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Monday, December 19, 2005

Unresolved Resolutions

In the spirit of recapping 2005 and moving forward to 2006, I decided to review the resolutions I made for this year, to see if I learned from my mistakes in 2004 at all.

Drumroll please...

2005 Resolutions made last January 4, 2005:

(1) DAMMIT DIET
Didn't do this. Lost 7kg in the third quarter of the year by sheer stress, gained maybe 3 more this month by sheer stress again (the other side of it). Will work on this again next year...

(2) DAMMIT EXERCISE
Haven't exercised even ONCE in this year. Maybe next year?

(3) DAMMIT DRINK WATER NOT COKE NOT C2 NOT ICED TEA NOT COFFEE NOT GODDAMN BEER!!
My favorite line this year was "Go Large". Failed again. I really should start drinking more water.

(4) DAMMIT STOP LUNCHING OUT IF YOU CAN HELP IT
Couldn't help it. I became a field person this year. I'll be easier on myself next year. Maybe affordable lunches / value meals should be my goal next year.

(5) MINIMIZE THE NIGHTLIFE
I guess I've minimized the strobe light kind of night life, but blogging at night has become a convenient replacement. Have to work on this again next year. But I guess this could still count as "done" since I was referring to the strobe light kind of night life. :)

(6) SLEEP EARLY WAKE UP EARLY
Did this from May to June when I just moved to CDO. Well, old habits die hard so I'm back at being an owl by July. Ibn's been nagging me about this lately.. I really should start doing this. I know this is a major source of my recent stress problems.

(7) SPEND MORE TIME PREPARING IN THE MORNING FOR VANITY!
Did this from May to June 2005 again. Back to usual self by July. Yes, next year I'll do more of this if I want to start feeling better about my self.. And I'll also spend more on vanity at night (I'm gonna start on Enuh's Pond's regime next year). This is after all the year I started noticing wrinkles and fine lines and shit, not just a multi-layered middle, but worse.. a sagging double chin! Shit.

(8) SPEND MORE MONEY FOR VANITY, BUT LESS, LESS, LESS ON GIMMICKS
Hmm.... I spent less on gimmicks, but MORE on plane tickets!!! I guess I failed this. As for the vanity thing, well... I'm working now for a vanity company!!! So a lot of my vanity stuff are for free! :)


(9) SPEND MORE TIME REFLECTING
YES! This is something that I've done this year. Truly!

(10) DO NOT SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. DO NOT LET THE ROSARIO AND C5 TRAFFIC AFFECT YOUR DAY!
Hmm... I still sweat the small stuff, but I guess the stuff I considered small at the start of 2005 are now much smaller? So I think I see a progress in this part. :) I do believe that this year, my patience and determination were really put to the test. I'm still alive and surviving, so I guess that's good.

(11) SAVE MONEY
**MOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN** When will I ever learn this? All I've proven this year is an economic theory about income and expenditure. Next year, that must change!

(12) FIND RACKETS
No rackets. Just a small investment in something I'm sure is worthwhile. Next year, I'm thinking about venturing into a small business.

(13) DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR WANTING TO TEACH AT UP
Didn't do anything about this, except that I continue to work in a prestigious company. Before December ends, I have plans... (Hey! 2005's not over yet!!!) hehehe

(14) CONTINUE TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE
Hmmm... Does taking the LAE (finally!) count? Once more, as I said, I have plans before the year ends...

(15) TAKE A LEAP INTO THE FUTURE!
I guess I did this year. Yeah, I guess I did. :)




So where do I stand? I'd say I definitely failed 8 of my 15 resolutions. That's a failing grade for myself. I can't believe I haven't improved that much from 2004! Oh well, next year, I'll try again with these resolutions.

I'll think about some more resolutions for next year, and maybe I'll post them in January 2006. :)

Posted by xam :: Monday, December 19, 2005 :: 2 Comments:

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