Sunday, September 7, 2014

Update - be nice to myself

I scrolled through my blog to take stock of the status of my updates, and realised that I have not posted much about 2014.  Since my 3-part story about my big 4, the only other long entry was about the jiu-zhai-guo trip.  This morning, I have an hour, not sure how much I will complete. 

Give "me" a break
Got to admit, I'm a tense and uptight person, and not as good at multi-tasking as I like to be.  So I always have a long to-do list.  Some items on the to-do list, such as go for my yearly dental, go for a full body check up, research (on the internet) about keen pain (yah, starting, getting old), are there on the "permanently" because I procrastinate.  Most of the weekends, I spend on accompanlishing smaller and more enjoyable activities, like spending quality time with Lynn, preparing for my piano exam, tidying up the house, blogging, etc.   So I end up alway "beating" upself up in my mind (or heart), for not completing the whole to-do list, esp the long outstanding items. 

About 2 months back, I decided to give myself "a break".  I made a list of important task, and decide to give them a longer time frame to be complete.  One of the less important" activity that gave way, so that I have more time, is blogging. 

So what did I accomplish in this last 2 months? Not much, but I feel real good.  The feel good came about from the change of mindset.  The changes are:
(i) Not being so harsh, critical of myself
(ii) Simplifying the endless chores, like ignoring clutter or laundry
(iii) Acknowledge and prioritize imporant task

OK, I decided that I shall post this first.  I shall write about various events in this period in separate postings.

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