Dreams and Life Goals

Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.

I will aim for the moon this time around. I am sure I will hit a star or two by doing it. Who knows, maybe more!

Happy 1st of December!

I am focused on achieving one goal before the July 2012. A new house. That’s an immediate goal. Preferably in a neighborhood where people still care for each other but not to the point of being too nosy and intrusive. And partying is something that will not bother the neighbors especially after ten at night.

I do not want a big house, just enough space for all of us and our stuff.

What a dreamy view! Don’t you think? I would love to be in a place like this. Even for a weekend. It will surely cost me an arm and a leg to be there but, hey, once in a lifetime will do for me.

Happy Monday everyone!

Let’s keep on dreaming!

I used to drink at least two bottles of Coca-Cola each day. It was my ‘upper’, my energy booster, my alternative to coffee. I craved it a lot! I would justify drinking one bottle at an early hour by telling myself that I needed the energy so I could work more than the average number of hours I logged on, or that so I could think more clearly. Ha!

My maternal grandmother died of complications due to diabetes. Needless to say, seeing her suffering from diabetes woke me up. Not to mention the fact that I heard that a can of softdrinks contains 60 spoonfuls of sugar in it! That woke me up and made me realize what risk I was putting myself into.

I stopped drinking any kind of softdrinks a year and 8 months ago. I’ve never had even a drop of Coke since then. It is my life goal to be softdrink-free

I always go on vacation with the whole family. I love those moments I get to bond with my dad and my siblings. We didn’t get to do that when we were younger but now that we can afford to go on short vacations, we grab the chance to make up for lost time.

But a part of me longs to go on vacation by myself. Even a weekend alone will do. Peace and quiet and some ME time.

Happy Monday everyone! Have a fulfilling week!

Happiness. We can choose to find and hold on to it. We can choose to ignore it. It’s all up to us.

When my brother died, I chose to be happy. Sure, I was sad and devastated by it. But I still chose happiness because I know that my brother would have wanted me to. And that life goes on no matter what.

When my mom died, I chose to stay happy. I was sad, devastated and scared of what life would be without her. But as is the case with my brother, life goes on. You can’t forever be miserable. It’s all up to you to rise above it. That’s what I did. I chose to rise above the misery I was feeling and to continue life.

But I don’t obsess over being happy. I let myself be miserable, acknowledge the sadness and despair. It is the balance of life. And the only way to really find true happiness.

Happy Monday and have a great week everyone!

Seriously, I need to cut down my food intake. I’ve been eating A LOT lately! It’s like I have a monster inside me and it’s so damn hungry I need to feed it or it will rip out my tummy so it can feed itself.

I ate a lot of noodles last night. It makes me sick just thinking about it

One cup of rice a meal. That’s it!

Let’s see if I can make it through today with that. My dad’s cooking Tinolang Manok for lunch…

Can you hear my stomach growling?!?

Note to self: Come up with a daily (tomorrow until next Sunday) report of how I ate for the day.

One of the reasons why I put up this blog is for me to have a place where all my goals, short-term or long-term in nature, will be written down. I read somewhere that we need to write down goals as a way of acknowledging it. It will be our way of challenging ourselves: seeing our goal glaring at us to achieve it!

Other than my life goals, I also have immediate goals. These are the things I want to achieve NOW. Today, tomorrow, a week after. It will be written down here as well.