It’s difficult but doable when someone attempts to achieve multiple targets in a highly dynamic and always conflicting, time-constrained environments. My situation in the last couple of weeks resembled such irony as I was engaged in the following:
▪️Focusing on a course I was attending to and conceptualising the course content and concepts. At the same time, top of my agenda included networking, building transcontinental alliances and experience-sharing with diverse group of participants. Coming from different countries in different continents, always good listeners and when prompted, generously sharing practical examples from their settings. Understandably, interaction with such energetic participants was so intriguing and an enriching experience. In addition, not less interesting but fascinating in equal measures was the encounter and deliberations with a small yet capable group of facilitators and technical experts on various but pertinent fields; equally from diverse countries around the world while still:
▪️Maximising opportunity, exploring and observing complicated but resilient and smart solutions that simplified life for citizens on almost all spheres of life.
▪️Catching up with family members, friends, relatives in the Netherlands and in the neighboring countries whilst meeting as much people as possible and (re)connecting with old and new friends.
▪️Sightseeing and visiting historical places. Whilst this is important and worth in investing time and energy, given the time limitations, I had to strike a balance between sightseeing and people-centred interactions. For me, the latter is more valuable than spending time (and possibly resources) at ancient, centuries-old attraction sites. Nevertheless, some visits to such historical and appealing attractions were already incorporated into the program and ideally that shall suffice.
▪️As all these were taking place simultaneously and often in competing and contradicting contextual timeframes, It was prerogative to remain abreast with the family, first with dearest mom and siblings, to larger family members and to a lesser extent my inner circles of friends. The latter are largely scattered throughout the world but interestingly remain connected through the power of web. With such a solid network, one would always remain updated on all matters -personal, national, global and professional developments, feel connected, challenged, entertained, and surrounded.
▪️Last but not the least, sustaining decades-old habit of having a diary is tiring but glad I maintained it regardless of circumstances. Needless to mention that reading - equally an important ritual and a top priority of my to-do-list has become - lately, more precisely, while on the move and in trainings, on top of the work- the first victim of such super busy and demanding schedule. But, not astonishingly, it keeps kicked in, immediately right after return.
By: Abdirahman Adan Mohamoud
Email: abdirahman.adan@gmail.com
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