Came across these role-plays with a distinct sense of deja vu. All I know is true friends encourage and share the joys of their mates.
 
Scene A Average Joe has been working on the same project for 5 years and is looking to move on to a new role. He has been promoted a year ago. He is pretty much tired of the current project and is stagnant in terms of career advancement. However, the project is in a bad shape and most of his teammates are looking forward to leave too. R2D2 is not the aggressive kind, though complains all the time.
Average Joe: My last day for the current project is end of August 2020.
R2D2 : So lucky you. Can escape easily.
Average Joe : Might sound easy to you but I went through hell lots of disagreement with the top.
R2D2 : Still consider lucky lah since it was the project that justified your promotion.
Big Mouth – There is no hard and fast rule that after that promotion, Average Joe needs to serve the same project/company till death. Average Joe fought hard to get what he wanted; a promotion and the move to a new role and should not be penalized with sarcasm just because R2D2 is wishy-washy.
 
Scene B ET has just broke off from a relationship and is a believer of the Sex and the City lifestyle and is keeping herself busy with work. At the same time, her best friend just got engaged and is living with his partner.
ET : You happy or not?
Average Joe : Of course I am! Check out my blog.
ET : Gosh, you really have that much time to do these kinda things huh ?
Big Mouth – Blogging is a valuable activity to some people as it helps to record thoughts for future references. Anyway, life is not just about being in a rat-race but it’s also about investing ways in self-reflection and development. At the end of the day, what you bring to life after retirement is priceless learning of quality living; not achievement from work (well maybe lots of money…but can money alone buy happiness?). The root cause is purely lack of effective time management.