Life Transitions
I have been very absent from this page, I know. I have posted a couple things here and there, but overall very lazy on the content. Personal life has consumed me and it can be considered a good thing, but I admittedly am exhausted with lack of sleep trying to balance a multi-faceted life, the plight of the Diasporan Armenian. There's the day thing: the job focus/professional face/rat race life we are forced to take on in this country (there's no way out of it, I've concluded). Then there's the social thing: 'do I hang out with my Armenian friends today, or should I spend time with my "odar" friends?' (I usually go with the first option... actually, always). Then there's the community thing: meetings/projects/volunteerism/events/meetings/conferences/meetings. And finally add in my life the side-project thing: Freelance. This is the kicker that gets me every time. Paid jobs, but I have to prioritize it in my free time over all else or else I will do an injustice to paying clients.
I'll confess my community participation has been narrowed down to the ideal: I get requests to work on a design project here and there, I usually say yes, never charge (for particular organizations) and work on my own time, keeping in contact over email, phone, or dropping by the ANC after work to discuss further. No meetings, no promises, no expectations, but I get to work on great projects when I have the time (sometimes deadlines bring the pressure). The personal life thing has become a difficult task, but a life lesson. I'm sorta glad, because it has forced me to respect other people's time and lives as well. I never looked at it this way before, but in order to have people in your life, you are forced to socialize in order to not be so self-absorbed (a fault I am very guilty of, I confess). The reality is that wanting to do it all is selfish. That is what recent weeks have taught me. Thank God because I'm getting very tired and don't mind some contact with real people for once.
On the Armenian front, things are very quiet. The AIPRG Conferences were a great opportunity to catch up with familiar faces. I even received an email from an old friend I haven't seen in a while who says she was in the Armenia office while teleconferencing and saw me running around with my camera. That's neat. It was also a chance to meet new people and network, which I love to do in the Armenian world.
As Raffi mentioned, I'm working on a few projects with him. I also have some very interesting things going on with the ANCA which I can't share just yet, but I will when it's public information. Sorry for the secrecy, but it's really one of the more important things going on right now and I've been sworn to secrecy.
And of course, at the end of the day, all things point to Armenia. I have spoken to many people who have suggested many interesting opportunities to me in Armenia. When they solidify, I will share those too.
I hope everyone is having a lovely globally warm winter.
I'll confess my community participation has been narrowed down to the ideal: I get requests to work on a design project here and there, I usually say yes, never charge (for particular organizations) and work on my own time, keeping in contact over email, phone, or dropping by the ANC after work to discuss further. No meetings, no promises, no expectations, but I get to work on great projects when I have the time (sometimes deadlines bring the pressure). The personal life thing has become a difficult task, but a life lesson. I'm sorta glad, because it has forced me to respect other people's time and lives as well. I never looked at it this way before, but in order to have people in your life, you are forced to socialize in order to not be so self-absorbed (a fault I am very guilty of, I confess). The reality is that wanting to do it all is selfish. That is what recent weeks have taught me. Thank God because I'm getting very tired and don't mind some contact with real people for once.
On the Armenian front, things are very quiet. The AIPRG Conferences were a great opportunity to catch up with familiar faces. I even received an email from an old friend I haven't seen in a while who says she was in the Armenia office while teleconferencing and saw me running around with my camera. That's neat. It was also a chance to meet new people and network, which I love to do in the Armenian world.
As Raffi mentioned, I'm working on a few projects with him. I also have some very interesting things going on with the ANCA which I can't share just yet, but I will when it's public information. Sorry for the secrecy, but it's really one of the more important things going on right now and I've been sworn to secrecy.
And of course, at the end of the day, all things point to Armenia. I have spoken to many people who have suggested many interesting opportunities to me in Armenia. When they solidify, I will share those too.
I hope everyone is having a lovely globally warm winter.
posted by Arsineh at 9:56 PM
2 Comments:
Arsineh, Arsineh, Arsineh,,are you moving to Armenia or what? Stop talking about it girl and start doing it already. It's not like your saving up for retirement or have a mortgage to pay. Just do it!
Peter
I made the mistake of jumping the gun too quickly once before. And moving to the other side of the planet from your family I think is harder than retirement or paying off a mortgage. The people who "just did it" and paid the price in the end know all too well how difficult this can be. But in the end, yes, I will just do it.
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