Conceptual Clarity

Tonight I had my first class of the new year for my MBA.  So I'm back into it, at least one evening a week taken up with a class from 6 to 9pm.  However, it does mean that I reprise one of my highlights of the week.

Brisbane, is divided by quite a large river - the aptly named Brisbane River - and every night I go to class I park my car on one side of the river and walk over the Goodwill Bridge to the QUT campus on the bank directly opposite, right next to Brisbane city.  The walk lasts only about ten minutes, but it is one of the highlights of my week, yet I never realized the value of this simple walk until I started my studies (and discovered the cheap parking on the south bank of the river).

Over the course of these ten minutes I get the chance to clear my head, but the undoubted highlight is from the middle of the bridge at about 9:15pm on a weeknight.  It is then that I pause and look out at the myriad of lights that form Brisbane city.  The light glistens on the water and the sounds of traffic are somewhat distant.  On the bridge itself I'm often alone, though sometimes one of Brisbane's CityCat ferries will motor underneath but for the most part it's a serene and beautiful outlook on a city of around a million people (I will take a photo next week so you can enjoy it as well).  The moment passes and I am on my way again having enjoyed one of the highlights of my week.

This simple, little act of taking a moment, just a moment, from my busy week helps keep me sane between the rigors of work, study and everything in between.  Grab these moments when you can and appreciate them as you will, they may not come often, they may not last long, but it helps keep you in touch, after all, not everything is business.

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