Future, Present
I worked with some of my colleagues on a project that had nothing to do with the work we were engaged for today. Thereafter at night I attended a free screening of a movie at an air-conditioned auditorium nearby. It felt like a fulfilling day to me, to work on something I'm interested in with a group of amiable people, and then to part ways with them, to unwind over a free movie alone. I would be perfectly content to pass the rest of my days like this.
I'm enjoying my current job. There's freedom - no boss breathing down my neck - and flexibility of time. Due to the contractual nature of it, my colleagues are also young individuals who're aspiring to accomplish something in their own fields of interest. We're all just using our current job as a stepping stone to something else (even as all of us are generally pretty committed to our current work as well). We're not a large group, and we come and go, but when chance has us meet in the office, or during a day all of us have to attend a common meeting, there's this sense of lively chatter and spontaneity as we head off for a meal or some tea. And because we're all aspiring individuals in our own fields, I can't help but feel that some of us are going to achieve significant things in the future, and the genesis of those significant things might very well have come from our spontaneous tea sessions together.
This is not a new sentiment I'm having. I've felt this way before when I went to Kyoto 4 years ago for a short exchange programme at Kyoto University, a programme which was led by one of the leading philosophers in the world. Only time will be able to tell the true story; but regardless, I would think this is a warm sentiment to hold.
I'm enjoying my current job. There's freedom - no boss breathing down my neck - and flexibility of time. Due to the contractual nature of it, my colleagues are also young individuals who're aspiring to accomplish something in their own fields of interest. We're all just using our current job as a stepping stone to something else (even as all of us are generally pretty committed to our current work as well). We're not a large group, and we come and go, but when chance has us meet in the office, or during a day all of us have to attend a common meeting, there's this sense of lively chatter and spontaneity as we head off for a meal or some tea. And because we're all aspiring individuals in our own fields, I can't help but feel that some of us are going to achieve significant things in the future, and the genesis of those significant things might very well have come from our spontaneous tea sessions together.
This is not a new sentiment I'm having. I've felt this way before when I went to Kyoto 4 years ago for a short exchange programme at Kyoto University, a programme which was led by one of the leading philosophers in the world. Only time will be able to tell the true story; but regardless, I would think this is a warm sentiment to hold.