everything is ideal. I am starting to see some not so nice aspects and occasionally feel bogged down and swamped in my work. I catch myself complaining that I work long hours and I feel that I am not contributing or making progress as much as I would like. But, I should really look at the big picture and enjoy what I am doing. 

 

Well, I don't know exactly what I am trying to say....  it's a bit incomplete thought.