Day #594 - New Year Tomorrow

New strength.
New thoughts.
New year.

Goals of the Day:

• Be very efficient at work (since I'm in office even though I don't have to)
• Somewhat Achieved
• Have a nice New Year eve's celebration with Dearest at home
• Achieved
• Write out my 2019 resolutions
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Prepared a nice dinner (steamboay + bbq) with Dearest
• Had a nice long chat after dinner with Dearest
• Slept early for the New Year!

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't write out my resolutions

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's insights into what I am pursuing; to make a difference

Day #591 - Simple Rules in Life

Go. Ask. Forward.

Goals of the Day:

• Be efficient at work; reduce distraction
• Achieved
• Do what I know I have to do, for my family
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Focused at work
• Had a good chillah session
• Had a good dinner with Dearest
• Received promotion news

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Congratulatory messages from Dearest, family, and colleagues
• Attendance for chillah session

Day #590 - Being Afraid

I'm afraid.
And therefore, I seek within myself for courage.

Goals of the Day:

• Cancel dental appointment
• Achieved
• Finish financial accounting for Nov
• Achieved
• Plan New Year's eve activity with Dearest
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Completed my financial account for Nov
• Managed to find a suitable place for public tuition

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate (I should really just do it after I bathe instead of waiting till right before bedtime)
• Haven't plan out New Year's eve with Dearest

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's support in what I want to do
• A slow morning for breakfast

Day #589 - Taking Initiative

I can't just wait for things to happen; I can't be reactive.
I have to take initiative.

Goals of the Day:

• Game plan for Project O leading up to update meeting
• Achieved
• Financial Accounting for Nov
• Somewhat Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Planned the work tasks for the next few working days
• Archived all banking statements
• Slept on time
• Strength training
• Put in the effort to find a suitable place for public tuition

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Room for improvement for work efficiency

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's research that would help my family
• A good lunch

Day #587 - Being Happy

Being happy, is to make the best of everything we have.
And I will, make the best of all the time I have.

Goals of the Day:

• Be efficient and gain clarity in work tasks
• Achieved
• Have a good dinner with family and relatives
• Achieved
• Be loving to Dearest
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Had a good dinner
• Had a short gaming session with colleagues before getting off work

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep early

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Aunt treated all of us to dinner
• Being able to spend time with my family
• Dearest handling the small repair work at home
• Dearest doing lots of household chores

Day #584 - Work, Family, Life

It's always a balance.

Goals of the Day:

• Be focused at work by minimizing distraction
• Achieved
• Have a good session of badminton
• Achieved
• Spend quality time with Dearest by watching Stranger Thing
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Not distracted at work
• Quality time with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Just enough people to play doubles at badminton
• Being able to watch 1 episode of Stranger Thing with Dearest

Day #577 - Do What I Must

It's my life.
So it's my choice.

Goals of the Day:

• Finish fixing up the computer
• Not Achieved
• Have a good badminton session
• Achieved
• Quality time with Dearest
• Achieved

Day #576 - Between What is Said and Not Meant, and What is Meant and Not Said

I take up the role to bridge what is said, and what is meant.
For I am able, and therefore I am.

Goals of the Day:

• Be focused and reduce distraction at work
• Achieved
• Fix up the computer parts for (i) radiator/fans, (ii) PSU, and (iii) HDDS/SSDs
• Not Achieved
• Quality time with Dearest
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Focused at work
• Quality time with Dearest's family
• Quality time with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't fix up computer part

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good lunch with colleagues
• A good dinner with Dearest and her family

Day #575 - Storm of My Life

Endure, Embrace.

Goals of the Day:

• Be efficient at work
• Not Achieved
• Have a good talk with Dad
• Achieved
• Meditate
• Not Achieved

It was hard getting started, but easier to talk after I have started.

Yet after knowing the situation more, it feels hard to resolve things.

Today's Small Wins:

• I managed to talk to my dad

Today's Small Losses:

• Distracted at work
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dad being open to me
• Dearest's support for me

Day #574 - Be Brave

Be brave,
My Heart.

