Saba Imtiaz: Everyday is a winding road..

• Over exhausted to the point where a nervous breakdown has started looking like a good vacation idea
• Unable to recognize teammate after her vacation. I find that highly embarrassing.
  
• Sleeping 10 hours straight (after 1.5 weeks of 3 hours sleep or less every night) does not help all that much
• 4 AM plotting of how to win Annika over is fun
• Using trademark sad voice helps when convincing tough police woman that my residency papers cannot wait and I need it to be processed right now!
  
• Kindness by random strangers in shops and taxis makes me want to cry
• Craving pakoras and aloo ke parathay
  
• Making my own suhoor /sehri is not fun
• Saying "we are geniuses, geniuses I tell you" when feeling overworked helps
• Developing a close friendship with the snooze feature on my cell phone does not aid productivity, but can cause teammate and self to be late for a conference we're supposed to be running
• Trying to believe that the laws of gravity also work in pulling you towards favorite coffee shop is highly irrational
• Ramadan day naps are only refreshing as long as your phone does not ring as soon as you have fallen into deep, dreamless sleep
• Inability to speak more than one sentence of Urdu does not help when meeting people who can speak Urdu. Which, btw, in Jordan - apparently ranges from random people to CEOs to the Jordan Prime Minister (who I have not met, but bragging never hurt)
• Ramadan in Jordan rocks. To the point where I wonder how I can finagle my way into spending every Ramadan here..

Labels: jordan journal, random musings

You have reached a large bend in the road of life as several years of preparation come to a close. It may still take a while for you to get a clear sense of where you are heading, but change is in the air. Nevertheless, it's up to you to respond to the current challenges and make a firm commitment so you can accomplish your goals as they continue to take concrete shape.

Labels: future, random musings