June is
a time of transitions in the Philippines. It signals the end of summer and the
start of the school year. It’s the month when we declared our independence from
colonial rule. It is the halfway point to a year that was hopefully good and is
just about to get better.
So how
to cope with this high-stress period of mid-year, when everything – from school
starting to mid-year office reviews to higher-volume traffic turns your
comfortable homeground into a battleground?
Start by
taking the year not as halfway done, but halfway there. With this glass
half-full perspective, it’s a great time to create new habits and start
refreshed – after all, there’s six more months to go before we start anew.