Goals of the Day:

• Arrange a dinner with dad for tomorrow dinner
• Achieved
• Fix up the new computer chassis
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Plucked up the courage to arrange dinner with my dad
• Fixed up the motherboard on the new chassis

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't focus on building chassis

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dad agreeing to the dinner
• Dearest's support and encouragement

Day #573 - Cycle of Procrastination

The weekend has been full of activities; housewarming on Sat, and SCMS half marathon on Sun.
Sometimes, I wonder if I'm procrastinating, or just that my time is occupied with other stuff.

Goals of Week 49 (Review):

• Preparations for housewarming
• Achieved
• List of Vendors for OEM comparison (at least 5)
• Not Achieved
• Plan for Career
• Not Achieved
• Exercise x 2
• Achieved

Goals of Week 50:

• Arrange a time to talk to dad
• Work on the habit of meditation
• List of Vendors for OEM comparison (at least 3)
• Have a good holiday over the weekend with my friends

Goals of the Day:

• Review last week's goals
• Achieved
• Set this week's goals
• Achieved
• Input all plans for Ohm energy
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Reviewed last week's goals (not really well done)
• Set this week's goals

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Procrastinating on arranging the time to talk to dad

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest being calm when dealing with family matters
• A boss who trusts me with things

Day #570 - Good Pace

Forward is progress.
And progress is a good pace.

Goals of the Day:

• Remember to bring some board/card games home for housewarming tomorrow
• Achieved
• Have a good time at leisure activities (Chillah session, badminton)
• Achieved (Chillah was only chit chatting with 2 colleagues)
• Complete the OEM comparison list on Ohm energy
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Remembered to bring board/card games
• Had a good time at badminton and also at dinner with the folks

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't manage to complete OEM comparison on Ohm energy
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good crowd for badminton
• A good dinner with the folks

Day #569 - I'm Allowed To Cry

I'm allowed to cry.
But I will not give up.

Goals of the Day:

• Find 2 Vendors to add to comparison list
• Achieved
• Do career planning for 1st aspect
• Not Achieved
• Confirm buffet
• Achieved
• Spend quality time with Dearest
• Achieved
• Buy new running shoes
• Achieved

Still that productive for my evening.

Will do better tomorrow.

Today's Small Wins:

• Overcame my reluctance to buy new shoes to better protect my knees (even though the old pair is still usable)
• Spent quality time with Dearest with TV, a bit of gaming on AirConsole.com, and quite a bit of talking
• Managed to get 2 retailers on the comparison list

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't managed to do my career planning for 1st aspect
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• An affordable price for the shoes
• Dearest's health

Day #568 - Getting My Grit On

Grit through.

Goals of the Day:

• Book buffet
• Achieved
• Career planning
• Not Achieved
• Discuss Dong Zhi plans
• Not Achieved
• 3 Vendors
• Not Achieved

The time taken to go collect the marathon racepack was too long. -_-

And there was some emotional matter that I have to regulate.

It's an evening of just wanting to be okay.

Today's Small Wins:

• Booked buffet (pending confirmation)
• Meditated for 10 min
• Uninstalled the mobile game I have been planning for 3 weeks

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't do career planning
• Didn't get 3 vendors
• Didn't discuss Dong Zhi plans

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest for taking care of the household chores like laundry and ironing even though she was sick
• A comforting hug from Dearest

Day #567 - Just Take The Step

Often times, I strive for the perfect move.
And because of this, I contemplated intensely before I make the next move.
When there's doubt, I would freeze in my path.
But this shouldn't be the case.

There is no right or wrong path.
And knowing of it can only be done after I have walked way past it.

Take the next footing, take the next step.
A constant reminder that things don't have to be perfect for me to progress.

Goals of the Day:

• Housewarming preparations (Select menu, book buffet, inform family and relatives)
• Achieved for Menu
• List out the things I can do for each aspect of Career
• Not Achieved
• Create the Excel spreadsheet for 1 vendor for OEM comparison
• Achieved
• Household chores (iron)
• Achieved

Made a bad move of nua-ing in front of the TV with Dearest to watch The Final Table.

In the end Dearest had to remind me that I should go do my things. haha..

Managed to rush out some goals before bed time.

