It’s Halloween again!
It’s currently 9:39 PM. I’m alone in my apartment, enjoying a cup of coffee. It’s nice to relax and have some me-time after a busy month. I recently read our company policy and learned that we should be careful about putting our names out on the internet and avoid associating the company’s name with personal matters. However, since I plan to write about my daily life, and since most of my day is spent at work, it’s difficult to avoid mentioning the company. Therefore, I’ll use a pseudonym in this blog.
It is a great relief to finally finish the two exams that I have been dreading for the past six months. I have come to realize that I am not as efficient in studying as I was during my university days. Six months felt like an eternity, but now I can breathe a little easier knowing that two of the four exams required for my career are done!
I am planning to take my third exam in two weeks, so I am going to start studying tomorrow. The past week has been very busy in the office; I had to organize the Halloween event without an official budget, so I had to be creative to pull it off successfully. I feel relieved that it’s over now.
In two weeks, I will be flying to Canada for my vacation, and I want to be able to enjoy it. That’s why I booked my exam before then. I heard it is very cold in Canada, and I don’t have any winter clothes yet, which makes me a bit uneasy. Anne clothes are very expensive here, so I might try to borrow a winter coat from one of my coworkers.
I will definitely share my experience with you as soon as I am back.
โOur Halloween event turned out to be a huge success, but initially, I was worried that no one would participate. To encourage attendance, I even requested the boss to make it mandatory for the associates to join. By mid-October, we started putting up Halloween decorations bit by bit. I also posted riddles around the office for everyone to enjoy and solve. Each solved riddle earned points, and the person with the most points would win at the event. Since there was no budget for the event, I reached out to multiple companies for sponsorship to entice my coworkers.
I was lucky enough to receive 20 tickets for various events and a one-night hotel stay with brunch for two. My primary goal was to let the staff have some fun without spending too much money.
As the event approached, I wanted to come up with more creative ways to engage everyone. I assigned the intern the task of creating three different storylines for the scavenger hunt that I was planning, and he delivered beyond my expectations. All I had to do was personalize it for each player.
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I also purchased a murder mystery party game on Etsy, so that everyone could gather around a table with food and drinks. It was a huge success!
Yesterday, my coworker Lisa put a lot of effort into decorating our workplace for Halloween. The decorations looked extraordinary. I’ll let you be the judge of it. She spent three weeks organizing everything, and I am so proud of her.
Everyone showed up in costume yesterday and it was great to see the Halloween spirit alive in everyone, including our managers. I really appreciate the enthusiasm.
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