What a great start to a new year...

when...

- I've been told by my cell leader to quit BB and join as GKidz leader.

- I missed classes today.

- I'm still in my holiday mood.

- My team got a D+ for UID project. (which is still unbelievable even as im blogging this)

- My sleeping time is majorly screwed up.

- Have yet to prepare songs to play for Open House.

I could go on complaining about how bad things are for me...

But i'm gonna stop complaining, do something about it...and appreciate the things that went well for me. This ain't gonna be easy cuz my thoughts are messed up with many things.

but im learning right?!!

I realised I've been drifting along whatever that came by last year. From studies to bb to gkidz to church to family. I'd say...things went pretty bad last year.

But then again, It's those bad rides you had that actually helps you to grow in maturity.

If everything in life went along your way & the way you want it, I guess it would be pretty boring

and you'll learn nothing. So... I should thankful for whatever that happened..be it good or bad.

Also, I realised that alot of my blogposts are filled with melancholic thoughts..

im gonna try to be more optimistic in future haha.

SO...I'm gonna go on blogging abt smth interesting abt yesterday..

Rennie held a 144 meeting. He was talking about the importance of goal settings in life.

Here's what I captured and rephrased in my own words.

A survey was conducted years ago in Yale University. (1 of the top universities in U.S)

Amazingly, They found out that only 3% of students in yale university set goals in their life.

Many years down the road, they noticed that the 3% turned out to be more successful in life than the other 97%.

I guess what I'm trying to point out here is self-explanatory..
It still amazes me though.

"If you do not plan your life yourself, someone else will do it for you, and it will not be beneficial for you. (i.e. your boss)"

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An interview was conducted on top 3 AIA agents(insurance agents).

They were interviewed on how they became so successful.

1st person said,

I aspire to be the top agent so I could stand on stage every year to receive award/prizes and people would recognize me for my contribution. (driven by fame and recognition)

2nd person said,

I am a single mother and have kids to feed. I need the money to support my family.

(driven by the need to support family)

3rd person said,

When I was young, my dad died without any coverage of insurance.

Thus, I want to become an insurance agent to help as many people without insurance as possible so that they would not go through the same hardship i had.

(driven by empathetic emotions)

How many of us are actually driven by something to achieve our goals? Or do we just say it and not act upon it? Do we sometimes just feel the need to go school because our parents forced us to. Or do we sometimes go to school asking ourselves "why?". What are the goals in our life we want to achieve? Do we just treat everything in life frivolously?

Here's a joke i like

"The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures."