a new year ahead

it's been 5 days back at work and i've already made two presentations, both known at the last minute.

it's time to focus on work again and leave the holidays behind me. work's not taking a full swing yet.. kinda still in a holiday mood but i know it's gonna come soon, fast and furious. i'm just happy to revel in nie week for now.... it's like heaven for us compared to work in the office.

so it's 2010 now. was just telling mum that i couldn't believe how 20 years just flew past like this. i still vividly rem moving into this house when i was in primary 1, and that was 1991. i could rem myself then, feeling small and lost in school but happy to come home. then our conversation somehow veered to how life passes u so quickly, pple fall sick and pple die. mummy's scared of ageing.. and secretly inside, i feel scared for my parents and myself too.

anw, every year i'd kinda write down a few resolutions but in the end none seem to ever work out. i would try but guess it's not hard enough. but for the sake of kickstarting a new year ahead with things to look forward to and goals to set for myself, here's my new year resolutions:

1. like finally get my driving license

2. like finally get started on yoga classes

3. eat more veg

4. buy less clothes, shoes and bags (and everything else, damnit)

5. watch more dvds

6. hugely importantly, more work-life balance. which inevitably means taking a backseat at work and letting alot of things go, coming home early and spending more me-time. work just can't ever be finished. i used to strive alot and have really high expectations of myself, but over time i'm just killing myself. i need to learn how to delegate tasks, not take on everything, not be such a perfectionist in getting things done nicely, not to be too soft-hearted and take on everybody's requests. it also means saying NO firmly to things i dun wish to take on and being totally OK with myself not being able to handle certain things perfectly.

7. lastly, i hope to spend this year looking for more alternative career choices, broadening my perspectives, etc. many many factors have led me to this, sadly.

Number 5 is kinda weird, but i really love watching drama serials (all sorts -- hk, korean, english) but never had the time to do so over the past few years. recently i've just started again (watching on macbook is quite whoosh) so i'm hoping to keep up with this me-time over this year.

Resolutions have become resolutions simply for the reason that they were difficult to accomplish in the first place. hence, not alot of hopes in cracking those tough nuts there. but it's worth a try anyway.

hope this year would be a good year :)