2016

I tried my best to think up a more gripping title. I promise I tried. 

But what's better than being straightforward? 

So yes here's to the first post of the new year. 

2016

I've never been one to religiously come up with new year resolutions simply because I'm not a long term goal-setting type of person and also attempts to accomplish them almost always fail. The closest thing I have to a resolution would maybe just be a very general statement for myself to 'follow'. The first time I came up with a proper statement for myself was in 2014 for 2015, very simply that it would be a good year. 

Seeing how it's already three days into the new year and that the final school term is starting tomorrow, I won't actively be spending time reflecting upon the past year anymore. Aside from the reason that my mind needs to make space for the flood of busyness coming in, I think december had already been a very reflective month and it's time for me to focus on 'achieving' the statement for the year. 

I've decided that this year will be an even better year and one of development! With 2015 having been an exploratory year - moving on from significant relationships, starting new relationships, SERVE, getting used to a new school environment, taking up leadership roles in various areas, picking up new skills - I'm hoping that this year will be a year to really refine and 'level up' in as many aspects in my life as possible. From the personal to professional (which is basically just school work lah), I'm going to continue to do my best. 

Another important thing I'd like to bear in mind for myself is to really allow more time for rest. 

There is (or was, since my room's currently undergoing a mini makeover) a card on my wall that says 'Pause & Realign'. For some strange irony, I think not only have I totally ignored the words on the card but I also got extra swamped with commitments since it got blu tacked up. 

I don't regret having been involved in anything I signed up for but at the same time I do think there could have been more room to do more intellectual alone time activities like reading, writing and making art. I guess that's another part of my refining and development for this year and this post is a good start. My original intention was for this post to be a short introduction to my recount of a camp I just attended but my physical self can barely keep it together and I feel another K.O (I slept for 8 hours earlier today) coming round the corner. 

I'm quite mentally drowsy too so I'm sure that when I read through this again some time soon I won't be entirely satisfied with the structure, phrasing, vocabulary etc. but if I spend time nitpicking, I'll have a whole load of drafts I'll never touch again and a blog last updated 28 november 2015 for months and months to come. 

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good (enough)