Today's Small Wins:

• Finalized menu
• Created spreadsheet
• Ironed clothes

Today's Small Losses:

• Still haven't develop the habit of meditation yet
• Didn't book buffet and inform family and relatives
• Didn't do career planning

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest seems largely okay even though she is sick, except for her throat
• Dearest's help on the housewarming preparations 

Day #566 - Progress, Not Perfection

Strive for progress.
Not perfection.

At the end of the day, nobody is perfect.
But anyone could make progress.

Goals of Week 49:

• Preparations for housewarming (time, traveling directions, menu, cleaning, chairs, etc)
• List of Vendors for OEM comparison (at least 5)
• Plan for Career
• Exercise x 2

Goals of the Day:

• Housewarming preparations - finalize timings, create traveling directions, inform family and relatives, menu selection
• Achieved for Timings, and Traveling directions
• Exercise (slow jog)
• Achieved

Every little thing that I do, is another step towards my goals.

Today's Small Wins:

• Settled on the timings of the housewarming with Dearest
• Exercised (slow jog for 16 min)
• Quality time with Badminton friends over lunch

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep on time
• Didn't finish the housewarming preparations for the day

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest being able to come home on time even though she has a hospitalization case to attend to
• Was called out for lunch by the badminton folks
• 
  

Day #564 - Grief Is A Walk Alone

Yesterday was a day to remember Abacus.

Goals of the Day:

• Be punctual for Dearest's friend's wedding ceremony
• Achieved
• Select the menu for next week's housewarming's buffet
• Not Achieved
• Financial accounting for Nov
• Achieved
• Spent quality time with Dearest
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Was punctual for an important event
• Did financial accounting
• Spent quality time with Dearest by watching Stranger Things Season 2
• Whipping up a nice dinner with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't select menu for housewarming
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to provide comfort to Dearest
• Cooked up a nice dinner with Dearest

Day #559 - Slowing Down My Pace

Maybe I'm pushing myself too hard, and therefore, making myself weak and fall to illness recently.
Perhaps I should pace it out, and still do the things that I want to do.

Goals of the Day:

• Rest sufficiently to recover from illness
• Achieved
• Plan the week with Dearest
• Achieved
• Decide a new computer chassis to buy in order to fit in the new desk
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Rested well, illness seemed to have subsided quite a bit
• Quality time with Dearest in the evening
• Slept early

Today's Small Losses:

• Haven't decided on what computer chassis to buy
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest blow dry her hair in the kitchen so I could sleep peacefully
• A day of rest

Day #558 - Health Is Not Valued Till Sickness Comes

Fell sick again.

Today's Small Wins:

• Spent quality time with Mum (breakfast @ Chong Pang)
• Updated the firmware for the router and set up the 2nd router for tenants' use
• Spent quality time with friends
• Purchased a good computer desk 
• Spent quality time with Dearest over Netflix (Stranger things)

Today's Small Losses:

• Fell sick again
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Support from Dearest on the desk purchase
• Chatting with the guys

Day #557 - Lessons From Abacus

Inspiration from her.

Goals of the Day:

• Household chores (vacuum, iron)
• Achieved
• Transfer money into joint account
• Achieved
• Archive bank statements
• Not Achieved
• Financial Accounting for Oct
• Not Achieved
• Router configuration
• Not Achieved
• Exercise
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Completed household chores
• Ran 2 km with Dearest
• Quality time with Dearest's family and Abacus
• Finally fixed up Dearest's bro new RAMs

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't do financial accounting
• Didn't figure out the router configuration
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A dinner treat from Dearest's cousins
• A ride home after dinner

Day #556 - Anticipation

The anticipation of my monitor coming.

Today's Small Wins:

• Fixed up my monitor with the single arm mount
• Readjusted some parts of my study table
• Did household chores

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't spend enough time to comfort Dearest

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Smooth delivery of monitor without any dead pixels

Day #555 - Spending Time With Parent

Today's Small Wins:

• Spent time with my parents over dinner
• Managed to shift over all my remaining books from my parents' place

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Less tension over the evening's interaction

Day #554 - I'm Made of Eggs

I'm made of eggs.
Because when I'm in boiling water, I became harder.

Goals of the Day:

• Router Configuration
• Not Achieved
• Archive bank statements
• Not Achieved
• Meditate
• Not Achieved
• Gather 3 vendors for comparison
• Not Achieved

Did OT today at work because I felt like my work was piling up increasingly fast.

