Day #289 - Back to Balancing

Back to work.
Back to balancing.

Goals of the Day:

• Focused on work tasks that are urgent & important (Q1) - includes not getting distracted by social media
• Achieved
• Finish the 1st complete draft of wedding day schedule today
•  Not Achieved
• Discuss amended tables layout with Dearest and send to venue coordinator tml
• Not Achieved

My mind seemed to be filled with anxiety over the tasks undone today.

Yet I'm still not making full use of my time to do them.

Procrastination? 

Whatever it is, I'm fighting it.

Today's Small Wins:

• Mostly focused at work tasks
• Edited the guest tables list

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't spend as much time on the schedule as I wanted to
• Didn't sleep on time
• Didn't meditate

Day #288 - Final Touches

This quote isn't that relating to today, but it sounds rather meaningful, and so I'm posting it.

Goals of the Day:

• Ensure painting touch-ups are good and scan house for anything that needs rectification
• Achieved
• Progress on wedding day schedule
• Somewhat Achieved

Didn't really plan out what i wanted to do for the day, but as the day went ahead, I just went and do whatever that comes to mind.

E.g. putting charcoal in my cabinet to absorb the weird smell, going to starhub to sign our internet and home phone line, sweeping the floor, calling up our fengshui master for appt, making appt for haircut, hair dye, etc

Today's Small Wins:

• Oversaw the paint touch-ups
• Worked on wedding day schedule (but not as much as I wanted to)
• Settled the new house's fibre broadband, phone line, and installation date
• Settled other wedding stuff (haircut and hair dye, etc)

Today's Small Losses:

• Got too relaxed at home and binge-watched Suits -_-"
• Didn't sleep on time

Day #287 - Nearing the Completion of Renovation

Today's where all the renovation is completed (less painting touch-ups, defects checking and rectification)!

Goals of the Day:

• Ensure smooth operations of the renovation
• Achieved
• Progress on Wedding day schedule
• Achieved
• Confirm guest list
• Achieved

Stayed at the new house for a while to oversee all the works from morning till evening.

Although I'm on time-off from work, I'm still doing personal work. haha..

And it's worth it.

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to have an efficient day packed of things that I needed to do for renovation and wedding

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't manage to sleep on time
• Not fully prepared when I set up a meeting with the venue coordinator

Day #286 - It's a Big Day!

Goals of the Day:

• Have a smooth and joyous 过大礼
• Achieved
• Have a good time with my groomsmen in the evening
• Achieved
• Settle the attire for my groomsmen
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Another milestone of wedding events
• Had a great dinner with the guys
• Finally settled the attire for them

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late

Day #285 - A Good Laugh and A Good Sleep

I need these 2 today.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good discussion with Dearest
• Achieved
• Have a good lunch with family and aunts
• Achieved
• Have a good evening catching up and laughing with John
• Achieved

Another events-filled day.

And it's always a good day catching up with an old friend.

Today's Small Wins:

• Quality time with Dearest, Family, and Friend
• Had a good laugh, much needed for destress these days
• Put in time and efforts to resolve the spotify premium account issue of being accessed by unknown users

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't do enough wedding stuff

Day #284 - Slow & Steady Win The Race

When things seemed to be moving too fast, I need to go slow.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good celebration for my sis's bday
• Ensure a smooth collection of Guo Da Li's stuff

Today's Small Wins:

• Quality time with family
• Whole family worked together to collect the Guo Da Li's stuff
• Brought family to see my new house

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept very very late
• Didn't meditate

Day #283 - Full Speed

Aye Captain!

Goals of the Day:

• Determine a deadline to settle the guest list once and for all
• Achieved
• Inform everyone involved on the Guo Da Li timings
• Not Achieved
• Withdraw money for Guo Da Li
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to rush to the bank to withdraw money for Guo Da Li
• Bought pants for the guys
• Made an effort to go down to Hao's house for him to try on the pants to quicken the process

Today's Small Losses:

• Realized I should have asked the guys to try the pants size first
• Slept late
• Didn't meditate

Day #282 - When I'm Stressed

Long day at work.
Didn't have access during the day to write goals, so doing this in the evening.

Goals of the Day:

• Settle Guo Da Li cake vouchers
• Achieved
• Guo Da Li timings
• Achieved
• Table Arrangements 
• Not Achieved

It kinda just dawned on me that I need actual names on the list to make the guest list more concrete.

Today's Small Wins:

• Finally bought the vouchers
• Purchase Animoto to create the wedding video
• Came up with the table arrangement template and banquet layout

Today's Small Losses:

• Not handling my stresses well
• Slept very late
• Didn't meditate
• Made a mistake of not pushing my parents earlier for the guest list

Day #281 - One Task By One Task

Decide what is the 1 task that I need to focus on, and then do it.

Goals of the Day:

• Be focused at work
• Somewhat Achieved
• Settle Guo Da Li cake vouchers
• Not Achieved (delayed due to confirmation)
• Settle where and when to buy groomsmen pants
• Achieved
• Get started on Animoto for wedding video creation
• Not Achieved
• Write out Guo Da Li timings and send to Dearest and Parents
• Somewhat Achieved

Feeling stressed.

