Plan B

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Well its been building up inside of me
For oh I dont know how long
I dont know why
But I keep thinking
Something's bound to go wrong

- The Beach Boys, "Don't Worry Baby"
It's March 2009. Two months after the MBA graduation, nothing much has changed since December 2008-- the world's economy is still in the dumps and the career opportunities seem to follow the trail down the drain.

Among the things I leaned while studying at the Asian Institute of Management is the value of making plans, after all, it's one of the main tasks of a manager. I drew up some some sketchy plans on what I'll be doing around this time, and I anticipated the economic situation somehow. I figured that opportunities will pickup sometime toward the end of the first quarter, but to my disdain, it's slower than expected. Much, much slower. Sometimes, it gets a little discouraging, even for someone of my optimism (or denial? :P).

But when things don't go according to plan, it's easy to sink to a funk and withdraw. But I guess I learned to suck it up and seek elsewhere when things aren't happening for me. (Right now, things are really NOT happening for me).

Better draft Plan B.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Regnard,

Have you seen this forum?

http://aimbloggers.ownforum.org

Are you part of this?

Great Initiative!

At least now, everyone can talk about AIM.

Anna
March 4, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Unknown said…
Well, if nothing seems to come to you I can recommend traveling as a greaet way of spending your idle time ;o)

Should you find your way to Europe and maybe even Denmark, let me know ;o)

Cheers,
Jeppe
March 4, 2009 at 7:01 PM
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