Thinking Out Loud

One summer my friend and her boyfriend went to Boracay and my friend went cliff diving. I was jealous! I also would like to jump down a cliff into the blue waters. I want to test how far I’d go.

Summer is almost here! I am planning on hitting the beach anytime on April and enjoy two days or so there.

Any plans this coming summer season?

I am a simple person with simple joys and dreams. I don’t aim for something out of my reach. I am practical and realistic. I know what I can and can’t have.

That’s why I enjoy the simple things in life. The good things I appreciate and treasure. Whatever success I will reach further in life, I will forever be a simple girl with the simple joys and dreams.

I am not asking for an easy life. What I am asking actually is to have more work coming in so that I can earn more. I am willing to work harder every single day, even on weekends! I just want to earn more so that I can fund my goals for this year. And there are two major goals that I plan to complete this 2012.

That’s what I am wishing for. More work. Possibly hundreds of stars every week!

I just need the money.

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
- Arnold Glasgow

This is me most of the time…

My ideas are abundant but those I take action on are few to none. Hehehe! I procrastinate a lot! It is the one thing in my ‘routine’ that I need to take out. Procrastinating even when I have deadlines to meet. Argh!

I’ve been telling myself during the latter part of 2011 that this year will be a year that I will take action. 2012 will be the year for me to kick off procrastination aside and be the best doer this side of the planet.

I hope I can!

One of my goals this 2012 is to live my dreams. I have a lot but the utmost priority this year is to have a lot of money to be able to purchase a brand new house and lot in a quiet and peaceful and safe neighborhood. That’s the top priority and then to travel as much as I can. Alone or with the family or with my closest girl friends. Those two are my topmost goals for 2012 and I intend to see it to fruition!

What are yours?

I find myself always sleepy and I am actually worried with myself. I might be suffering from high sugar content in my blood or something. I don’t want to rush to the doctor to have myself checked yet so to make sure that I just don’t lack sleep, I will try to catch up on it and see what happens.

So this coming weekend, I intend to sleep in. I have every intention of just staying on my bed and sleeping all day long! And then we’ll see if I still experience drowsiness after.

I hope not.

I want to have more fun in life. That’s what I want to take place this year for me.

You know, I always have worries and obligations occupying my mind. Even in sleep I worry for my family’s well-being. Always. I am turning 34 this year. I realized that I have been neglecting myself for far too long, always placing others in front of me, always prioritizing them over my needs. So this year, I thought, I ought to give myself some more. I ought to have more fun in my own life!

And that’s what I’m going to do.

Name one of the best decisions you’ve ever made.

One of the best decisions I’ve ever made is to follow my heart. I wasn’t too happy with what’s going on in my career more than half a decade ago. I was already deliberating whether to stop working for a while or to continue and see where the discontent would lead me. I chose to do the former.

You know what? Here I am now happy with the decision I made. I have no regrets with cutting my old career short because life was so much better after I made that choice.

I am totally looking forward to what this year will bring…

2012, here I come! I am welcoming you with open arms and can’t wait to fully embrace you. I hope you will turn out to be the luckiest year I have and the beginning of more brilliant years to come!

Happy 2012 to all!

This will be part of my life goals. More time for myself. I’ve been giving my time for everyone and everything around me and I realized that I’ve been neglecting myself in the process. That will be remedied. This time around I will make myself a priority.

You should evaluate, too, and see if you have been neglecting yourself.

There’s nothing wrong to being available for everybody. But there should be a limit to it.

Do you prefer to write notes on paper or on an electronic device?

I prefer to write notes on paper. I actually use post-its. I also have some small notepads always ready on my desk. Whenever inspiration strikes, or when something comes to mind, little things mostly, I reach out and pick up a post-it or a notepad to write on to. Memory preserved!

How do you write notes? Do you use your mobile phone or still go for the traditional pen and paper like me?

Don’t let it break you. No matter how hard things get, life goes on.

Let’s all try our hardest to stay positive despite all the hardships that we face each and every single day. I try to. And I tell my family to try as well. There is always light at the end of the tunnel, anyway.

Happy Monday!