Saturday, October 20, 2007

tougher training

gosh, i'm so tired. it's been a steady stream of assignments, one after another without much rest. and worse, the deadlines are spread in such a way that there's only a week in between, i.e. about seven miserable days to think, research, and write. clearly, this is unacceptable! i never had to do so much research and thinking within such a short span of time. is this the normal benchmark of the working world? and yet, at the same time, i'm truly amazed at my ability to produce some resemblance of a thought-out work. one often underestimates one's ability until it's pushed to the limit. of course, sacrifices are inevitably made (reduced socialising, reduced other thoughts, increased stress) but perhaps it's a conditioning that all minds have to go through to attain ever greater perfection and strength. once the mind is used to the harsher routine, things will naturally get better and easier. things can only get tougher from now on. brace myself.