But I will do it, one at a time.

Today's Small Wins:

• Figured out where to settle the groomsmen pants
• Wrote out a rough guideline for Guo Da Li timings

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep early
• Didn't manage to start on Animoto

Day #280 - Keeping the Winning Streak Going

I had an on-going winning streak during yesterday's gambling.
And I seemed to have 'won' yesterday by living the day meaningfully.
So, I shall do it today too.

Goals of the Day:

• Prepare and have a good external project review meeting at work
• 80% Achieved
• Settle wedding stuff
• Achieved
• Practise good habits (meditation and sleep on time)
• 50% Achieved

Was a good day at work, but didn't manage to do much at home.

Today's Small Wins:

• Another review meeting done at work
• Bought shirts for groomsmen
• Decided on the program to create the wedding video
• Booked car for Guo Da Li this Sunday
• Meditated for 10 min

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't exercise
• Didn't sleep on time
• Wasted some time browsing social media

Day # 279 - A Better Today

I strive to have a better day today!

Goals of the Day:

• Prepare, plan, and delegate adequately for today's lunch gathering 
• Achieved
• Have a good lunch gathering
• Achieved
• Exercise
• Achieved
• Practise good habits
• Somewhat Achieved

It was really a better day =)

Today's Small Wins:

• Good planning and delegation for the gathering
• Had a good time with the guys; lunch and gambling
• Won money at gambling
• Settled some groomsmen attire issue
• Settled the emcee speech and wedding schedule discussion with Dearest
• Exercised for 1h
• Meditated for 10 min

Today's Small Losses:

• Dearest and I realized we are pressed for time for a lot of things
• Slept late

Day #278 - Self Discipline Needed

I felt that I have been losing myself these days.
I need to get back to order.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good 2nd day of CNY visiting
• Achieved
• Prepare for the gathering tml
• Achieved
• Sort out urgent things that need to be done
• Not Achieved

Had a better day of the festive season today.

Today's Small Wins:

• Did some space planning for renovation with Dearest
• Had a good time visiting both families with Dearest
• Put in efforts to prepare for tml's gathering instead of delaying till tml morning
• Put in efforts to buy the wine required for 过大礼
• Slept before 11.30pm

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't wake up early

Day #277 - A New Lunar Year for A New Beginning

A new lunar day, a new beginning.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good day of CNY visiting
• Somewhat Achieved
• Engage with my relatives/cousins meaningfully
• Somewhat Achieved
• Extract photos for wedding video (been delaying this)
• Achieved
• Prepare brief for guys
• Not Achieved

It seems as though my mood is not aligned with the current festive season.

Could it be the stresses from the upcoming events?

I'm not too sure.

There's only one way to find out, which is to prepare for the stuff that is coming.

Today's Small Wins:

• Won $30 at mahjong
• Interacted with my relatives
• Extracted most photos that I need for wedding video
• Tried to figure out which program to use for video editing

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't prepare brief for the guys yet; perhaps I will just prepare a short one
• Didn't sleep early

Day #276 - The Eve of Another Beginning

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good session getting to ROM with Dearest
• Achieved
• Settle renovation stuff with Dearest
• Achieved
• Clean up my room
• Somewhat Achieved
• Have a good Chinese New Year's eve dinner
• Some what Achieved
• Enjoy the night with family
• Achieved

Was quite tired during the dinner as we ate into the night because we were the 2nd batch of customers at the restaurant.

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to settle the majority of the remaining furniture needed for our new home =)
• Had a mini reunion lunch with Dearest at IKEA
• Managed to briefly clean up my room
• Had a good evening with family

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't enjoy the night as much because I was kinda tired
• Need to cut back on late night video binging
• Didn't practise good habits

Day #275 - Rigorous Time Management Needed

Goals of the Day

• Focused at work
• Achieved
• Clean room (desk space, exterior of wardrobe)
• Not Achieved
• Taobao buys
• Not Achieved
• Prepare documents for tml's ROM appt
• Achieved
• Practise good habits
• Not Achieved

Last day of the work week for me.

I think I'm letting myself loose these days.

Today's Small Wins:

• Surprised Dearest for a bit this evening
• Prepared the stuff for tml's morning

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept really late
• Didn't plan time for and work towards my goals today

Day #274 - Somewhere Near The Finishing Line

Today's Small Wins

• Completed my slides and report today after the internal review

Today's Small Losses

• Slept late
• Didnt plan my day

Day #273 - Mad Rush

Today's Small Wins

• Focused work

Today's Small Losses

• Slept late
• OT

Day #272 - Going Solo

Today's Small Wins

• Bought cny shirts
• Got my 2nd suit for wedding
• Had dinner with family outside

Today's Small Losses

• Slept late
• Didnt plan my day

Day #271 - Calmness During The Storm

The day started as a chaotic scene in our new house because of all the contractors who came to fix up the remaining stuff.
Didnt manage to set goals today because was out since I woke up.

