Since deciding to take a Sabbatical at the beginning of the year, I’ve been focusing on more R&D work at the studio. One of the projects that had me dedicating a lot of time is designing a series of Shigeru-Ban-inspired papertube furniture. After months of R&D work, I’ve finally completed a piece of functional furniture for my new home. Seeing an idea come to life from concept to finish was really satisfying, it felt like I was finally starting to see the fruit from my self-conducted Sabbatical!

Had lunch and dinner with two separate groups of brothers from fellowship on Friday. Was asked if I would return to fellowship now that it had resumed physical gatherings. I replied shyly saying I’ll probably won’t join fellowship for awhile without giving any reasons and luckily they didn’t ask for one. Truth is that, after more than a year of not attending fellowship, I think I’ll be better off to skip it entirely in the future post-pandemic era. The marathon pandemic has taught me the value of time, and I think I can put my Friday evenings to better use outside of fellowship.