http://workandwok.com/2009/10/19/will-you-change-the-way-you-live-your-life-now/ a rest stop for the working mother Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:21:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://workandwok.com/2009/10/19/will-you-change-the-way-you-live-your-life-now/comment-page-1/#comment-24 S.S. Ng Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:28:56 +0000 http://workandwok.com/?p=245#comment-24 When my mum passed away a few years back, it hit me that life REALLY is unpredictable. Anything can happen. I guess given the 'what if' questions, we will all arrive at the same answers : more time with family and less on work, pursue our interests, go traveling... But we often forget these in the daily routines of meeting deadlines, getting the kids to do their homework, etc etc. So we really have to try and remind ourselves constantly. When my mum passed away a few years back, it hit me that life REALLY is unpredictable. Anything can happen. I guess given the ‘what if’ questions, we will all arrive at the same answers : more time with family and less on work, pursue our interests, go traveling… But we often forget these in the daily routines of meeting deadlines, getting the kids to do their homework, etc etc. So we really have to try and remind ourselves constantly.

]]> http://workandwok.com/2009/10/19/will-you-change-the-way-you-live-your-life-now/comment-page-1/#comment-23 max Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:32:30 +0000 http://workandwok.com/?p=245#comment-23 In a way, Randy Pausch "glimpsed" into his future when he discovered his terminal disease. And he decided to live life to the fullest, for himself and with his family, for the rest of his lives. And since my end could come 50 years later, or it could come tomorrow, can I start living my life to the fullest too? Can I try to have more happy memories with my wife and children? In a way, Randy Pausch “glimpsed” into his future when he discovered his terminal disease. And he decided to live life to the fullest, for himself and with his family, for the rest of his lives. And since my end could come 50 years later, or it could come tomorrow, can I start living my life to the fullest too? Can I try to have more happy memories with my wife and children?

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