Decision-making

I decided to do something in the spur of the moment, but now, weeks later, only to find it has led to troubles. I did not foresee this. Many times in life, we have to make instant decisions. Some turn out to be good, others bad, but those experiences build who we are today. I choose to learn from them. And next time, I would think a bit more about the ripples of a pebble thrown into a pond.

~ Kay

Regrets

It's probably impossible to live a life without regret, without detours, without wasted time. We just have to face this reality. We just have to accept that life can't be perfect and shouldn't get bogged down by its little imperfections. At times of accidents, we can always blame ourselves for doing something to prevent it, but hindsight is always 20/20. If we could predict all outcomes of our actions, life would be too easy. By being bogged down on the little blips in life, we are wasting even more of our life. What's important is that we learn from our little mistakes and to move on. These regrets represent sunk costs. We can no longer do anything about them. What we can do is to make the most out of what were the consequences of our decisions - either good or bad.

"Forget regrets, or life is yours to miss" - from Jonathan Larson's "Rent"

Change for the better

I promise to be a nicer person from today forward.

Change?

I can feel that I'm changing. And I don't know if it's a good or bad thing.

Set your goals today

I realize when I set a goal, even though I don't get there right away, I'm bound to get there someday. What helps is when I set smaller goals for that big goal. Accomplishing the smaller goals not only makes me feel I accomplished something, but it also makes me feel even better inside when I know that it will lead me to the ultimate goal. So folks out there, if you're not already doing so, please set goals (and smaller goals) to help you reach your potential. Write them down, as doing this would carve the message into your subconsciousness and you'd just end up finishing the day to find that you had indeed accomplished something meaningful to you, and had not wasted the weekend watching re-runs.

Cheers,

Kay

Satisfaction

Sorry for the hiatus from my little blog here. I would usually say it's because I'm busy but to be honest, it's because I didn't feel there was anything I wanted to write on here for the past few months. And here I am again. Reading some notes which I got from a very dear friend as a present last year has inspired me to write this post here tonight. I cannot guarantee that I will continue posting here on a regular basis but I just suddenly had an urge to post something, so here goes.

I was wondering why is it that a lot of us like to focus on what we do NOT have, what we did NOT achieve, instead of what we DO have or what we DID achieve. It's quite a shame that some of us are never satisfied with what we have or what we have achieved. I find myself getting stressed out at the end of the day because I feel like I haven't completed everything that I have to do. But then again, was it reasonable to have expected myself to complete all those things in one day? Maybe, or maybe not. By having that expectation to never having a blank to do list is not reasonable. There will always be things to do and goals to work towards. Once I'm done with what I have to do today there will be more tasks I have to add to my to do list tomorrow. It's only normal. We shouldn't stress. Set reasonable goals and then at the end of the day, take note of what we've accomplished and not what we have YET to accomplish.

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

The stress definitely starts to build as I realize that anatomy class is just as confusing as the french class I had last night. With no background in anatomy, this in some way resembles a different language to me.