Before I get down to the BIG assignment...

Sigh... some major stuff's been happening in office. Calls for a lot of adjustment on my part. Got to take up more responsibilities, as some say "hold the fort" and manage more things and people.

Was really super overwhelmed yesterday. Felt like a GIANT was loaded upon me all of a sudden and I loss my bearings for a while.

Thankfully, in the midst of the mess, hubby offered to come by my office area for dinner with me before I returned to work. enjoyed dinner from 7pm to 830pm... I am so grateful for that gesture on hubby's part. He listened to me patiently as I unloaded all my woes, repeated what I shared in order to make sure he understood me correctly (an art of communication which we learnt from pre-marital counselling sessions)...He did not jump to conclusions or prescribe solutions hastily...all he did was to just listen. He applied the verse in James 1:19.

"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,"

After hearing me pour out everything, he said something to this effect, "You are only spending 50% of your energy and time working, and the other 50% is spent on worrying and getting all stressed out about the situation."

Haha.. I thought what he said made a lot of sense.

Something else which he said struck me, "Don't just perceive the situation as hanging on and relying on God's grace, it's true that God's grace will bring you through, but you can also ask for practical wisdom to deal with the circumstances in a better way."

That piece of advice was appropriate. Instead of feeling like I am just going to swim in the deep sea, why not think of how I can practically manage the situation with wisdom so as to be effecive and efficient. Maybe it's not meant to be that bad afterall.

Hubby then shared with me stuff he read from books, concepts about urgency and importance, "start-up time" for different assignments etc. WoW! Haha.. I didn't know there's so much more to managing our work and time.

Trying to apply some of the principles he shared today. Eh...still not there yet, but well.. I am trying.

Cleared many many small but important assignments this morning.. will soon be moving to the BIG assignment... hopefully I will be able to focus.

The path is still not smooth at the moment, but I am really grateful for God's providence through hubby's support, encouragement and guidance through such times.

Ah well, life goes on! Will see how it goes! Ganbatte!