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