It's time to take stock of my gains and losses for 2009.
In 2009, I pledged to achieve the following:
1. To perservere and complete the make-up diploma and hopefully put the skills to good use.
I would think that I have done very well in this aspect indeed! :D This would not be possible without the continued support of my friends and the 'lobangs' that they bring to me.
Thank you Pamela, Joe, Yanling, Alice, James, Kaiting, Grace, Caroline, Chun Yan, Fiona, Weizhen, Shmoo, and others who trusted me with their faces and hair and allowed me to style them.
Thank you Hendri, Mabel, Felicia, Yanling, Fairuz, Chon Wee, Gloria, Ros, Vincent, Sai Ho and others who promoted my business on my behalf or for using my services. I am deeply appreciative of your support and trust.
Thank you to my dearest friends, Ching Yee, Alice, Yanling, Yanfen, Fanny and Jean, for all the make-up products that you guys gave me. They can't be anymore precious and helpful.
Thank you Edmund, Ching Yee, Fanny and Alex for the referrals to other professionals in the business. Knowing new people is ABSOLUTELY GREAT!
Thanks to my hubby for being my chauffeur and assistant on so many occasions. I seldom have to lug my tools around and I consider myself blessed.
To the people mentioned above, you have made a difference to my life and I'm grateful! :)
2. To not lose 'me' in work.
While it is truly very hard to alter my innate obsessive nature, I have learnt to let go of many things at work. So why am I still busy? Because I now use my free time to obsess over other new things ... Haha... but seriously, I have experienced (or still am experiencing) a paradigm shift in my mind and am learning to focus on only what is truly of value and worth. I need to focus on my goals and not allow other things to distract me from the path I want to take. I cannot please everyone and if I cannot win it all, then I must pick my battles and allocate my time and resources wisely.
Believe that you can!
3. To work in passion and wisdom.
I have some ideas formed about the educational business now. Making the move this year is good, I manage to get a bigger picture of the educational landscape and what it is about.
At the end of the day, despite temporal setbacks, I am convinced that education has immense value and has an important economic and social role to play in all societies.
I would love to pursue further studies in this area should the opportuntity arise.
4. To seek new grounds.
Done!
5. To diversify my leisure activities.
Oops. Will work on it :(
6. To pray about being a mom.
Not much praying was done, honestly. Loads of thought have been placed into it though. I am not emotionally and mentally ready right now because I am truly distracted by many other things that I wish to accomplish. But by the grace of God, I hope to have a kid within the next few years though.
7. To seek growth in spiritual life.
Oops again.
8. To cook and eat healthily.
Another oops.
9. To exercise.
Oooooops!
10. To rework the balcony area.
Can't find the garden set that I want yet.
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On the whole, I am proud of my accomplishments this year. Hmm, on hindsight, I seem to be not doing very well in taking care of my personal life (again) although work-wise, I think I have set out to finish what I want to do. But I do think that I have grown wiser, calmer and less likely to sweat over the small stuff. I hope to be even braver!
Look out for my post for next year's resolution! :D
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