So by the time I reached home, it was bedtime, and I needed to rest for the next day.

Today's Small Wins:

• Put in the effort to stay back at work for OT

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't do all my goals of the day

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to rest sufficiently before the day starts again

Day #553 - I Was The Somebody

It's easy to criticize from a 3rd person perspective.
So when it's myself, why is it that hard to see the point?

Goals of the Day:

• Journal Entry of App Development mindmap
• Achieved
• Pay Starhub bills
• Achieved
• Redeem Starhub points
• Achieved
• Exercise
• Achieved
• Router Configuration draft
• Not Achieved

It's a productive day for me!

Although I didn't have time to do the router configuration, but overall I managed to fulfil most of what I set out to do.

Today's Small Wins:

• Exercised (2km run with Dearest before dinner)
• Settled administration tasks
• Did the journal entry for app development mindmap
• Did my monthly investment

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep on time

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good run with Dearest
• Dearest's accomplishment at work

Day #552 - Distractions Removal

In order for me to progress along in my goals, I must be able to remove the distractions caused by the small things in life (e.g. like gaming).
Reminder to self: Gaming doesn't add value to my life; Working on my goals does.

Goals of Week 47

• Inform and gather attendance for housewarming
• Go back to my parents' house for dinner
• Figure out router configuration for parents' house
• Comparison list of OEM vendors 
• Exercise 3 times
• Do my monthly investment
• Financial accounting for Oct

Goals of the Day:

• Inform Mum's relatives on housewarming dates
• Achieved
• Pay Starhub Bills
• Not Achieved
• Redeem Starhub points
• Not Achieved
• Inform Mum about Thursday dinner
• Achieved
• Journal Entry on App Development mindmap
• Not Achieved

Dearest wanted to watch Ip Man 3 tonight, so I decided to spend the evening with her =)

Today's Small Wins:

• Quality time with Dearest
• Informed on housewarming date
• Informed on Thursday dinner
• Productive at work; not distracted

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep early
• Didn't pay Starhub bills or redeem points
• Didn't do journal entry

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A nice evening of watching a movie with Dearest
• Progress at work for research direction

Day #551 - Cleaning Day

After spending time with our parents, it was a full day of cleaning after yesterday's housewarming party.

Goals of the Day:

• Inform my mum's relatives on housewarming date
• Not Achieved (but confirmed the date/time with Dearest and Mum)
• Household chore
• Achieved
• Good habits (meditate + sleep on time)
• Achieved for meditation
• App Development mindmap
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Completed household chores with Dearest
• Confirmed the date/time for housewarming date
• Meditated for 5 min
• Completed my App Development mindmap 

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't spend much quality time with Dearest

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A clean house
• Being able to spend time with my parents

Goals of Week 46 (Review):

• Make preparations for upcoming housewarming (e.g. purchase stools, clean up, etc)
• Achieved, but most last min
• Arrange for next housewarming with my relatives on 8th Dec
• Not Achieved, but have confirmed date/time with Mum and Dearest
• Career Planning mindmap for Financial Knowledge and App Development
• Achieved
• Exercise 3 times (excluding Badminton)
• Not Achieved, body wasn't well enough to exercise
• Comparison list for OEM
• Not Achieved, to be done next week

Day #550 - Housewarming

It's the first official housewarming for me and Dearest!

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to do most of the chores needed before the housewarming
• As a team, Dearest and I did a good job being host and hostess

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't manage to draw cash before the buffet delivery guy came

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good housewarming party that is enjoying for our guests, and for us
• Generous housewarming gifts from Dearest's relatives

Day #549 - Over-Indulgence

Dearest cautioned me about being over-indulgent in my gaming.
Perhaps it's really something that I need to be careful of.

Goals of the Day:

• Inform Mum's relatives on housewarming date
• Not Achieved
• Have a good badminton session
• Achieved
• Plan for the weekends
• Achieved

Badminton kinda hyped me up a bit., although there wasn't much of a turn-up.
It's better than the past few evenings; I'm tired, but at least I felt like I enjoyed the activity that caused me to be tired. 

