Day #502 - If It's Not Okay, It's Not The End

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good morning with parents
• Achieved
• Household chores
• Achieved
• Quality time with Dearest
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to achieve what I have set out to do

Today's Small Losses:

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

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Chats with my parents
• Managed to buy the SATA cable that I need from Challenger
• Computer was alright (something went wrong when I fixed up the SATA cable, and I had to troubleshoot for a while)

Day #501 - Eventful Day

Today was an eventful day!
It started so early, and went on so fast that I didn't remember to set goals today for myself.
But it would still be good to note down the other stuff.

Today's Small Wins:

• Managed to obtain Silver for my IPPT (will be trying for Gold before my birthday)
• Had a good interaction with the guys and Dearest at my friend's daughter's 100th day
• Hosted a nice steamboat/bbq dinner for my family together with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Got into an argument with Dearest and lost my emotions for a bit
• Was late for the celebration

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Quality time with my family and Dearest
• Body was still able to achieve a Silver standard
• Smile and laughter with my friends

Day #500 - 500 DAYS ALREADY?

It's scary to know that I have begun this personal movement for 500 days, and it seems that nothing significant has happened.
But at least, I hope my recent acumen for my career path is right.

"I just woke up one day, and I knew. What I was never sure of with you."

Goals of the Day:

• Prepare for tomorrow's event
• Achieved
• Rest early
• Achieved
• [Office] Devote more focus at work
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Good chillah session for my programme; won the game!
• Did preparation for tml's steamboat for my family
• Had a good farewell lunch with my close colleague who is leaving for another division

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good turnout for the chillah session

Day #499 - Deliberation vs Acting

In relation to the book that I'm reading...

There is a point of maximum deliberation, and beyond this point, further deliberation is pointless.
Action must be taken to fulfill the aim of the deliberation.

Goals of the Day:

• Physical Training after work
• Achieved
• Financial accounting for Aug
• Not Achieved
• [Office] Formulate plan for project F
• Not Achieved

Did an IPPT trial after work with myself.

• 2.4km Run: 11:30min (37 pts)
• Push-ups: 36 (19 pts)
• Sit-ups: 37 (20 pts)

Total Pts: 76 (Silver; $300)

Usually I would be able to do more push-ups and sit-ups during the actual test than in training, and I hope this would be true this Sat too. 

Borderline Silver is a bit dangerous too. 

I want that $!

Today's Small Wins:

• Did IPPT trial after work
• Did household chores

Today's Small Losses

• Over-exerted myself during the IPPT trial; felt too weak to do anything after that
• Things at work are not going smoothly; gotta work harder at it

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to have a small gathering at work and eat mooncakes provided by my colleagues
• Dearest patiently waiting 30 min for my pineapple rice at the new Thai stall

Day #498 - Against the Wind

I walk against the wind.
Because this way, I can feel the wind more.

Goals of the Day:

• Spend a good evening with Dearest's family and help out on some house stuff
• Achieved
• Finish up the financial accounting for August
• Not Achieved
• [Office] Map out the short-term goals towards next week for the team
• Not Achieved

After I washed up back at home, I felt too drained already, and decided a good and timely sleep was better than staying up to complete my goals for the day.

Today's Small Wins:

• Had a good evening with Dearest's family and managed to fix up some IT stuff
• Timely sleep

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Not that focused at work

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A delicious dinner bought by Dearest's mum, and her helping to scoop the chilli out from my packet
• Being able to help fix the IT stuff

Day #497 - Don't Stay Still; Move Forward

If I stand still, I will lose the balance in my life.
So I need to move, and I need to keep moving forward.
No matter what scenario is played out, my moving shouldn't stop.

Goals of the Day:

• [Office] Plan out further priority tasks
• Not Achieved
• Financial accounting for Aug
• Not Achieved (Did around 50%)
• Draft out the rough plan for the London trip
• Achieved

I think Dearest and I are still getting used to working days. haha..

Today's Small Wins:

• Put in the effort to do financial accounting even though I was tired
• Drafted out a rough itinerary for my London trip and send to John so he could plan for the activities

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate
• Haven't thought about the short-term plans at work

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest willingness to spend time with my family
• Dearest's understanding in my discomfort in certain social situations

Day #496 - Be The Energy

Being the type of energy that no matter where I go, I will always add value to the people around me.

