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August 04, 2005
Cleaning up
Since I am leaving the company I am currently working for, I need to clean up my desk, my shelves, my computer.
I am here since 5 years and wow, it is a lot that has been accummulated.
But may be this is a way forward? Normally, when I cleant up, I thought I want to keep this, and keep that. And stuff kept growing.
Now, in the end I realise, I don't need that stuff, never needed it. What about the banking report, that is 3 years old, the telco report, that I wrote way back? The newspaper article that is aged now, the magazines that are totally outdated.
It is only us who is addicted to the stuff. Next time, you clean up your desk, look at the papers. Think, if you would keep it if you would leave the company tomorrow. If you think that it is important for your successor to keep, leave it where it is. Otherwise, just throw it away.
I am getting sentimental, so. It is hard, now, sometimes, to see all that stuff laying around, my own memories attached to it, the work that I have done, my legacy. Well, there will always be the spirit of Andreas in the company. I changed the way that they look at things, and hope, that a piece of the spirit of AlwaysWoW will remain here.
Posted by Andreas at August 4, 2005 03:44 PM
Comments
wish u all the best in ur future undertaking. am always support u no matter where u are
Posted by: carryn at August 6, 2005 02:09 AM
Don't forget to write 'Andreaz wuz ere' somewhere on the desk. I did that on my bed b4 I left my boarding school 10 years ago. There were numerous 'X wuz ere's on the bed. Still managed to get some space for mine!
I used to keep old books from my primary education, until I felt like my bedroom was shrinking. And then I had OCD - i couldn't help doing housekeeping hourly! I started to feel uncomfortable leaving in a house full of old clothes, pillows, curtains... many other white elephants my mom keeps. She even keeps the bunga telur from my sister's wedding last year. I had to throw away things when she was not at home. The drawings I made during hi school... I scanned them, modified, and keep the files in a CD. Unfortunately I can't scan the 20 year-old sofa!
Posted by: Nizar at August 5, 2005 05:07 PM
It's like cleaning up stuffs after a breakup. Of course it's not really that relevant here =P
If you set up a company, maybe I can work part time for you when I'm on term breaks..LOL =P
Posted by: S-Kay at August 5, 2005 05:00 PM
Where will you be going?
Posted by: susmaryosep at August 4, 2005 06:42 PM