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Happy May!

Some quick updates:

1. I got promoted! Which is super exciting and stressful at the same time. While I'm not excited as I'm supposed to (because this promotion is like a 'rite of passage' for my line of work, basically graduating from the 'trainee' phase to the full on 'consultant' phase, and shit gets real from now on) it has still been a good news to start the month and I'm truly thankful to my team who has been nothing but supportive. It's quite amazing when I go out with friends now and 90% of the work-related conversations would revolve around complaints regarding bosses and co-workers (which is definitely a normal thing), I genuinely have nothing bad to say about them (except for the small quirks which I guess are normal and not detrimental like some of the other things I've experienced/heard). It's been humbling and made me feel super grateful and hopefully motivated to work hard now that the real shit starts lol.

2. Now that I'm promoted, I'm adulting a bit more with regard to things like applying for credit cards (which are super confusing - would it be bad if I apply for cards to get their rewards and then cancel them after? It's realy just to pay back for all the time I waste on researching lol) and looking at insurance/investment (another super confusing thing. What are fixed deposits?) The more I look into these the more I'm convinced that all these should have been taught since young, but then again that means companies must think of more creative way to earn money from us, hashtag capitalism.

3. I keep thinking of getting a new laptop but I also have to keep stopping myself because it's really more of a want than a need, and my 6.5-year-old laptop is actually doing amazing for its age (please don't jinx).

4. Still thinking of migrating from Blogger to Wordpress but I'm too lazy to actually do the process. Why can't Blogger have better themes?

5. I need to force myself to read more. This hyper-distracting world of digital gadgets is really annoying and messing with my attention span.

6. And blog more.

7. I have no upcoming travel plans for the year and things are just not progressing for me to have any concrete plan at the moment. On the upside, I will most likely either go to Japan or Australia! We'll see how it goes.

8. Stream LEMONADE on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2KWXnQp
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