As I wrote earlier, I started the year with some vague plan: lower the workload, eliminate junk work (= keeps you busy but brings nothing), make some serious efforts to study Chinese, find more time for myself. Come up with an acceptable idea for a book(s?), clean up my mountains of (useless) paperwork. Think about my future (not just work related).
Making those New Year plans is known to be a waste of time as most face a quick death.
Then came a Plan B I was not too willing to face at first. But I was convinced/brainwashed by Sun I was fit for it. It meant exactly the contrary of the initial one – now renamed Plan A: a hectic life with no time for myself. Well, it was not meant to be. Somehow I was getting second thoughts about it all anyway but the way it was handled left a bitter taste. Let me admit, my pride was hurt – as simple as that. On the other hand I had not expected it to be straightforward. Now it is all behind and I won’t look back (except to understand what fishy politics spoiled it all).
So, I should be back to “Plan A”, right? But maybe there could be a Plan C…. That is as unclear for me as it is for the reader. Just let’s call it “a very unexpected turn in life”.
Plan A has now started. Less chamber and other networking – unless I feel it’s fun (read: meeting people I like). No more freebies in business. Reduce drastically the business load. To take on a new business it will have to be real interesting. Some people will be surprised and disappointed. I really don’t care. Better things to do. Like doing all what one should not do on a Friday the 13th. Challenge fate.
So, what about this blog? Good question. I need to review the topics. The bad thing of it is also a good thing: the audience I targeted in the very beginning does not visit the blog. Hits are mostly from strangers and from all over the world: lots from the USA… surpassing even China right now. So, I can write down all the vicious and weird thoughts as the involved will not see it anyway. If they do, too bad for them.
It will give me more freedom to let my sarcasm, humor and criticism bloom unbridled. Reporting on business events, irrelevant family stuff will be curtailed. I feel that is of no interest anyway.
I am thinking of changing the layout. Maybe starting another blog – more controversial and anonymous.
All thoughts. You are welcome to comment. But I am not holding my breath.
Now the burning question is: should I join the Mongolian Marathon? Next comes: what the hell am I doing here? Slowly being consumed by the horrendous pollution and other not-to-be-mentioned frustrations?
As a loyal reader of your blog (on which I coincedently bumped a few months back, preparing a first trip to China), I can only incourage you to continue… I love the insights on the day-to-day life in China, on how the country is being managed (or not). Love the pics, try to avoid too lenghty comments and make your point (as sharp as possible). Let some steam off, take a step back to admire the past years, the past accomplishments and try to share some of it, be it in a blog, a book, or any other form.
And yes, I think you should join the Mongolian Marathon!