Scarlet Writes

I started with my professional life in August 2008. In these ten years, I have worked in one education consultancy, three radio stations, two NGOs and one school. I have quit one organization on the second day of joining. I have quit working in one school after working in it for less than a week and quit as a social media promoter for an online store after three months of doing something I had no clue about. I have made decisions that have helped me progress in my career and I have made decisions that have made me feel stuck. Despite all the rights and wrongs, my decisions have helped me shape my career. Although I still feel like I am only starting with my career, I thought writing a blog is a good way to mark a decade of my professional life. So, here’s what these ten years have taught me as an employee. 1.  You are always working for yourself You might be associated with an organization but it is important to remember that at the end of the day, your work brings posit...

“You don’t love me, do you?” she asked. This was her favorite question. Although the answer never was what she expected, she loved to anticipate. “I don’t”, he replied. She went on doing the chores; folding clothes and stacking them in the cupboard, filling water in the bottle for the night, putting moisturizer on her hand and feet that had dried and roughened after a long Saturday at home cleaning the window nets, scrubbing the floor, washing the dishes and wiping the glass windows and mirrors sparkling clean. Before she turned the lights off, she decided to finish a chapter from the book she was reading ‘The Seduction of Silence’ written by Bem Le Hunte.   As she was pretending to read, her husband was lying with his face turned away from her. The silence weighed in and she could tell that he was playing a game on his phone, his favorite hobby. She curled up her legs up to her chest. Not once did he bother to peer out from the blanket to see what she was doi...