Today's Small Wins:

• Enjoyed myself at badminton
• Cleared a bit of BR3 stuff in preparation for housewarming tml

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep on time
• Didn't inform Mum's relatives

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Having regulars at the badminton session to play with
• Took the wrong bus but it still took me home anyway

Day #548 - Continuing The Goals

I'm not sure whether Buddha really said this, but enduring through the pain and continue working on the goals is a sure path to victory.
I have been training my whole life for endurance.
I shall not stop here.

Goals of the Day:

• Spend 30 minutes on App Development mindmap
• Not Achieved
• Meditate
• Not Achieved
• Sleep on time
• Achieved
• Stay focused at work
• Not Achieved
• Inform Mum's relatives on housewarming date to confirm attendance
• Not Achieved

It's quite discouraging to see all these goals not being achieved.

But it's also a huge reminder that I'm not doing what I want in the long term.

Is it my body that needs the rest?

Or am I just mentally down?

These days, I just couldn't conjure the energy to do anything.

Today's Small Wins:

• Quality time with Dearest
• Sleeping on time

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't do my mindmap
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't inform about housewarming date

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to rest

Day #547 - Vision Is Imagination

To have a vision, is to imagine my goals.
But the route to that vision is not clear, and covered by insecurity, doubts, and challenges.
Take the first step, and the next, and the next, and the next.
The path shall reveal, at every step I take.

Goals of the Day:

• [Work] Stay focused at work
• Not Achieved
• Draft out mindmap for App Development
• Not Achieved
• Meditate 
• Not Achieved
• Sleep on time
• Not Achieved
• Inform family on date of housewarming
• Achieved

I'm not sure whether it's a motivational issue, or my illness is casting a gloomy cloud over me.

Slowly, but steadily.

I must walk on.

Today's Small Wins:

• Informed mum about housewarming date
• Was able to help Dearest on her fitbit issue

Today's Small Losses:

• Not focused at work
• Didn't practise good habits
• Didn't work on mindmap for App Development

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's sensing of my gloomy mood and asked me about it =)
• Dearest's massage
• A lucky summon in my recently started mobile game

Day #546 - Schedule My Priorities

It has come to my attention that some of my priorities are not being fulfilled.
Perhaps I'm looking too closely at my schedule to prioritize matters.
I should be taking a step back to schedule my priorities instead.

Goals of the Day:

• Schedule quality time with Dearest
• Achieved
• Schedule quality time with parents
• Not Achieved
• Mindmap for App Development
• Not Achieved
• Practise good habits (eat well, meditate, and sleep on time)
• Not Achieved

Had to pass Sis something over dinner, so most of the evening was spent chatting with her.

But it was a good chat, about family, about finance.

Today's Small Wins:

• Quality time with Dearest
• Quality time with Sis

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't draft out the mindmap for app development
• Didn't practise good habits

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good dinner and chat with Sis
• A happy Dearest

Day #545 - Push Harder

Because no one else is going to do it for me.

Goals of Week 46:

• Make preparations for upcoming housewarming (e.g. purchase stools, clean up, etc)
• Arrange for next housewarming with my relatives on 8th Dec
• Career Planning mindmap for Financial Knowledge and App Development
• Exercise 3 times (excluding Badminton)
• Comparison list for OEM
• [Work] Project F - Seek guidance on moving forward
• [Work] Project O - Timeline for Study
• [Work] Project O - Draft plan for M Development

Goals of the Day:

• Household chores (iron, keep, wash clothes)
• Achieved (though Dearest helped to keep and wash clothes =)
• Consolidate expenditure for London and informed John
• Achieved
• Meditate 
• Achieved
• Financial blogger mindmap
• Achieved
• Sleep on time
• Not Achieved

Still feeling unwell generally.

Good enough to do work, but not good enough to strive at anything.

Well, I still need to continue to push myself.

Rain or Shine.

Walk and Run.

Today's Small Wins:

• Did household chores
• Meditated for 10 min
• Completed the mindmap for Financial Blogger on Onenote
• Setup insects trap to eliminate those pests

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't spend much quality time with Dearest recently
• Not focused at work

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A quiet environment for work (with my noise-canceling headphones on)
• For myself, being alive

Day #544 - Grief Is Like The Ocean

It's saddening to hear news of grief.
But all we can do, is learn to swim in it.

