Day #960 - End of Year Coming

The year is coming to an end.
It's time to look at what I have achieved thus far in this year.
The goods.
The bads.
The unexpected.
The expected.

Goals of the Day:

• Be focused at work and reduce distractions
• Iron x 5
• General schedule of spring cleaning

Day #956 - Drive

Start with a good attitude.

Goals of the Day:

• Schedule and Execute work tasks for the day
• Iron 5 clothes

Day #953 - Advance Worrying to Advance Thinking and Planning

As time becomes a scarce resource, thinking and planning becomes critical in getting things done.

Goals of the Day:

• List down all the assigned work tasks
• Achieved
• Iron 5 clothes
• Achieved

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest being mentally less stressed today
• Being able to have time to sit down and watch some TV

Day #950 - Dads are the Most Ordinary Men

For me, as a new Dad.
To my Dad.
To my Dad-in-law.
To my Grand Dads and Grand Dads-in-law.
And, to all Dads.

Goals of the Day:

• Reach home by 7.30pm after badminton
• Organize list of work tasks before leaving work
• Start a R notebook for savings accounts calculation

Day #946 - What Is My Motivation?

A daily dose of motivation for myself.

Goals of the Day:

• Leave work at 6pm sharp
• Iron Clothes x 7
• Monthly Administration

Day #943 - To the Mother of my Child

Goals of the Day:

• Leave work on time to go for badminton
• Be home by 7.30pm to take over from C

Day #939 - Some People Dream, Others Wake Up

I'm waking up.

Goals of the Day:

• Cut down on distraction at work and focus on the important tasks
• Financial In/Out for 1 bank
• Read for 15 min

Day #934 - Morning Walk

Had a morning walk with Dearest and Bun.
It was a nice, slightly breezy morning walk around the estate, just me and Dearest chatting, while Bun was napping in my arms.

Goals of the Day:

• List and Execute 3 things to complete by today at work
• Financial Administration (pay bills)

Day #932 - Daily Motivation

The smile of my Dearest and Bun; my daily motivation for work and life.

Goals of the Day:

• [Work] Settle SEP issue
• [Work] Prepare for IT audit
• [Personal] Financial Administration - Pay Bills
• [Personal] Iron at least 3 clothes

Things to be Grateful for Today:

• The help of my mother for taking the night shift for us last night

Day #929 - The Sacrifice of a Parent

For me, and for Dearest.
It's the biggest thing we can sacrifice for our Bun.

Goals of the Day:

• Get organized at work
• Get organized in life

Day #928 - A Good Parent

It's getting up every day, doing our best.

Day #919 - Quit Talking, Start Doing

That's the way to get things going.

Goals of the Day:

• Proper handover of work tasks
• Get home on time to attend lesson by lactation consultant with Dearest
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Day #918 - 坚持

To persevere is a miracle.

Goals of the Day:

• Get organized on the tasks for today and tomorrow
• Not Achieved
• Submit necessary documents for company's baby benefits
• Achieved
• Send out parcel for Dearest
• Achieved
• Send out letter for insurance
• Achieved
• Iron x 7
• Not Achieved

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Healthy BunBun
• Dearest's willingness to listen

Day #917 - BunBun Celebration

It's a day to celebrate the full month of Bun =)

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• My beautiful Dearest, for handling all the stress that comes with this celebration, and also being able to share all the joy
• My Bun, for safely reaching this milestone, and being well-behaved during this celebration
• My parents, for coming early to the party and making sure we're good to go
• My Sis, who helped with the decorations, start and end, and making sure Bun is touched with sanitized hands
• My lifelong brothers (兄弟), who offered to stay until the end to help me close shop because I needed to go home early
• My other friends and relatives, who came all the way to the ulu venue to spend just a short moment with us on this special occasion

Day #914 - To My Bun

I strive to be one for Bun.

