Puritall

First a short disclaimer: It’s going to be okay. Okay is relative term, but the world won’t end because you didn’t finish a project on time and the best thing that you can do as soon as you finish reading this is manage your HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired). So, finish this blog post, make sure you have lunch, take a walk to calm down, text someone you love and get home early enough to go to bed at a reasonable hour. No matter whether you are an intern or a CEO, all of us have moments where we feel overwhelmed at work. Whether we blame it on our cultural obsession with being “connected” or our collective inability to unplug, when we feel overwhelmed it can be paralyzing. The trick is to know what to do when you feel this way so that you can make smart decisions that are intentional and not based merely on alleviating your discomfort. Have you ever found yourself sitting at your desk and it’s 3 p.m. and you haven’t had lunch yet and there are 68 emails that all claim to be u...

I am sure you know I love weekends when I take time out to bond with family and friends. However, this weekend is an exception as my clique are just still busy with their 9-5 jobs with one training or clients to attend to.  However, I refuse to dull myself so I decided to do something a little crazy but interesting. Trust you don't have a hint of what I did.  During the week, I heard of a wedding holding by the weekend so I  went wedding crashing (OMG). Think it's easy? Give it a trial.  Just before you do, here are some hints so that you would just blend and feel among. 1. Dress to impress: From the info during the week, I discovered the wedding colour code is purple. So "issa" purple party. Nini and I had this dresses that matches so it was a yes for us.  2.  Get your story straight: Practice!!! Hmmm..... for my starter friends, please, don't go wedding crashing with scanty information. At least know the names of the bride and groom. Also...

First a short disclaimer: It’s going to be okay. Okay is relative term, but the world won’t end because you didn’t finish a project on time and the best thing that you can do as soon as you finish reading this is manage your HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired). So, finish this blog post, make sure you have lunch, take a walk to calm down, text someone you love and get home early enough to go to bed at a reasonable hour. No matter whether you are an intern or a CEO, all of us have moments where we feel overwhelmed at work. Whether we blame it on our cultural obsession with being  “connected”  or our collective inability to  unplug , when we feel overwhelmed it can be paralyzing. The trick is to know what to do when you feel this way so that you can make  smart decisions  that are intentional and not based merely on alleviating your discomfort. Have you ever found yourself sitting at your desk and it’s 3 p.m. and you haven’t had lunch yet and ther...