Today's Small Wins:

• Returned the luggage back to John and chatted for a while
• Spent quality time with Mum and Dad
• Managed to discuss CPF matters with Mum
• Managed to plan and execute a surprise for Dearest on this special day (2nd Engagement-versary)
• Packed up the 4th (and final) box in BR3

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't fulfill all my weekly goals (around half)

Things I'm Grateful For Today:

• The few months that she still have with us; no matter how limiting.
• A smooth execution of the surprise for Dearest

Goals of Week 45 (Check):

• Tidy up the house in preparation for the housewarming on 17th Nov
• Achieved
• Do up Career Planning for Financial Knowledge and App Development
• Not Achieved
• [Office] Project F - Work on the preliminary results to derive initial findings
• Not Achieved
• [Office] Project O - Short-term planning for study + Long-term planning for other part
• Achieved 50%
• Exercise at least 3 times
• Achieved (2 times, but sick for the rest of the week)

Day #543 - Wake Up With Determination, Go To Bed With Satisfaction

And this is what I will do today.

Yesterday was my division's CSR and annual Challenge.
It was still okay being the helper and being the acting captain for my house.

Goals of the Day:

• Pack up BR3 fully
• Almost Achieved (realized I have a 4th box)
• Household chores (vaccum, iron, keep/fold clothes)
• Achieved
• Book buffet for 17th Nov
• Achieved (pending confirmation)
• Book Popsical rental
• Achieved
• Purchase stools/chairs
• Not Achieved

Dearest decided to buy her fitbit tomorrow and rest today. 

So we didn't have a chance to go buy the stools. oh well~

But overall, still rather satisfied from being able to pack up BR3 =)

Clean house = Clean mind.

Today's Small Wins:

• Packed up BR3 and tidied up study room
• Did household chores diligently
• Settled administration for upcoming housewarming

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep early
• Spent some time gaming on mobile

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good movie (IP Man 3; watched by myself, cause Dearest was out for the night)
• Throat didn't worsen

Day #541 - Over-Exertion

I'm suspecting that my recent morning runs have lowered my immune system and as a result, I'm sort of down with some flu symptoms; mainly an itchy throat and slight sneezing.
Probably best for me to take it easy these few days.

Goals of the Day:

• Brainstorm 2 dates for housewarming
• Not Achieved
• Household chores (keep/fold clothes, and iron clothes)
• Achieved
• Work on financial knowledge mindmap for 30 min
• Not Achieved

When one is sick, one just wants to feel comfortable at home and rest.

And that is me.

Today's Small Wins:

• Household chores done

Today's Small Losses:

• Fell sick
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't brainstorm 2 dates for housewarming
• Didn't work on financial knowledge mindmap

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A day's of MC to rest
• The severity of the throat is still bearable

Day #540 - Let's Do This

It's Wednesday.
Let's do this!

Goals of the Day:

• Start career planning for financial knowledge
• Achieved
• Exercise
• Achieved
• Pack up 50% of the 2nd box in BR3
• Achieved
• Brainstorm 2 dates for housewarming
• Not Achieved

It was a rather saddening evening as Dearest pondered over the inevitable future.

Today's Small Wins:

• Started drawing out the mindmap for financial knowledge
• Exercised (2km)
• Packed up roughly 50% of the 2nd box

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Slept slightly late
• Didn't brainstorm 2 dates for housewarming
• Not focused at work

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's lovely Abacus played a part in my life
• The guys asking me along for a trip

Day #539 - Do Today What Must Be Done

I need to do today what must be done.

Goals of the Day:

• Pack up 50% of BR3 stuff
• Achieved 33%
• Iron 10 clothes
• Achieved
• Spend quality time with Dearest
• Not Achieved
• Spend quality time with friends
• Achieved

It was a last minute decision to invite my friends over.

Even though the day wasn't about work, it was nice spending time and bonding over some tiles and with Dearest joining over the cards =).

