How unyielding are you?
It had been a tiring 2005. I’ve been traveling since Jan then for at least 1-2 weeks a month and some were connecting flights from one destination to another - east to west to east. I could feel myself getting older as I could no longer cope with the jet lag and recuperation takes a longer duration. By the time I get adjusted to a timezone, it would be time for me to fly home. There were also various occasions where I would arrived at the destination at 6am, freshened up and headed straight to the office and worked till 10pm at night. I’m not the only pathetic person in the world but my colleagues do that too and I salute them for being able to cope with all that stress. Anyway, I’ve finally informed my managers that I could no longer travel and this KL trip would be my last. Some are pretty supportive but some are trying to negotiate a 30% traveling requirement with me. So I guess at the end of the day, it depends on how unyielding I am to accommodate such request in the imminent future although I am adamant with my decision at this point. I’m sure a lot of you have been in such situation when it comes to work and have to compensate for a fulfilling career but offload personal desire and probably work-life balance - mel.
hmm… understand the pain of business travel, especially the jetlag part.
maybe you can compromise on the KL-only travel agreement? So that we can meet you?
Comment by laymank — March 28, 2006 @ 3:23 pm
Thanks for the suggestion but it is not easy to justify that I have preferred traveling locations. These days not too bad, woke up a bit later. But my panda eyes, aiyo!
Comment by mel — March 30, 2006 @ 2:52 pm