Life!

I have an extremely negative outlook towards my life. I can complain about everything that happens to me. Got stuck in the rain.. life is horrible. Sprained my ankle.. life is horrible. Met someone with a bad attitude.. life is horrible.

There are many things that happen for which we can do nothing but it takes great strength to acknowledge that it mat not be all bad. Life is horrible when we hold on to hurt and then it’s like a cascading effect. Everything that follows the hurt makes us feel that the life we have is just not worth living.

I try reminding myself that some days just don’t work out but I need to hold out hope that out of the 100 days of pain I will have my one day of joy. And for now that is enough for me to keeping on fighting.

Bloganuary writing prompt
What do you complain about the most?

Miscommunication

Now this is a question I certainly should not answer.

Communication of any sort has been a problem for me. What I mean and what I actually say always end up being different. Funny thing is when I take a step back and rethink I understand why people react the way they do the first time around. I noticed that the best form of communication I have is when my words usually swirl in my mind and then onto paper.

Considering that, you would think I love writing emails, or posting on social media. However, it is not the case. Guess I like talking to myself most of the time. πŸ™‚

This year around, I have started to make a change. I now have started with my blog (more like continued) and soon the many videos and tutorials are going to start showing up in my prospective YouTube channel. Fingers crossed. Here’s to adopting change!

Bloganuary writing prompt
In what ways do you communicate online?

Too Many Choices

Favorite Animal now that is something I don’t think I can ever give a definitive answer too. As a Dog owner, dogs definitely tops the list.

I also love dolphins. Asides from the fact that they are incredibly smart and cute. I feel like they smile and are generally happy animals. Every picture I see it looks like they are smiling.

Among insects, I love butterflies. Not because of the fact that they are pretty and bright in most cases. But because when I think of them I think that they are free. Soaring the skies with such delicate wings and they also make me happy. They may have short lives but still bring smiles to a lot of faces in their lifetime.

And considering I am a dreamer, I have to say Pegasus. The thought of going up in the clouds and feeling the cold air and the warm sun. I think that would be such an amazing experience.

However, I think most baby animals are cute. So picking up just one favorite it would be extremely difficult. There can only be a list of favorite animals choosing one is a crime.

Bloganuary writing prompt
What is your favorite animal?

Multitasker or a Procrastinator?

I am still not sure what I am. I always do two things at the same time one of which would always be either listening to music or watching (more like listening) to TV series. When it’s leisure time I combine that with either writing, drawing or hand lettering.

Its’s kind of ironical, I think what I like doing best is doing nothing. But even when I am doing nothing I always have some video playing. Does that mean I spend my time watching videos or that I enjoy it just procrastinating?

Come to think of it, I just enjoying spending time with myself during my leisure time. It does not matter what I am doing as long as I am in my world of imagination.

Side Note, day dreaming also is an essential part of my alone time :).

Bloganuary writing prompt
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

Bliss of Innocence

Playtime was something that was part of my everyday during early middle school. Those lunchtime breaks usually ended with full lunch boxes and thoroughly exhausted kids. Never realized when the playtime in our lives just disappeared in the race to get ahead.

Today, when I think of playtime it probably happens once or twice in a year. It usually includes an arcade where we mostly ended up going bowling but sometimes we do go crazy with the VR games :). Playtime for me always is the time where I laugh without the fears or burden of the world. In that moment I just enjoy what is in front of me without any judgements.

They may call on my inappropriate behavior for my age but that’s alright I just made a core memory to remind me of the lighter side of life.

Bloganuary writing prompt
Do you play in your daily life? What says β€œplaytime” to you?

To Change or Not to Change

I wish to change literally everything in my life. I wish I took care of my health when I was younger, I wish that I had not said mean things to people, I wish I had learnt the value of family over career, I wish that I learnt not to trust everyone..

I wish I could just erase all the bad things in life that has happened. But, on the other hand I believe that it was because of my life circumstances I made a lot of significant choices in my life. Do I love everything about my life?… No. And do I really wan to change it?.. No Again.

With everything horrible that has happened in my life came the memories that I cherish. I met people who hurt me but I also met people who love me. I failed at a lot of things in my life but I also achieved the most amazing things that I could only dream of.

So, I don’t want anything different. It may be frustrating and infuriating but my life has made me stronger and a better person. I may not love it all day but some moments of joy in the day is enough.

Daily writing prompt
What could you do differently?

Stay Humble

Empty vessels make more noise – We have all heard I from our childhood but now I understand what it really means.

I have worked with a lot of different leaders and I have noticed one thing, the ones truly have impacted me as leaders were the ones who did not throw around their weight. They always came a step down and connected with their subordinates. They were willing to learn things they don’t know from people less experienced than themselves and they constantly encouraged people to shine.

So all the other traits of being a great leader aside, “Humility” is the best quality a leader can have. And their humility always inhibits the feeling of sincerity and loyalty among the team.

Daily writing prompt
What makes a good leader?

Crash, Burn and Rise Again

It’s kind of like the “mantra” I keep telling myself. For a long time I only crashed and burned. I tried and the moment I hit failure I gave up. I kept saying to myself, maybe it’s not for me or there are people way better that me they deserve me it more, I did not make enough effort, and so on…

I chose to accept my failures as my stopping point. But life goes on.. It does not matter to anyone that I failed. People will gladly walk over you to get to where they want to get to. So fail miserably, fail embarrassingly, fail pathetically and let them laugh and sneer at you. But get back up for yourself, not to prove the world wrong but to prove yourself wrong. You will get there a day later but you will get there.

However, make sure that you do not burn someone else path getting there. Make only your negative self the victim of your achievements and on the way encourage others to forge paths to their dreams.

Daily writing prompt
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

So Many Possibilities

My dream job has always changed time after time. Sometimes even on the same day! I wanted to be a pilot, join the army… and so on. But one dream job that has remained constant in my list of dream job was that of a Writer.

Writing always makes me feel better. When I felt that I could not speak to my family, I used to write down my feelings. And things always felt more bearable. Other than the poems that I have written over the years I also have written outline/plots for 2 novels but the procrastinator in me has never let me actually write them. And as time went by it just became harder and harder and now my novel outline gather dust in the corner of my cupboard. Some day I will get to it.

Writing aside, I am not gonna limit my dreams, I can be a writer, a painter, a business owner, a chef, a baker and I am gonna keep adding on. I may not achieve any of it but that is okay. I am just glad that I have learnt to dream again.

For an ending note, heard Sleep specialist is a job. I wouldn’t mind giving a go at that too! πŸ™‚

Daily writing prompt
What’s your dream job?

More Money More Problems

When do you say you have too much money? A lottery would count but when I think of that, being of finance background the first thing I think about is the tax. And then, I go into a spiral of thinking how I would need to invest it to save on that.

But leaving reality aside, I would want to build me a House. I want that house to have a reading room, an office space for me to to work in, an art room for me to go crazy.. but then reality steps back in. Who is going to clean up all of these rooms?

Closer to reality, I would want to make a Trust that would sponsor someone’s education and also let them have a small allowance to enjoy their special experiences like prom, graduation, birthday parties. I may not be uber rich but I am privileged, my parents may not have given me luxuries in life but I had always what I needed. I would like someone have that opportunity, to just be happy even if it’s just for a fleeting moment.

So, I believe the answer would be to buy for someone a happy memory.

Daily writing prompt
What would you do if you won the lottery?