Goals of the Day:

• Plan out important and urgent tasks for the day and execute
• Achieved
• Leave work on time
• Achieved
• Send out carpark instructions for Sunday
• Not Achieved

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Pleasant interaction with my colleagues
• Dearest learning all the ropes of taking care of Bun
• Dearest's strength and perseverance 

Day #913 - Hectic Life

But I need to balance it out with my friends, family, and my life.

Goals of the Day:

• List out urgent tasks to be done today at work
• Achieved
• Leave work on time
• Not Achieved
• Finalize food catering for baby's full month celebration
• Achieved

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Emotional resources for Dearest
• Healthy Bun Bun
• Dearest being receptive to help

Day #907 - Appreciation

To appreciate those who brings happiness in one's life.
No matter how big, or how small.

Goals of the Day:

• Manage things at work
• Achieved
• Iron x 7
• Achieved
• Apply for baby stuff and leave at work
• Achieved
• Tidy up study desk
• Achieved

Day #906 - Whatever It Takes

Goals of the Day:

• Minimize distraction at work
• Achieved
• Iron (at least 7 clothings)
• Achieved
• Quality time with Bun
• Achieved
• Settle car loan GIRO
• Not Achieved
• Settle reimbursement for insurance on jaundice
• Achieved

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Bun's jaundice level dropping
• Confinement lady helping out with daily chores

Day #905 - I Don't Have A Good Day

A day is neutral.
I make a good day.

Goals of the Day:

• Focus at work
• Achieved
• Buy baby stuff
• Achieved
• Iron
• Not Achieved
• Quality time with Dearest
• Achieved
• Quality time with Bun
• Not Achieved

Bun was napping already by the time I reached home.

And I was feeling rather drained from the day's work.

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A nice massage from Dearest

Day #902 - Set An Example

For me.
For my dearest, and my son.

Goals of the Day:

• Drive my focus on work
• Achieved
• Spend quality time with Dearest
• Achieved
• Fix up the changing table
• Achieved

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A beautiful scene of her cradling him in her arms
• Some bonding time with him
• The multiple resources that Dearest has

Day #900 - Happiness is Simple

A simple dinner with my closed ones to celebrate my 32nd birthday.

Things to be Grateful for Today:

• A simple, yet fulfilling evening of dinner and celebration with Dearest, my parents, my sis and bro-in-law, and the newest addition to my family, my son.

Day #899 - I Thought About Quitting

But then I noticed who was watching.
My Dearest, and My Son.

Goals of the Day:

• Finalize report
• Achieved
• Quality time with Dearest
• Achieved
• Quality time with Bun
• Achieved

Day #897 - New Dad On The Block

I'm a Dad!
For around a week or so now.

A tough journey so far, but a fulfilling one with my Dearest.

We will pull through this.

Goals of the Day:

• Finalize the external review slides
• Achieved
• Work on deliverable report
• Not Achieved
• Make a list of things to do at work according to priority
• Not Achieved
• Iron 7 pieces of clothes
• Not Achieved
• Interact with baby
• Not Achieved
• Chit Chating with Dearest
• Achieved

Looks like I gotta work harder at not OT-ing at office in order to achieve what I want.

Today's Wins:

• Finalized slides
• Interaction with Dearest

Today's Losses:

• OT in office
• Didn't do housework
• Didn't interact with baby much

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest giving her 101% in being a mother and wife
• Ah Bun feeding, peeing and pooing well

Day #884 - Fighting Through Bad Days

Had a bad day yesterday after completing an important update at work.
Might be because the feeling of fulfillment or satisfaction wasn't there after having spent so much time and effort, to the extent of sacrificing personal time to finishing the task.

It makes me feel, I would leave here eventually.

But as of now, it's okay.
I will fight through all these feelings.
And work towards what fulfills me.

Goals of the Day:

• Complete the project's internal review slides at work
• Pack the hospital bag
• Iron
• Clear out at least 3 baby items from BR3 

Day #867 - It Shall Take Great Organization To Get Things In Order

Work has been quite hectic.
Till the point where I have a long backlog of to-do tasks in my notebook that I feel 'procrastinately' to go through them.
But I would have to do it.
I would have to get things in order.

