Graduation

Haven't written in a while.

Submitted my last assignment a week ago. Since then I've taken the week off to chill, go to the gym, do a bit of networking. I got my professor's LinkedIn and the email of a dude from the Fair Work Commission, although I am generally unsure how useful that will be. And yesterday I went to the Art Gallery of NSW, too - wanted to tour more of Sydney but the bushfire smog has been putting me off.

Having a vision can be...tiring. Even though I've kind of iterated to some of my closer friends about my game ideas, they still get confused when they see me buying games for research purposes. "Why don't you just play [insert game] instead?"

And on the flip side, despite the focus I've gained in my side hobby, I frankly have no idea where I'm headed with the rest of my life - especially my career. I've looked at HR jobs and I'm honestly not sure where to start. I've talked to a few people and they've mentioned most HR people start as recruiters, which I do hope to avoid if possible - but maybe there is no possible.

If you had asked me a few years ago, I would have said my life goals were to settle down with a nice girl and find a job that feeds us both, plus a few kids to boot. But after I dated my ex I realized my life needed something external. (I might be a little biased here as my ex wanted codependence, but that's a post for another time.)

Since then I've been a little lost.

Career
I do have some ideas. I am very interested in the business of green technology, for example, although I have no idea where exactly I want to go with that. The supply chain management, supposedly, ties in with my desire to bring more green technology development/manufacturing to Singapore. I might just work for a few years and then go to grad school and do that.

Alternatively, I'm also interested in bringing better HR practices to our local organizations, both private and government. Singaporeans (like my friend in Standard-Chartered) do not see the value in employee care at all, and largely to their own detriment. However, this seems harder as it's very hard to change people's mindsets. I'm also still interested in the idea of making a lot of money, mainly for the purposes of funding something philanthropic, such as my nonprofit game studio idea, and I don't really see HR making all that much.

Other
Outside of my career, I'm interested in trying to find a balance in what I'm doing - the goal is to be a little more productive than my parents, who defined their lives with their occupations and just watch TV in their spare time.

1. Designing and playing games
2. Staying fit by going to the gym + walks at the local park or around the city
3. I might also pick up music again if I can find a casual band that will take a rusty idiot like me
4. Reading (I need to do this more, have so many books to get through)
5. I still do the occasional Daily Show or Azur Lane run, although I'm still not big on TV

Beyond this I feel I may be biting off more time than I can chew, especially since I am more concerned with how I intend to fund some of my ventures.

So yeah, I've got a lot to think about...and probably do something about. More to come, I guess. Especially since the core of my game edges ever closer, I might start talking about it.