Feeling Blue

My best friend, Linn shared something quite personal with me. She was feeling blue over the Easter holidays. She works in a stat board. The amount of performance bonus (PB) and growth bonus (GB) has just been released. She was not getting what she has been expected and thus she was feeling very lousy.

This is a classic case of "expectations not met" which resulted "disappointment, despair, dissatisfaction".

What can I tell her? What should I tell her? Except to continue to work harder in her job and do her very best.

I can understand why she is such disappointed. This is akin to a student who has consistently study hard throughout the year and at the end, her result was just average. Besides feeling the great disappointment, she blamed herself for not being smarter.

In life, we don't know what we would receive in the end. We can only continue to plough harder and HOPE that we would get rewards when the time comes.

For friends who have received more bonuses, rejoice and be glad that you are richly rewarded. For those who are in the same boat as Linn, please don't get too upset as life is never a bed of roses.