Goals of the Day:

• At least get some work tasks in order
• Fill up GIRO form for Car loan
• Call up MayBank for late payment
• Dig out the checklist for hospital bag

Day #865 - To Make Stress A Lesser Part of Life

Work and Personal life had been quite packed with activities and things to do.
I fell into the rhythm that life had sung, but I want to sing my own tune.
Today is a day to do that.

Goals of the Day:

• Settle the late payment of car loan and figure out how to set up GIRO
• Achieved
• Wash baby clothes
• Achieved

Day #848 - Pain and Sacrifice

Pain in my left upper back and left neck.
Not sure whether was it a result of poor sleep posture, or just over-strain in my daily sitting posture.

Goals of the Day:

• Finalize insurance plans
• Not Achieved
• Weekly planning
• Not Achieved
• Financial administration
• Not Achieved
• Have a good public tuition
• Achieved

Spent the evening conducting the tuition and then looking at the $$ figures for the insurance packages.

Today's Wins:

• Had a good tuition
• Focused time on thinking about insurance requirements

Today's Losses:

• Didn't do weekly plan
• Didn't do financial administration

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest helped to save time by going to buy dinner when I was late in picking her up
• BunBun's powerful kicks, showing Dearest and me that he is healthy

Day #847 - I Can Take More

It's always a struggle to find out where you are on a spectrum.
There aren't many indicators per se, until you're on the extreme ends of the spectrum.

Goals of the Day:

• Finalize ezBuy items
• Achieved
• Finalize insurance plans to purchase
• Not Achieved
• Do weekly plan of personal goals
• Not Achieved
• Iron
• Achieved
• Exercise (15 min)
• Not Achieved

Today's Wins:

• ezBuy items
• Ironed

Today's Losses:

• Didn't finalize insurance plan
• Didn't do weekly planning
• DIdn't exercise

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being with my cute and adorable Dearest
• Playful interaction with BunBun
• Having a car to ferry the family around

Day #846 - Consistency

I need to practise consistency in my work.

Goals of the Day:

• Finalize ezBuy items
• Not Achieved
• Confirm insurance
• Not Achieved
• Do weekly planning of personal goals
• Not Achieved
• Housework (Iron, Wash clothes)
• Not Achieved

Only washed clothes for the evening.

Felt quite tired from the day, not sure why.

Today's Wins:

• Washed clothes

Today's Losses:

• Didn't finalize ezBuy items
• Didn't confirm insurance
• Didn't do weekly planning of personal goals
• Didn't iron

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Having Dearest as my wife
• Having BunBun
• A good lunch with colleagues

Day #841 - A Life Worth Living

I want my life to be worth living.
Because I'm the one living it.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good tuition
• Achieved
• Create a weekly plan for my personal goals
• Achieved
• Strength Training
• Achieved
• Insurance Revision
• Achieved

Today's Wins:

• Had a good tuition session
• Planned my week for personal goals
• Did strength training (12m)
• Looked through email details from my insurance agent

Today's Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't read

Day #840 - Meditation

Did meditation yesterday morning at the start of my work in the office and felt it helped in my focus for the rest of the day.
So I tried it again today and hope to see it becoming a habit.

Goals of the Day:

• Arrange delivery for baby cot
• Achieved
• Arrange delivery for baby car seat
• Achieved
• Settle insurance claim for mum
• Achieved
• Weekly planning for work
• Achieved
• Weekly planning for personal goals
• Not Achieved
• Read 15 min
• Not Achieved
• Jog
• Achieved

Today's Wins:

• Settled quite a bit administration
• Jogged for around 2.7km

Today's Losses:

• Didn't read
• Didn't finish weekly planning for personal goals

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Having a car to drive Dearest around comfortably
• Being able to reach the post office just in time before it closed
• Having time to exercise a bit during lunch hour

Day #839 - Make Time For Planning

Recently when life got a bit busy, I did less of my daily planning.
I still am productive doing things, but there are also times when I just got too indulged in leisure.
Also, I missed out some priority tasks along the way too.

