Day #341 - Being Productive

Didn't manage to set goals at the start of the day because I spent the morning for training.
Got busy with housework once I got home, and forgot about the day's goal's setting.

Today's Small Wins:

• Woke up and went for ARR training at Bishan even though the MRT wasn't up and I reached late
• Cleared up the bomb shelter for the installation of racks and tidied up the extra floor/wall tiles
• Had a nice evening attending Dearest's cousin 21st birthday and playing giant jenga

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't realize that the training this morning was at 7.30am instead of 8am
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful For Today:

• Dearest's reminder to not eat too much chocolate ice cream in case my throat acts up again
• A bunch of army dudes to train my physical abilities with
• Dearest willingness to cook for me

Day #340 - Strive To Be Of Value

Perhaps success it's not something to strive for, but something that results as a consequence of striving to be of value.

Goals of the Day:

• Quality time with my parents' side
• Achieved
• List out the must-dos for work today
• Achieved
• Allocate time for pre-lunch mini-workout
• Achieved

A good evening of early celebration of my dad's birthday.

Though the meal was quite expensive, but I think it was quite a good gathering.

Today's Small Wins:

• Good celebration for my dad's birthday, and a good family gathering
• Meditated for 10 minutes in the morning

Today's Small Losses:

• Felt quite tired at work (perhaps due to the previous late nights)
• Didn't ask about the price before confirming the dishes

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Being able to celebrate my dad's birthday together as a family
• The safety of my dad as a taxi driver
• Dearest for wanting to join the celebration even though she was very tired and drain from her work and her period

Day #339 - Something Out There For Me

I have stopped wishing for some time now.
But I need to work more at the 'doing' part.

Goals of the Day:

• Have a good couple evening tonight!
• Achieved (through cooking and chatting)
• Conscious to be focused and efficient at work
• Achieved
• Gather information about 2 savings account today and update the existing calculators for them
• Achieved

It was another great evening cooking with Dearest again =)

We chatted a while during dinner, and decided not to watch a movie like we planned so that we could have more me time tonight.

We also spent some time talking about, and deciding on whether should we take "Y" or not, and we decided to go for it in the end. 

Today's Small Wins:

• Getting out of the house on time even though we woke up late
• Did personal work today on 2 savings accounts!
• Quality time with Dearest cooking
• Cooked a nice dish of vegetables today =)

Today's Small Losses:

• Forgot my groceries back in office
• Forgot to make a call to the restaurant tomorrow to add one more person
• Didn't meditate

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• Dearest's willingness to risk her health for us
• Both of us able to go to work and come home together
• Dearest's intention to allow me time to do my personal work

Day #338 - Practising Discipline

Building back my discipline to follow through my thoughts with actions.

I have decided to give myself a "Goal of the Week" today, and make sure that everyday I will work towards this Goal.

Goal of the Week:

• Publish 1 post on a savings account calculator
• Updated information on 3 savings accounts

Goals of the Day:

• Gather information on 2 additional savings accounts
• Achieved
• Use the previous Google sheet to create calculator for 3 savings account
• Achieved (updated the previous calculators)
• Continue the trend of meditation
• Not Achieved

Quite a normal day at work.

Back at home, Dearest encouraged me to push myself.

And so I did. =)

Today's Small Wins:

• Did personal work for a few hours (when you're really passionate about something, time flies)
• Cooked with Dearest! (lovely dinner tonight =)
• Resisted playing the Coke machine game to prevent myself from getting another sugar-loaded drink 

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't practise good habits (late night + didn't meditate)
• Forgot about the mini-crisis back at my parents place until my mum called to update me on it
• Lazed around a bit after dinner

Things I'm Grateful for Today:

• A rather smooth cooking session with Dearest
• A lovely wife who pushes me
• The safety of my parents and sister

Day #337 - Get Shit Done

Today, I will get my shit done.

Goals of the Day:

• Be focused at work, and work on priority tasks
• Achieved
• Consolidate the information on savings account from 3 banks
• Achieved for 1 savings account
• Meditate
• Achieved

Got quite tired after finishing up my ironing.

But decided that I should spend some time to consolidate the information on the savings account I was reading up yesterday just to keep it fresh.

I also discovered that people (not a lot, but still) have been requesting access to an online calculator that I have created on my blog using Google sheets.

It feels that what I have created (or consolidated) is useful to some people.

And this makes me feel good, and motivated me a bit more.

Today's Small Wins:

• Discovering that some people see value in what I create
• Meditated for 10 min
• Exercised in the early morning with Dearest
• Consolidated the information about 1 savings account

Today's Small Losses:

• Had to reject accompanying my parents tml to reserve more energy for myself
• Didn't sleep on time 
• Wasn't that engaged in the interaction with Dearest at home because I was feeling rather zoned out towards the end of the night

Three Things I'm Grateful For Today:

• For the value that people see in my creation
• For being able to lend Dearest's my Ezlink card when she forgot her so that she don't feel more frustrated
• For Dearest's tolerance towards my dis-engaged mood when I'm tired

Day #336 - An Important Week

Starting the week is easy.
I plan out things to do, work out the time schedule for them.

Finishing the week is hard.
I have tasks and chores undone, and I'm wondering where I could have done better.

This week, I will start strong, and end strong.

Goals of the Day:

• Care for my parents
• Achieved
• Work out the office work tasks for this week, prioritize, and delegate
• Achieved 50%
• Personal Work on reviews of banks' savings accounts (review on past worksheet, and update on at least 1 bank)
• Achieved

Went back to my parents' place because something weird happened in the family.

Hope that everything's fine from now.

Did some personal work, but only read up; haven't note it down in my notes yet.

Today's Small Wins:

• Went back to show care and concern for my parents
• Did planning for work tasks
• Did personal work of reviewing my past data and 1 bank

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't meditate
• Lazed around when I got home

Three Things I'm Grateful For Today:

• The health of my parents
• The care that Dearest showed me when I'm find darkness uncomfortable
• The financial ability to take a grab home when I want to without much worries

Day #335 - Planning My Week Ahead

Plans are secondary.
Planning is primary.

Today's Small Wins:

• Exercised in the early morning with Dearest
• Helped out with my in-laws open house
• Had fun trying to cook rosti
• Planned my week ahead

Today's Small Losses:

• Didn't have the energy to do any personal work
• Rosti failed. Terribly. haha..