Goals of the Day:

• [Office] Quickly establish the priority tasks
• Achieved
• Settle financial administration (Starhub bills)
• Achieved
• Practise good habits (meditate, rest on time)
• Not Achieved

Although the cooking and tv-watching took out a large portion of the evening, but it was enjoyable spending time with Dearest. =)

Today's Small Wins:

• Not distracted at work
• Paid bills
• Quality time with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't practise good habits
• Didn't follow schedule for the evening

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good evening spent with Dearest
• A good dinner

Day #495 - Back From Holidays~

It's an idle day for me and Dearest to adapt our bodies back to local timings so that we could get back to work tomorrow feeling refreshed.

Giving myself a break from setting goals today and just do whatever that comes to mind~

Day #480 - Full Focus

It's gonna be a tight 2 days before I fly off with Dearest tomorrow in the night.
Time to plan out all the activities to do and check them off one by one.

Goals of the Day:

• List out all the tasks needed
• Achieved
• Plan for a nice evening with my family
• Achieved
• Pack bag (~75%)
• Achieved
• Shop for hiking sticks, and swimming trunks
• Achieved

Productive day!

Today's Small Wins:

• Bought all the things I needed for the trip
• Had a good evening with my family over delicious dinner and strolling around Gardens by the Bay looking at lanterns
• Managed to pack most of my stuff

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate
• Haven't book tickets for London yet

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's willingness to spend time with my family even though she was pressed for time
• The dinner went well with my family =)

Day #479 - Just Play

It's my company's sports day today!
Unlike previous years, I didn't take part in any of the activities; only joined my badminton group for a 2-hour session.
It's the last working day before my Poland trip. Whee~!

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good badminton session
• Achieved
• Go shopping for clothes for the upcoming trip with Dearest
• Achieved
• Plan for Zakopane
• Achieved
• Book tickets for London
• Not Achieved

Booking flight is always something that scares me a little.

Probably because of the amount of money and commitment involved in making a booking, I tend to always put off buying them a bit, just to give myself a bit more time, in case something came up that I haven't thought of previously to invalidate my entire itinerary.

But I do recognize and acknowledge that this is a cognitive bias, and that I should be confident of my choices and my thought process.

Today's Small Wins:

• Good workout at badminton
• Nice evening with Dearest over dinner and clothes shopping
• Did some transport planning for Zakopane and successfully booked the tickets for the cable car up to a mountain peak (which a lot of people recommended because of the fear of long queue)

Today's Small Losses:

• Have not booked my tickets for London yet
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep on time

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest was tired, but she still made the effort to give me a massage at the end of the day, and she added the extra element of a heated pad to soothe my tired muscles >_<
• To be in a bunch of colleagues with whom I could interact well with (because there are some colleagues I know who don't seem to belong)

Day #478 - Decluttering for Better Decision

Life is full of clutters.
And we need to constantly navigate through these clutters to attempt to grasp what's important, and then make decisions.
However, it's not easy to sieve through tons of unnecessary information, and more often than not, we got lost in the process of doing so and just settle for the convenient choice that is laid out in front of us.
Is the choice the best you can get?
Do you feel empowered making decisions like that?
I certainly don't.

Goals of the Day:

• Settle travel administration
• Achieved
• Have a good evening with Dearest's family
• Achieved
• Be focused at work and finish all the handover matters before I leave
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Had a good dinner with Dearest's grandma even though her mum and bro weren't around
• Managed to help Dearest clear out her stuff before her family move in the coming week

Today's Small Losses:

• Unintentionally drank Dearest's drink which could have infected me with her recent flu/cold
• Didn't meditate
• Slept late

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A nice and relaxing massage from Dearest at night (codeword: s.beast) haha..
• Dearest's grandma's cooking, even though it was quite spicy for me

Day #477 - Route to Success

The route to success is the imaginary path conjured by my ambition.
But the vehicle in which I travel along this path has to come from my stubborn persistence.