Gotta make time for planning.
And that's why, I doing it now.

Goals of the Day:

• Make a brief plan for the week
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Meditated for 5 min before work
• Focused at work

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't read

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's evergreen concern for BunBun and me

Day #828 - Gratefulness

I am filled with gratefulness for Dearest and BunBun.

Goals of the Day:

• To complete the minutes draft and send out by today

Day #827 - Empowerment

Just yesterday, I collected my first car =)
For Dearest, and for Baby.

Goals of the Day:

• Draft out the minutes at work
• Not Achieved
• Have a good public tuition
• Achieved
• Iron
• Not Achieved
• Plan out goals for the week
• Not Achieved
• Arrange dinner with my parents this week
• Achieved

It was a tiring day.

Probably because of the stress I'm feeling.

Today's Small Wins:

• Conducted the public tuition, even though I haven't had a proper dinner yet
• Arranged the dinner with my parents

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't finish drafting out minutes
• Didn't iron
• Didn't plan out the week

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A coincidental lunch with my badminton friend who shared some of his stories
• My tuition kid who came even though he has his english prelims tomorrow
• Dearest who understands my work stress and stroked me to sleep so I can get a better rest at night

Day #820 - Be Ambitious, Aggressive, Tough

To be someone that is not normal, I have to be different.

Goals of the Day:

• Plan for this week's personal goals
• Not Achieved
• Have a good public tuition
• Not Achieved
• Tag 1 x Maths paper with topics
• Not Achieved

Wanted some down time after work today.

Today's Small Wins:

• Quality time with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't do planning
• Didn't tag 1 x maths paper

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A long and nice chat with Dearest before we slept
• Colleague who was willing to help even though he was busy

Day #819 - Taking It All In

And then taking a break from it all.
It's always a balance.

But knowing that whatever I'm doing, is making life easier for my loved ones, and making them smile as time passes, is what keeps me going.

Goals of the Day:

• Weekly planning for Work
• Not Achieved
• Weekly planning for Personal Goals
• Not Achieved
• Iron
• Achieved
• Exercise
• Not Achieved
• Publish 1 x Maths Paper
• Achieved

Have been quite a tough day.

Had to power through some struggles.

Today's Small Wins:

• Ironed
• Meditated for 10 min
• Published 1 x Maths Papers
• Completed the update of the Savings Account Calculator

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't do weekly planning for work
• Didn't do weekly planning for personal goals
• Didn't exercise

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A colleague who readily lent me cash when I needed it for lunch even though I was eating alone
• Another colleague who said she was free tomorrow to settle some urgent work task with me
• Coming home to Dearest
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Day #813 - What The Rich Does

To succeed in life, the focus on effective work must be prioritized over leisure indulges.

Goals of the Day:

• Finish publishing the questions for 1 x Maths paper on blog
• Achieved
• Conduct a good tuition session
• N.A.
• Video solutions for 1 x question
• Not Achieved
• Find wordpress plugins for searching categories
• Achieved

Didn't manage to find a suitable widget for the wordpress plugins, but made do with 1 I found.

Today's Small Wins:

• Published 1 x Maths paper on blog
• Put in efforts for wordpress plugin
• Quality time chatting with Dearest

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't do video solutions

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to get a grab hitch home
• Dearest comforting me to sleep
• Securing our COE at first bid

Day #807 - Sieze The Day

The opportunities are there for me to take.
The time is there for me to spend.
It's time to strap myself in.
Because it's gonna be a tough and bumpy ride.