Today's Small Wins:

• Packed up a bit of BR3 stuff
• Ironed clothes
• Quality time with friends
• Drafted up an incomplete version of OEM comparison
• Meditated for 10 min
• Exercised with Dearest (2km)

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't spend much quality time with Dearest
• Could have packed up more of BR3 stuff
• Gambling loss

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Joy and laughter with the guys
• Good interaction between Dearest and the guys

Day #538 - Plan My Intentions for the Week

Got a bit lazy for the past few days with the heavy work schedule and the celebration for my birthday. It's a new start of the week, so I figured it would be a good time to restart my motivation again.

Goals of Week 45:

• Tidy up the house in preparation for the housewarming on 17th Nov
• Do up Career Planning for Financial Knowledge and App Development
• [Office] Project F - Work on the preliminary results to derive initial findings
• [Office] Project O - Short-term planning for study + Long-term planning for other part
• Exercise at least 3 times

Goals of the Day:

• [Office] Work on preliminary results
• Achieved
• [Office] Short-term planning for study
• Not Achieved
• Exercise
• Not Achieved
• Iron 10 pieces of clothes
• Not Achieved
• Get started on Career Planning for Financial Knowledge
• Not Achieved
• Practise good habits (meditate + sleep on time)
• Achieved

Only managed to achieve some of the goals of the day, but it's okay. 

Tomorrow's a holiday!

Today's Small Wins:

• Meditated for 10 min
• Slept on time

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't exercise
• Only iron 1 clothes
• Didn't start on career planning
• Not focused on Q2 tasks at work

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Having Dearest beside me to stand against future challenges
• Being able to move freely in my work cubicle because of my new wireless headphones

Day #535 - Happy 31st

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Spending the entire day JB Paradigm mall with Dearest with a good movie and good food to celebrate my 31st

Day #532 - Plan Ahead

It's important to plan ahead, whether is it in my office work, non-office work, and other aspects of life.
And it's more fulfilling to do so than just living it through.

Goals of the Day:

• Plan out the Project F till the update
• Achieved
• Finish up the financial administration for Sept, and then make amendments to current PFM sheet
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Cooked a good and simple dinner
• Finished up the financial administration for Sept
• Thought up another strategy to separate between household chores and personal work (household chores in the morning, personal work after dinner)

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Slept slightly later than desired

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Having dinner and chit-chatting with Dearest
• Being able to go home on time after work
• Being safe from travels (a regional plane just crashed)

Day #531 - Keeping Things Simple

It is pertinent to keep my life simple.
It means navigating through the complexities and establishing straightforward goals.

Goals of the Day:

• Catch up with work matters 
• Achieved
• Work on long-term plans
• Not Achieved
• Chart out the different aspects of Career Approach (2) in OneNote
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Did financial administration
• Made Dearest laughed a bit with comedy on Netflix

Today's Small Losses:

• Woke up late
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't work on long-term plans at work
• Didn't chart out the different aspects of Career Approach (2)

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being in a blissful marriage with Dearest =)
• Had a good time laughing at Adam Sandler's Netflix special with Dearest
• A comfortable bed to sleep in

Day #519 - Give It A Try

There are many reasons (or excuses) to say No.
But I think, I just want to listen to that little voice, that says Yes.

Goals of the Day

• Have a nice evening with Dearest before I fly off tomorrow
• Achieved
• Have a good presentation by preparing myself sufficiently through rehearsing
• Achieved
• Finish packing for flight
• Achieved

Body don't feel entirely well.

But being beside Dearest, and her taking care of me, made it all better.

Today's Small Wins:

• Good presentation
• Quality time with Dearest
• Packed finish my bag and settled all administration

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't spend enough time with Dearest
• Didn't sleep on time

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest reminding me about bringing all kinds of stuff for my well-being
• Dearest enduring the slightly warmer temperature in the bedroom so I could sleep better
• Good feedback from the Chairman of the presentation

Day #518 - Wish for, or Work for

It's a reminder to myself that I have to put in the work for things that I wish for.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good dinner with my parents
• Achieved
• Be focused and productive at work (use pomodoro technique)
• Achieved
• Prepare for London trip (print documents / pack stuff)
• Somewhat Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Instructed the team on the direction of the project for the time while I'm away
• Quality time with my mum and sis with Dearest
• Quality time with a colleague over tea break and talk about work and non-work stuff
• Meditated for 10 min with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Haven't pack finish all of my things for London
• Slept slightly late

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good dinner with my mum, sis and Dearest (even if there was some tension between mum and sis on her wedding)
• Mum's chrysanthemum tea
• Dearest washing the dishes after dinner

Day #517 - Chase One First

I just need to choose.

