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A 2012 Post 2012 — leap year. Meaning we have an added bonus of one day to change, to make up, to be better and be the person we always wanted to be. 366 days: some might think it’s inadequate, some might think it’s too long while other might think it’s just right. Take your pick. I think New Year’s Resolutions are overrated. If lies and false pretenses are considered resolutions then I have multitudes of the aforesaid. Too much that it will cover my life’s worth of NYRs up until the afterlife. Describing resolutions as passé would be an understatement. As we turn the hourglass and the sands of 2012 start to fall, I guess it’s more than natural to start anew. It’s like leafing through a notebook, a new page. Clean, but the marks left from the previous pages are indelible. Embossed and it’s up to you how you are to look at it. Why not make some sort of commitment or a truce instead? As for me, this year, I will 1.) no longer second-guess myself. I will cast off every doubt, relinquish every lurking inhibition and do what I want. There’s no time to hold back. A little self-confidence wouldn’t hurt, would it? I am privileged to do what I please and by constitution, I am entitled to voice out what I have to say. Why not make the most out of these, right? “The only person standing in your way is you.” That in itself is more than enough to explain the former. 2.) Every opportunity that passes by, grab it by the testes with gusto. It’s for you, either you fall or soar, it’s for you. Nab every chance to be better. Do not degrade yourself. It wouldn’t sit on your plate if someone else was to eat it for you. 3.) Drop my pessimistic mindset. I have this very large tendency of thinking about the ‘wrong-turns’. Most of the time I cannot force myself to look at the positive face of a situation. My stance in every circumstance I am in is that I would most likely fail by 80%. I must now try and feel the warm rays exuded by positivity. 4.) Patience is a virtue, a virtue I am not blessed with. I guess, I’ll have to cross that one out as well. 5.) I’ll be nicer to everyone. Yes, including my blockmates. Did you know that after 2 semesters, I only had one photo with them? One. I’ll try to take to heart what Scout’s Dad, Atticus, said in To Kill a Mockingbird: “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” That’s about it. I am hoping to start with the right foot this year. I may end the year single but I mean, at least I’m happy! I actually feel sorry for our attached fellows who are celebrating but aren’t really happy. Oh well, maybe in the long run, I’ll be able to meet love. That is the least of my priorities this year.

A 2012 Post

2012 — leap year. Meaning we have an added bonus of one day to change, to make up, to be better and be the person we always wanted to be.
366 days: some might think it’s inadequate, some might think it’s too long while other might think it’s just right. Take your pick.

I think New Year’s Resolutions are overrated. If lies and false pretenses are considered resolutions then I have multitudes of the aforesaid. Too much that it will cover my life’s worth of NYRs up until the afterlife.

Describing resolutions as passé would be an understatement.

As we turn the hourglass and the sands of 2012 start to fall, I guess it’s more than natural to start anew. It’s like leafing through a notebook, a new page. Clean, but the marks left from the previous pages are indelible. Embossed and it’s up to you how you are to look at it.

Why not make some sort of commitment or a truce instead?

As for me, this year, I will 1.) no longer second-guess myself. I will cast off every doubt, relinquish every lurking inhibition and do what I want. There’s no time to hold back. A little self-confidence wouldn’t hurt, would it?
I am privileged to do what I please and by constitution, I am entitled to voice out what I have to say. Why not make the most out of these, right?

“The only person standing in your way is you.” That in itself is more than enough to explain the former.

2.) Every opportunity that passes by, grab it by the testes with gusto. It’s for you, either you fall or soar, it’s for you. Nab every chance to be better. Do not degrade yourself. It wouldn’t sit on your plate if someone else was to eat it for you.

3.) Drop my pessimistic mindset. I have this very large tendency of thinking about the ‘wrong-turns’. Most of the time I cannot force myself to look at the positive face of a situation. My stance in every circumstance I am in is that I would most likely fail by 80%. I must now try and feel the warm rays exuded by positivity.

4.) Patience is a virtue, a virtue I am not blessed with. I guess, I’ll have to cross that one out as well.

5.) I’ll be nicer to everyone. Yes, including my blockmates. Did you know that after 2 semesters, I only had one photo with them? One. I’ll try to take to heart what Scout’s Dad, Atticus, said in To Kill a Mockingbird: “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

That’s about it. I am hoping to start with the right foot this year. I may end the year single but I mean, at least I’m happy! I actually feel sorry for our attached fellows who are celebrating but aren’t really happy. Oh well, maybe in the long run, I’ll be able to meet love. That is the least of my priorities this year.


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