Goals of the Day:

• Iron
• Prepare Maths qns for upload to blog
• Do 7th month prayings
• Read through term insurance plan

Day #806 - Tight Balance

It remains a tight balance between work, family, and personal work.
Dearest reminded me last evening about this also, cautioning that I have been too task-focused.
It's a struggle.
But it's a worthy struggle.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good tuition
• Achieved
• Complete 1 x Maths Paper
• Achieved
• Archive 1 x Maths Paper 2
• Achieved
• Allocate 30 minutes before bedtime to have quality time with family
• Achieved
• Iron
• Achieved
• Static Exercises
• Not Achieved

Two kids came for tuition today, although one of them left early after two questions.

But still, two kids. haha.. 

Today's Small Wins:

• Completed and Archived 1 x Maths Paper
• Quality time with Dearest and Bun
• Ironed

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't do static exercises
• Didn't read

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Having more than one kid at my tuition
• My friends' willingness to help me
• Dearest willing to compromise on her food preference and ate at the porridge stall with me

Day #805 - Regain Peace and Pace

Went to Onsen yesterday with John to re-energize myself for life.
Maybe it will build my body's immunity.

Goals of the Day:

• Plan aggressively for work tasks
• Achieved
• Give short bursts of energy for work
• Achieved
• Complete 1 x Maths Paper
• Not Achieved
• Iron
• Not Achieved
• Jog
• Not Achieved
• Confirmation of ezbuy purchases
• Not Achieved

Managed to discuss on the ezbuy purchases, but we still haven't finalise on some purchases for us to order.

Had to do OT today to finish off some work, so didn't have much time for other things when i got home also.

Today's Small Wins:

• Focused at work
• Almost completed 1 x Maths paper
• Worked together with Dearest to settle baby stuff

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't iron
• Didn't jog
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest buying dinner for me
• Having a job that pays not bad

Day #801 - Take A Break, Alone

I should do this some time.
Preferably in a cool, high place, overlooking mountains or sea.

Goals of the Day:

• Be focused and efficient in work
• Achieved
• Have a good evening of laughter with Dearest
• Achieved
• Standardize post format in blog post
• Not Achieved

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to sit comfortably and laugh wholeheartedly at Kumar's stand-up comedy with Dearest

Day #800 - Keep On Going

Near the end of the week.
But with the office and home load, it's not gonna be easy getting to the weekend.
Keep on going.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good tuition
• Achieved
• Clean up (toilet + BR 2)
• Achieved
• Standardize post format for maths blog
• Not Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Conducted the tuition
• Cleaned up toilet + BR2

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't spend quality time with Dearest and Bun
• Didn't standardize post format for maths blog

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Support from superiors on my secretary duty today
• Having a student I could commit to teaching
• Dearest's endurance for the aches

Day #799 - Fight For What You Want

I have to fight for what I want.
And that's what I will do.

Goals of the Day:

• Publish the remaining 10 maths questions from the paper on maths blog
• Achieved
• Meditate
• Not Achieved
• Review BOC calculator on finance blog
• Not Achieved

I have overestimated the amount of time I have after we got back from the baby's talk in the evening.

Today's Small Wins:

• Published 1 x Maths Paper 2

Today's Small Losses:

• Slept late
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't review BOC Calculator on finance blog

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Useful information from the baby's talk
• Dearest's willingness to accommodate my request for baby's sleeping condition
• A good work discussion

Day #798 - Order and Chaos

Getting things done amidst the chaos that persist.

Goals of the Day:

• Iron
• Achieved
• Tidy up house
• Achieved
• Archive 1 x Maths Paper
• Achieved
• Transfer funds into joint account
• Achieved
• Settle the groupbuy items for baby
• Achieved

One of those few rare days where I get to complete all my goals of the day.

Today's Small Wins:

• Housework (iron + tidy)
• Archived 1 x Maths Papers
• Bought baby stuff
• All goals accomplished!
• Publish 2 x posts on maths blog

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Didn't spend quality time with Dearest and Bun Bun

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Having the time to pursue what I want
• The lady who gave up her seat for Dearest
• Dearest's smile and laughter

Day #797 - Getting Ahead, Getting Started

Every start of the week I remind and motivate myself to get things started.
Even though I may fall numerous times.
But I will always try.

