It was great to meet all my near and dear ones in the US and I truly had a great time!! Chitti's special dosas and cookings is simply awesome. Dewal's house, her vegetarian dishes and the movies were the best things I enjoyed. The walk by the small railway station, the snow laden soil, the jumping fence will stay with me forever! Well all good things and bad things passes away with time...
I have been back from the US about 10 days back, and still the jetlag passes over me on and off. But the best thing about the trips is you get to get up early which I was struggling with for quite sometimes now. I am in a much happier space right now. Early morning getting up (Thanks to jetlag:) warm water with lemon followed by crispy chai then yoga/Zumba as it comes..
What works for me best is to make a list of action items and strike them off as it goes. It gives a incredible sense of success and feeling when all my action items are struck. In my new lab space, situation is different. I am sitting on the drivers seat, where I am responsible for lots of things including the finances, the science part, the trouble shooting part, the teaching part. It is overwhelming at times, but I am sailing through. Being a manager is not easy. Earlier, I used to think managers are just a waste of everything, but jobs getting done is the managers responsibility. The most important thing as a manager is to be patient and persistent and stay cool. I have learnt it the hard way. I have to keep following up on items that I would not like to. Sometimes I get to the nerves of the people by repeated following up or you can say over following up... Any chemical comes, equipment comes, whether the item is perfect, whether the quantity is OK, whether the payment is processed are all my job to oversee. So, folks if you are transitioning into being a manager, you are entirely in a different territory and lonely! You are on the other side of the fence. Be prepared to be gossiped, to be criticized, to be mis-understood, but never ever take any of these personally. Just focus on your goal and keep moving...
I have been back from the US about 10 days back, and still the jetlag passes over me on and off. But the best thing about the trips is you get to get up early which I was struggling with for quite sometimes now. I am in a much happier space right now. Early morning getting up (Thanks to jetlag:) warm water with lemon followed by crispy chai then yoga/Zumba as it comes..
What works for me best is to make a list of action items and strike them off as it goes. It gives a incredible sense of success and feeling when all my action items are struck. In my new lab space, situation is different. I am sitting on the drivers seat, where I am responsible for lots of things including the finances, the science part, the trouble shooting part, the teaching part. It is overwhelming at times, but I am sailing through. Being a manager is not easy. Earlier, I used to think managers are just a waste of everything, but jobs getting done is the managers responsibility. The most important thing as a manager is to be patient and persistent and stay cool. I have learnt it the hard way. I have to keep following up on items that I would not like to. Sometimes I get to the nerves of the people by repeated following up or you can say over following up... Any chemical comes, equipment comes, whether the item is perfect, whether the quantity is OK, whether the payment is processed are all my job to oversee. So, folks if you are transitioning into being a manager, you are entirely in a different territory and lonely! You are on the other side of the fence. Be prepared to be gossiped, to be criticized, to be mis-understood, but never ever take any of these personally. Just focus on your goal and keep moving...
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