Today's Small Wins:

• Dearest and I managed to get most of the reno things done today
• Bought my CNY shoes without much hassle
• Took an interesting photo of our dining lights

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't allocate time to plan the day

Day #270 - Resting My Mind

The past week has been stressful for me, mainly handling work in office, and wedding/renovation stuff on the side.
Managed to get most of the stuff out for the deliverable; still need to touch up and revise in the coming week.
Since today is the company's CNY celebration, I will just rest my mind a bit to recover.
Could feel the fatigue setting in heavily on me.

Goals of the Day:

• Settle toilet mirrors and shelfs with Dearest after work
• Decide on whether to purchase the groomsmen attire from carouseller seller
• Rest early

Day #269 - Fatigue Setting In

Didn't set goals today.
Was just focused on finishing up the report.

Today's Small Wins:

• Report done (mostly)

Today's Small Losses:

• OT till late night

Day #268 - Don't Stop, Keep On Moving

Even if I stop moving, time don't stop.
So as time goes on, I must go on.

Goals of the Day:

• Finish off the most urgent task - slides
• Achieved
• Get the report to 50%
• Not Achieved
• Suit fitting
• Not Achieved

The slides took all out my whole day.

Today's Small Wins:

• Done with slides!

Today's Small Losses:

• OT till late night
• Didn't go for suit fitting

Day #267 - Consistency Is Key

Reminder to self: Consistency is what I need to do in order to succeed in whatever want to do.

Goals Of The Day:

• Buy stamps for the wedding invites
• Not Achieved
• Finish up the analysis at work and draft out the slides
• Achieved
• Practise good habits
• Not Achieved

Thought I could do up the slides today, but there was too much to do.

Today's Small Wins:

• Remained very focused at work (due to time pressure)
• Managed to help colleagues on work matters even though I was pressed for time

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't manage to have time to do other things because of OT

Day #266 - Commitment To This Week

I shall make small and manageable commitments for now.
I will commit myself to this week; to work, to renovation,  to wedding.

Goals Of The Day:

• Complete 2 office tasks and draft out slides
• Achieved 50%
• Book lunch catering for wedding day
• Achieved 50%
• Do 10 photos scanning
• Not Achieved
• Practise good habits
• Not Achieved

Instead of scanning photos, I decided to write my wedding invites because I felt they were more urgent.

Got a bit emotionally affected because of a Korean drama.

Today's Small Wins:

• Finished writing my wedding invites

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate

Day #265 - Another Weekend in Office

Gotta do what I gotta do

Goals of the Day:

• Settle 2 work tasks in office
• Achieved 50%
• Do measurements at my new house
• Achieved
• Finish scanning all the photos needed
• Practise good habits today
• Somewhat Achieved

It's work + wedding + renovation day today!

Progressing at all 3 fronts.

Recently I have been finding myself more irritable.

Probably due to work stress and deprived rest.

I should start to clear more work to reduce that rest, and at the same time get more rest instead of indulging myself with entertainment.

Today's Small Wins:

• Finished off 1 work task in office
• Did renovation works with Dearest
• Had a brief discussion with parents to settle some wedding stuff
• Slept on time

Today's Small Losses:

• Realized we were late on our S&CC fees this month -_-
• Didn't meditate

Day #264 - It's Hard to Live

It's hard to commit to a conscious living, and then struggle to follow through the plan.
I tried, and I failed, countless times.
But I will keep trying.
And the day that I falters, is the day my life is complete.

Life is never easy, for those who dream.
And I dream.
I envision.
I live.

Goals of the Day:

• Start the day by quickly planning the whole weekend
• Achieved
• Finish off the remainder of the photos to be scanned for wedding video
• Not Achieved
• Settle the toilet fixtures and toilet vanity closet with Dearest this evening
• Achieved
• Have a good reunion dinner with Dearest's side
• Achieved

Didn't wake up early enough to have time to scan the photos before I went out.

Got home too late to do anything else.

Today's Small Wins:

• Did weekend planning
• Settled renovation stuff with Dearest
• Did wedding planning with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Did not wake up early to do work
• Slept late
• Didn't meditate

Day #263 - Being Productive; Not Busy

I aim to be productive today; not busy.

Goals of the Day:

• Being productive at work
• Achieved
• Estimate size of driving directions for printing
• Achieved
• Plan for the weekend
• Not Achieved
• Rest on time
• Not Achieved

Was rather focused on my work.

But it didn't feel like much progress.

Gotta work harder.

Today's Small Wins:

• Being focused at work
• Managed to find the correct dimensions of picture for printing
• Managed to organize a small de-stress session of playing an interesting board game with ym colleagues after work

Today's Small Losses:

• Woke up and Slept late
• Haven't been doing meditation lately
• Wasted time on some mobile badminton game (because I got deprived of badminton, haha)
• Uninstalled.

Day #262 - Taking A Breather

It's a day to take a breather.
Got news that the deadline for the work is extended by 1 week.

Goals of the Day:

• Enjoy the activities for the interaction day
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Found out that we missed out on a lighting point in our new house

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late because of playing game on handphone