Looking back at my goals for 2016, I think I have only completed half of the list, and the reason for that I believe is simply because I set out wanting to do and achieve so much, and had no idea that I don’t have time to achieve it. Well, I believe I could achieve them if the goals are the only things I will do and there aren’t anything come up in the middle of the road. However, I now understand that it was never going to happen, I believe goals are things you are set out achieve and there will be a long road to get there, there will be ups and downs, challenges which you will have to overcome to get there. As I see it, your goals and focus will change and shift as you move along the road so don’t get to caught up with your goals and forgot about everything else. For this reason, I came up with my Goals for 2017 and with hope that I can achieve them, I can’t say that I will definitely complete all these goals by the end of the year, but one thing I know for sure is that I will do things that inch me closer to my goals.
- FOCUS ON MYSELF
2016 was all about proving myself in other people’s eyes, I worked my ass off, I achieved and learned a lot. But at the same time that while I was achieving so much, there is so much more to life than just work and proving myself to other people. People see me in a positive light because they think I’m so organised, hard-working and determined, but somehow I saw it wasn’t enough. I felt I forgot about taking care of myself, I forgot about my health, my annual medical check-up was probably my worse in years, of course, nothing too serious but I was definitely not in my best shape. I was consuming food in an unhealthy way, I just eat whatever, on the go, as long as I can find time to fit in the work. I exercise less, care less and listen less to my body resulting in my weights fluctuate out of controls, but by the end of 2016 I did somehow found the balance by just slowing down. I was trying to do everything in 2016, but I now understand that it is not possible, so I decide that I will learn to say “NO”, I know it may sound selfish but because I have been saying “YES” so much that I ended up feeling depressed because I couldn’t find time for myself, to relax and reenergize. Don’t get me wrong, saying “No” does not mean saying no to opportunities or challenges, it is just mean that I want to let myself know that it’s okay to say no when my body is telling me to slow down. - GET SMARTER ORGANIZED
I’m actually already quite an organised person but I think sometimes I’m over-organized so I end up with too many things to do with not enough time to finish, which end up in stressing myself out. I want to be better at planning smarter, setting realistic to do list. I want to find that balance between work and life, which sounds like such a cliche but for me, it is quite hard to do. - MORE TIME FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS
I spent too much time focus on work and family that I forgot about maintaining the friendship that I had and making new ones. I enjoy spending time with family but when the work got too much, the pressure of choosing between work and family became too much. So I definitely do not want that to happen this year, which is why I want to plan smarter so that I can still do the work that I want while find time for family & friends.