Monday, January 25, 2010

Welcome to the world of The Procrastinator!

Do you defer tasks, feel buried by work or lack the follow-through to complete tasks? Yes..?

Welcome to the world of the procrastinator!! :)

Procrastinating can result in anxiety, loss of productivity and worse, it adds up the longer it goes unchecked. Often procrastinators spend a great deal of time thinking about tasks, but lack the ability to follow through and implement their plans.

Sounds familiar..?

So how do we combat procrastination and ensure it doesn’t affect our life?

1-Lets set some goals!

One of the surest ways to motivate oneself and avoid procrastinating is to set goals...and stick to them! Goal setting helps us clarify the direction in which we want to head to...especially in life. It is important to think carefully about our goals and remember that it’s impossible to achieve everything at once. Someone once said...we should be patient with ourselves but strive!

2- Get smart principal:

One effective method of setting goals are:

  • Specific: Goals need to have measurable actions and outcomes. What, why and how are these goals going to be achieved?
  • Measurable: Set goals that you can easily measure.
  • Achievable: Whilst it’s tempting to dream up whimsical goals you need to ask yourself honestly “can I realistically achieve this goal”? If the answer is no, then you will need to go back to the drawing board.
  • Relevant: Ensure that the goals you set are relevant and will benefit you.
  • Time related: Set key milestones and deadlines for achieving your goals. Doing this helps to keep goals on track and will help keep procrastinating in check.

3-Stay on track:

Once you have set your goals and outlined a plan to achieve them, the next challenge is to stay MOTIVATED!

One good method is to make your goals public. Sharing you goals with others helps them become more tangible.

Visualising the end point of your goal is another successful strategy used by many professionals. Take the time to think about how achieving your goals will feel like or visualise how your ending goal will look like.

Finally, reward yourself for achieving each key millstone as you work towards your goals.


*this blog entry gives credited to ANZ Bank - business planning solutions*

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Lalala..I wanna go HOME (again)(2)

Week Two:
This weekend I joined a group of friends who organized a Childrens Day celebration in Puchong.
We started off the day with some warming up activities, which Roya executed perfectly!
Instead of doing the normal boring warm up, she came up with some awesome actions which include "star jump", "the makarena", "leg high-5" (weird position to imagine isn't it?)..etc etc (as I won't expose her trait secrets) the adults loved it and needless to say the kids loved it more!



Then as how Malaysian weather goes, it started to RAIN! Yes! RAIN! We had to quickly move all the tables and chairs, food and stuff away and stood under a tree for shelter and some even took shelter in their car (haih, this one I dunno what to say...not Malaysian lah!)
Aaahhhh the good old days when we would play under the rain...run up and down the streets playing cat and mouse, playing hide and seek in the drains outside our house...or just simply enjoying the cool wetness on our faces and toes. We would return home all drenched and dirty and receive a nice scolding from our parents...but that never dampen our spirits!
Similarly, the rain did not dampen our spirits that day, we waited patiently and sardin-ed ourselves under that tree and prayed for the rain to stop...and within 10 minutes it did! YAY!



We then continued the Children's day program with a games like "three-legged race", "ball in basket", "burst the balloon"...etc etc...This event was organized as a means to bring all the children and parents in one place to celebrate the kids achievements for the year. At the end of the day, everyone went home with a small gift. It was real fun! Heck even I enjoyed it! ;)

During the week, I spent time with my best-est best friend and recently (actually it was 2.5 years ago) appointed "chi mui" at Bukit Tinggi. It was an awesome get away for the three of us as we went on horse back riding till our butts hurt (I was in agony for the whole week, walking like how the cow boys do!), we played some bowling which we were horrible at, we tried our luck with archery but failed humorously...





...and at the end of all that awesomeness, we indulged ourselves with TWO GIANT pizzas!



Excellent!! :D

Friday, January 1, 2010

*~The Ultimate Goal~*

Okay...I am going to attempt my Resolutions again! Excellent...a tick for "determination" right there!!

*The Ultimate Goal*
in like 35-40 years I guess... O_O*

I picture myself sitting in front of the TV watching NCIS re-play with my husband, relaxing after coming back work knowing that our working kids will be coming home for dinner. . That day I would have had an interesting discussion with my school kids about "Transforming Neighborhoods" and how they can contribute to its advancement. And after a family dinner we would be meeting some friends to conduct a Home Visit & Devotional and mamak session after to reminisce the good old days!

So...the key words are in bold...

Short term plan to "slowly" reach that goal (hahha...note that a " " on the word "slowly"):

1) Spiritual Growth:
-- Say my prayers every morning and evening
-- Take time to meditate!
-- Active participation in the Core Activities.

2) Spiritual Knowledge:
-- Read 5 Baha'i books - preferably history related books

3) Material Knowledge:
-- Start my CPA in 2010
-- Read 10 books
-- Read the newspaper!!
-- Increase knowledge on Economic issues.

4) Work...stuff!
--Develop stronger Internal Controls
-- Instill more effective Managerial roles
-- Increase profitability by 15% a year.

5) Finances:
-- Save Save Save!!
-- Build credit history!
-- Move into my own apartment! (most probably bought using a loan)

6) Commitments:
-- Accompany my current Junior Youths until they themselves are ready to serve their community independently.
-- Go HOME more often!
-- Call HOME more often!
-- Be a better friend! "Let deeds no words be your adorning."

7) Things-to-do-before-I-kick-the-bucket:
-- Go Zoom Zoom with Ah Mei and our leather jackets
-- Holiday in Europe
-- Climb Mount Kinabalu
-- Sky diving

8) ...??

9) I think that's about it! :D

All in all, I want to live a happy and fruitful life!

New Year...New Resolutions


I am not the type that makes resolutions for the simple reason that I NEVER ^ bother to KEEP THEM! However, living like a firefighter doesn't get me anywhere. I have no direction. I have goals and visions but I do not have a plan on how and what I am going to do to achieve it! Initially, I felt that I'll just take it as it comes...

For example, currently I have a reason to continue my stay in Australia because my job is able to support my family and myself...that's it really! But, if I review my goals and visions...I am definitely not gonna get what I want if I continue being stagnant and content.

So this year...the start of a new decade...I shall create a mind map of my goals and visions!

Here I come world! Whether you are ready or not! :)

* The Ultimate Goal*
I picture myself happy, contented, financially stable.... omg..this is hard!! :(
Okok...take# 2

I envision that I would have lived a prosperous life filled with Love, Contentment, Family.... hmmm.... haih...what lah! I give up... :(

*I'll do this later*