Make your future self proud.

To be proud of your future, start with making every yesterday a day to remember.

It is back-to-school season yet i am so not used to this new arrangement. The need to travel across Singapore to the 'ulu' (secluded) end after half a year or so of sedentary lifestyle and work-from-home, I really need to adjust to this daily commute again. Luckily, most of the lessons in school are still conducted online which also means – more freedom! And also, more time management and discipline…

Internship is getting a little harder to juggle with school starting and the grind begins, nonetheless this straining period would pass soon, but at the moment, I am pretty burn out. With the constant demand from school, closing course exam deadline and internship, my attention span is spread so thin that my energy bank was always depleted at the end of every single day.

Yet this creates a huge breakthrough and I am so thankful.

I am so thankful of the ‘me’ yesterday. Thank you for staying up and having the data compiled. Even though you were so drained from night class, you did what needed to be done. And that really created a lot of mental space for me the next day, because the information were sorted and the to-do list was clear, I simply have to execute. The future ‘me’ is so blessed with the effort of myself from yesterday. It prevented me from getting more anxiety on top of the accumulated tiredness and it helped me to keep to the timeline and get things done efficiently with this hectic schedule. What’s more important, it bought me peace to sleep well at night, knowing that I’m prepared for the next day. That I know my future ‘me’ is safe from disaster.

This is really a huge tick off from my bucket list: “make my future self proud”. The fact that I know I am a step closer to becoming a better version of me with the habits I consciously remind myself to keep to – stay accountable to myself and be proactive in making things happen. Although everyday feels like a crazy roller coaster and I sometimes wish to just get myself out of every hustles, I do appreciate every moment I spend ‘hustling’? It makes me feel ‘dead’ but at the same time very alive, knowing for one fact that I am in control of myself and being responsible to my vision.

One thing for sure though – I need to take a break…soon. Hence, this is a short reflection time to look at my current life at a higher level, am I working on what is important to me? Am I utilising my energy on the right pursue? Am I taking care of myself? So to keep making my future self proud, now is the time to sort it out and recall my purpose in my core. Is everything aligning?

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TL;DR: No more procrastinating on your to-do list just because after a good night sleep, you have another 24 hours replenished, and there is ‘more’ time tomorrow, so “this too can wait till tomorrow!” And when the next day arrives, We are too occupied with the goings in the day yet the to-do list that never gets shorter will always bug you at the back of your mind and there is no mental space to be in the present and treasure every social engagement.

Do your future self a favour and start keeping promises to yourself so there is more time to be present in your own life. Not the fear of ‘what-if’. What if there’s not enough time to submit the work on time?

Back-to-school tips!

(on the try and pretty much tested)

1. Get organised

List all the essential deadlines and requirements needed for every courses or subjects and drop them into a calendar or keep a note in a single place for easy reference. Knowing where everything is will save you a lot of panic in the future when you forget the nitty-gritty detail like exam date. Also this creates an overview and sense on how your entire semester would flow and you can better expect and handle any changes.

2. Start and Be consistent

I have learned my lesson after two years that if you take the first few weeks as honeymoon, what comes after would be a huge stormy wave. Be consistent so you can enjoy the breeze by the beach and experience the light waves that brush your legs consistently.

3. Rest

The start always feels too chill, so you get yourself involved in everything possible and occupy all your free hours. But rest during this period is important as hell because it builds momentum in conquering the rest of the semester with a clear head. Otherwise, very quickly we are going to experience the energy deficiency and the snowball will start to build up, and you know what’s next. The chase replaces the walk.

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Don’t build snowball, build bricks that stay grounded. Happy schooling!

Counting down 547 days to end of school life….