Goals of the Day:

• [Office] List out all the things to be done before I fly
• Not Achieved
• Pack my bags
• Somewhat Achieved
• Meditate
• Not Achieved

Was having a headache the whole day.

Might be the exhaustion from the Spartan race that was still affecting my body.

But at least I packed my bag somewhat by putting all the stuff I can think of on the dining table.

Today's Small Wins:

• Guided my younger colleagues on some excel functions
• Packed a bit of my bag
• Managed to help John find his contact lens
• Managed to change currency
• Slept on time

Today's Small Losses:'

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't manage to plan forward for work

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to find John find his contact lens after going to 2 shops in the shopping mall

Day #516 - Tired

I hope I'm just genuinely feeling tired.

Today's Small Wins:

• Quality time with Mum
• Quality time with Dearest with cooking and gaming (overcooked 2!)
• Leisure time to myself
• Household chores

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Slept slightly late

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest doing most of the household chores today, including the cooking, and the sparkingly clean toilets
• Kiwis that mum bought back from overseas, and the 2 shirts she gave me and Dearest

Day #515 - Mind over Matter

Spartan Super Day~!

Goals of the Day:

• Complete Spartan Super with walking (so as not to injure my knee further)
• Achieved
• Rest sufficiently for tomorrow's morning breakfast with mum
• Achieved

Rain, mud, sand.

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to reach the race venue early to not feel rushed
• Completed Spartan Super without much injuries and pain
• Had some leisure time to myself

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't feel like I have the energy to do household chores after the race
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A friendly racer who chatted with me along the way
• Dearest's massage for my tired body before we slept

Day #514 - Priority -> Me

Even though I knew it would be a nice gesture to go to the airport to see my mum when she's back, but I rejected this idea to give myself more time and space this weekend.

Goals of the Day:

• Rest well and prepare for the Spartan race tml morn
• Achieved
• Enjoy the badminton session
• Achieved
• [Office] Be prepared for the experiment
• Achieved

Priority for self is more important than for others.

Even closed ones.

But this approach of managing life shouldn't be used on a single event.

Instead, it should be viewed holistically with the other things you have been doing.

Today's Small Wins:

• Experiment went okay
• Rested early and prepared my bag for tomorrow's race
• Enjoyed my badminton session and small dinner chat

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Missed out a point of preparation for the experiment
• Interview with the participant after the experiment was a bit haphazard

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A body which I feel is ready for tomorrow
• The safe return of mum

Day #513 - Solving the Crossroad Dilemma

There are no signs or indications like in the real world.
But then again, in the real uncharted world, there isn't any either.

Goals of the Day:

• Quality time with Dearest's family
• Achieved
• Take time to think about crossroads
• Not Achieved

Following where the heart goes first.

And then the rest will follow.

I guess.

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to help out with some cables for Dearest's family
• Meditated for 10 min

Today's Small Losses:

• Woke up late
• Gave some thoughts to what I want to strive for, but didn't sit myself down to do so

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Delicious food that Dearest's mum and brother bought for dinner
• Overseas snacks from Dearest's mum
• Mum seemed to be having fun at NZ

Day #512 - Habit of Winning. Or Losing.

If I feel that I'm losing everyday, it becomes a habit, and a mentality.
And therefore, I strive to win.

Today's Small Wins:

• Being constructive during meetings
• Being able to have a constructive discussion after I keep forgetting to off switches

Today's Small Losses:

• Woke up late today

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A friendly doctor
• Being still alive after all the military stuff I have gone through (RIP to the recent 

Day #511 - Good Life

My thoughts.
My life.

Goals of the Day:

• [Office] Rework data analysis for Project O
• Achieved
• [Office] Update slides for Project F
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to get a clean and tidy data workflow for O
• Cooked up a good and simple dinner for me
• Quality time with Dearest =)

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't finish the slides for O and F
• Slept late
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Smooth session ;)
• Chit chats during dinner with Dearest