Goals of the Day:

• Weekly Planning of Scheduled tasks
• Achieved
• Work out personal expenses and joint expenses for the past 1 year
• Not Achieved
• Complete 1 x Maths Paper
• Achieved

Today's Small Wins:

• Completed 1 x Maths Paper
• Planned for the week
• Discussed baby group buys with Dearest
• Quality time with Dearest's family

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't work out personal expenses and joint expenses
• Didn't read
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Ah Bun's kicks, which somehow signifies to me that he is healthy
• Dearest's dad's well being
• Dearest's and Ah Bun's safety

Day #795 - Spend More Work Time Alone

I think it's essential to spend deliberate time to myself to work out what I have to do.

Goals of the Day:

• Plan weekends
• Achieved
• Iron
• Achieved
• Revise monthly expenditure for myself and for joint account
• Achieved

Day #794 - Financial Troubles

It's been a while that I have updated.
Away for ICT, and then days of sickness just got me down and reacting to daily issues.

Recently Dearest and I have been struggling to keep up with things that we need to prepare for the baby.
One of the issues that came up was whether we could, and whether we should, buy a car.
It's definitely a want, not a need.
But how deep is this want? and what will it cost us in future?

It's hard to ascertain the added value that a car can bring us, and how this value could be higher than the inconvenience of being without a car.

Goals of the Day:

• Plan for the weekends
• Not Achieved
• Iron clothes
• Not Achieved

Was kinda late when we got back home.

So would have to shift the goals to tomorrow.

Today's Small Wins:

• Had some quality family time with Dearest's family

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't plan for the weekends
• Didn't iron clothes
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Appreciation of my value to my team at work, and the urging of my seniors and management for me to undertake further studies
• Dearest for giving me her insights on the possibilities of me going for further studies
• Dearest's bro for lending us his car for the weekend

Day #778 - Live and Let Live

Goals of the Day:

• Run
• Achieved
• Iron
• Achieved
• Have a good public tuition
• Achieved

Nobody came for the tuition today.

I'm beginning to wonder if I should market it more.

Today's Small Wins:

• Ran
• Ironed
• Archived 1 x Maths Paper
• Completed 1 x Maths Paper 1
• Read

Today's Small Losses:

• Rather slack at work; partly due to my persistent migraine
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Some auntie gave up her seat on the bus for Dearest on 2 consecutive days
• A nice chit chat with a senior colleague whom I happened to bump into during teabreak
• A nice session of games with colleagues

Day #777 - The Lucky 7

Everyday is a chance to refresh myself on why I live.

Goals of the Day:

• Iron
• Achieved
• Weekly Plan
• Achieved
• Publish 2 qns
• Achieved
• Complete 1 x Maths Paper
• Achieved
• Pay Bills
• Achieved

Despite the tight timeline at night, I managed to achieved my goals!

Today's Small Wins:

• Ironed
• Did weekly planning
• Published 2 qns on maths blog
• Completed 1 x Maths paper
• Paid bills

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't read
• Didn't meditate
• Slept slightly late
• Didn't spent time with ah bun

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's motivation to exercise despite her fatigue with bun
• Dearest's sacrifice in her career to ensuring a better future for bun
• Being able to get the results out for my work smoothly

Day #776 - New Monday, New Week

New week, new start.
Always good to start the week strong!

Goals of the Day:

• Run
• Achieved
• Iron
• Not Achieved
• Weekly Plan
• Not Achieved
• 2 x qns on maths blog with image solutions
• Achieved

It's not easy, but I pushed through with posting 2 qns.

Today's Small Wins:

• Exercised
• Posted 2 qns

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't iron
• Didn't meditate
• Didn't do weekly plan

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A good dinner with C's family
• Dearest's effort in finding a nice venue for bunbun's 1st month, while considering for my family
• Nice snacks in the office