3 weeks into my first corporate job, I have just gotten used to the routine of getting up each weekday morning at 6.30am, getting ready for work, taking the bus, making a transfer and finally making it to office at 8.30am or thereabouts.

Getting used to working with my new colleagues who are mostly very nice people, getting used to having back-to-back meetings all day long.

The only things I have yet to get used to are the constraints of working in a corporate environment – for example, not being able to make decisions independently as I am used to doing while running my own businesses and being my own boss. I hate it that I have to ask permission to do everything. I hate it when I am not being trusted to meet vendors by myself, or when people insist that I copy them in every single email I send out to vendors. I hate the painful process of getting 7 signatures on a simple purchase requisition, and the feeling of being snubbed by some colleagues who think they are smarter than me in every way.

Besides these, I really love my job, I really do.

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