visualizing the perfect job

and the day after i start doing so, i come across a little bit of information that somehow made a little click in my head. hmmm....

V and L said i could just be adjusting emotionally. that my work suddenly seems lackluster compared to the delight of spending more time with jacob. they said they sometimes feel the same way, that the weekends are just way too short, and that there is just too much work to do, and that they would love to have more time spent with their partners.

i told L that maybe it's time we seriously plan and prepare for upcoming lifeshifts. my team has never really truly sustained a married girl. the kind of work we do requires much time away physically and also mentally. and by the look of things, within the next 2-3 years, at least half of the team will be married. and then there would be honeymoon leaves and maternity leaves and emergency leaves due to children getting sick or simply because there is a need for more family time. but our work requirements can be quite unforgiving to someone whose priorities would have shifted from work to family and home. i have screened applicants strictly on this criteria, that i will not be left hanging with a project just because little junior had to be rushed to a doctor because of a cold. or that i would have to take up the slack on an out-of-town fieldwork because mommy could not stay away too long because of breasfeeding.

anyway, it's a just a little detail. that little bit of information. but very interesting on how exactly it pops in and what possibilities it triggered in my head.