You know the saying that goes “When it rains it pours?”. I think that’s totally true. When bad things happen, they happen all at one go. The past few months were very stressful for me. I had so many things going on and so many challenges hitting me at the same time that it got me mentally exhausted really quick. By the end of March I had already begin to feel like I needed a holiday… and the year had just started.
The good thing though is that while bad things all come at one go, once you’re done with all the bad things… the good also come at one go. The good things for me don’t necessarily come from money or career or things like that. It can come from the simplest things. Like coming home from an overseas trip one day and seeing this new stuffed popcorn in my room.
With a real-life Shorty attached.
After spending the past months solving all the problems I had and overcoming all the challenges, this week things have gotten a little less stressful. I even managed to get some exercise done.
Today the Nuffies all left the office a little early for this thing we have called “Fitness Friday”. We would pick a sport and go do some exercise together. Today’s was badminton. The Nuffies though are a devoted bunch. In between their games I saw them on their laptops sending off emails to clients or bloggers or Churpers and getting lots of work done.
I asked Sara (the girl on the laptop in the picture above) if she found Fitness Friday a distraction and if she would rather stay in the office in peace to finish her work. She said “No it’s fun”.
It’s for that reason that I love all the Nuffies. How do you not love coming to work and seeing people like that.
So if you’re going through a bad time right now, remember… that once you overcome it… the good things come all at one go too.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space