Goals of the Day:

• Work out a plan for project F matters
• Not Achieved
• Prepare things to hand over to my colleagues while I'm away
• Achieved
• Plan the 2nd leg of the itinerary
• Not Achieved
• Draft out a working list of things to bring for the trip
• Achieved

Felt rather drained when I got home, but I still managed to draft out a packing list and settled the travel insurance.

Today's Small Wins:

• Did handover matters early 
• Settled some trip matters (roundtrip tickets for the trip, packing list, travel insurance)
• Quality time with Dearest over Sherlock Holmes =)

Today's Small Losses

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate
• Not that focused at work lately

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Realized that canceling the 1-way and booking round trip is cheaper than booking two 1-way tickets because somehow the 1-way that was purchased previously allowed refund
• Still feeling physically okay despite being close to Dearest who has been sick on and off for a couple of days

Day #476 - Information Overload; Filter Failure

Is it the case that information has always been abundant, but as the information increases, the filtering mechanism to get the correct information becomes hard and harder?

Goals of the Day:

• Write and Send the teachers' day card
• Achieved
• Plan 2 days of Poland itinerary
• Achieved
• List out the items to bring for Poland trip
• Not Achieved

Another teammate has decided to leave.

It's a trend.

Today's Small Wins:

• Finally sent the snail mail to Ms Ong
• Planned the transport for the 1st leg of the itinerary
• Pushed forward on my personal wants; decided and applied for leave for London in mid Oct

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't prepare the list of items to bring for the trip
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep on time

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• My teammate recognized my work for the team and implied that I should have got promoted the previous round
• Him telling me as one of the first few in the team, which shows that I'm one of the closer ones

Day #475 - Getting Unbounded

Procrastination is just my unwillingness manifesting itself due to the fear of the uncharted.
I cannot remain bounded; I must break free of the chains.

Goals of the Day:

• 2 days of Poland Itinerary
• Not Achieved
• Decide on days of London trip
• Achieved
• Write the teachers' day letter to Ms Ong
• Not Achieved

The evening was spent watching the first episode of Sherlock Holmes together with Dearest and thereafter, a long conversation on my new idea on maths application app/website and how I want to go about starting a free tutoring service. Dearest was being very supportive and encouraging, but at the same time, pointed out some potential challenges along the way.

Today's Small Wins:

• Good discussion and determination to push forward in my career
• Quality time with Dearest
• Finished another book! (The Art of Thinking Clearly)

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't exercise
• Didn't do planning for Poland itinerary
• Didn't write the teachers' day letter (but at least I bought the stamp)

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest massaging me while we watched Sherlock Holmes =p
• Dearest being okay to spend time with my family this coming weekend before we fly off
• Having a good discussion on my career with Dearest who was being supportive and encouraging

Day #474 - 坚强

It's another Sunday with Mum.
And there are times, I felt that my 坚强, comes from her.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good breakfast with Mum
• Achieved
• Household chores
• Achieved
• Poland itinerary
• Achieved
• Budget discussion
• Not Achieved

Dearest was slightly sick towards the end of the evening, so we decided to talk about the budget another time.

Today's Small Wins:

• Had a good breakfast with Mum
• Finished the household chores
• Had a good evening with Dearest watching our wedding videos
• Settled tickets for 2 tours for Poland's trip

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept near midnight
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to be an outlet for emotional expression for Mum
• Dearest feeling slightly better (on and off~)
• Dearest reminding me to rest

Day #473 - Small Goals

Making small goals today at this hour of the day to make sure the remaining time is well spent.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good lunch with parents
• Achieved (although Dad wasn't around)
• Move stuff from my parents' place back home
• Achieved (left some textbooks and my entire comic collection)
• Tidy up my workspace
• Achieved
• Plan out 1 day of Poland itinerary
• Somewhat Achieved
• Plan out tomorrow's schedule
• Achieved
• Practise good habits
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Good lunch with mum and sis; Dearest had quite a good chat with mum =)
• Moved quite a lot of stuff back home
• Tidied up my workspace!
• Did some work on the Poland itinerary

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't sleep on time
• Didn't go too far in the Poland itinerary

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Good interaction between Dearest and mum
• Dearest feeling better