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48 Hours Later: Change is Arriving

It’s strange to me that I sit here today with a completely different mindset than on Sunday afternoon. Yesterday, I decided to go downtown for some shopping and also to visit some old friends. The idea of reconnecting with others really invigorated me and gave me a renewed outlook; plus, it didn’t hurt to hear their insight on my predicament from last Friday.

I realize now (and I’d known before but seemed to have forgotten) that….well, there’s always more than one way to get to a destination, a goal. It’s not always cut-and-dry, it’s not always easy. Nothing is easy in life–that’s what my family continues to say to me. But I should be grateful for all that has happened this year, both good and bad. I’ve learned a lot this year, maybe more than in previous years. I suppose it’s always like that: each new year brings along new lessons.

Now, the next step seems clearer than it did on Sunday. My first baby step is to get over my fear of change. It happens all the time (change). I need to learn to move with it instead of fight it.

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Shifting focus, ever so slightly…

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A quick little note before I head out for an eventful Friday–

This week has been an off-week for my writing. I had a lot of momentum, motivation, inspiration, what-have-you last week and was pounding out stories and feeling rejuvenated reading my drafts. This week, lost that steam as I came to the realization of how I must prepare for my GMAT preparation class coming up in a week and a half. Sigh. Here comes along a slight obstacle in the flow of my writing, but I know it is necessary for me to focus on these classes since I want to improve my GMAT score to get into business school for next year.

Yes, I like being in both worlds, of business and creativity. I suppose they go hand-in-hand in many ways, but the common thread of thought seems to be that people “can’t” be both. Oh, but then again, who wants to be one-dimensional?

There will always be periods of ups-and-downs, but I know I gotta work through it all with the same amount of strength and courage. Onward towards another holiday weekend! I hope you all enjoy Independence Day (if you’re in the US, of course). Have a good one and see you again on Tuesday!

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May: A Time of Change.

I received my alma mater’s alumni newsletter yesterday and it listed over 3,000 students graduated this past weekend from the school. I’m reminded of how I felt three years ago when I finished my undergraduate studies and how the world seemed so vast before me at that point. It was the end of school life, but the beginning of my professional life, or at least as most people see it, “The Adult Life”.

And now, I’m embarking on another change in my life during this month of May; the end of something, the beginning of another. Transitions seem to be happening at this time regardless of industries; people leaving their jobs to return to their home countries, counselors moving their services to another center, etc.

Change is in the air and it seems unstoppable. I often find myself face-to-face with people who are afraid of change, afraid of leaving the familiar. And then they look back on this point in their life when they’re older and they kick themselves for not having more courage to do the un-thinkable, or the unusual.

As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. It’s best now to leap before I look and see where I land. I let fear hold me back for the past few months, but now I’m moving forward. “The End” used to be more painful for me, but I’ve grown to see that there will always be beginnings and ends throughout life. Things come and go throughout life, but those that really matter will stay throughout the changing times.

I say, bring it on; I’m ready for whatever comes my way now.

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Breaking Out.

Sometimes the same old thing really does become old and predictable. I look at my planner and I feel like “Oh, it’s time to do this or that.” And then I find myself grumbling and feeling like “Can’t I just not do it?”

There aren’t any real consequences when I break away from the mundane tasks of my weekends. Today, I went out and just walked around downtown, did some people-watching, and just reflected. I had a small notebook with me, and took down notes about anything that was flying around in my mind.

I found myself perching at different places of the city that I rarely visit. It’s good to get a fresh change of scenery, even if all I’m doing at these different places is walking or sitting, watching people and just thinking about life.

With events from this past week, I found myself inspired to write a small flash piece. It was only 938 words, but that’s just the first draft; I’m sure I can expand upon the piece when I go back and edit/rewrite.

Here’s to another day.

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Cutting Down The Duties–

I’ve come to a big realization the past week: it’s really no surprise, but I admit I am quite a perfectionist. It’s come to the point that I notice how many goals I set each day and how all these little goals continuously stress me out to no end.

Last Tuesday evening, I was sipping on some Good Earth Tea; it’s a nice brand of tea since it also features quotations on each tea bag tag. I got a quotation last week that really stung me (in a good way) for its truthfulness/relevance to my situation:

“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.”
– Eugene Delacroix

Every day, I’m making lists, it seems, with all these lists and goals I create, I’m just making myself feel worse over things that don’t get “finished”. This flows through everything I do, including my writing. I feel disappointed when I’m unable to get some writing done, e.g., some sort of progress on my Novel 1 rewrite.

So, I’ve decided to cut back on a lot of things to get myself back into a better state of mind. For one, I have reduced my blogs down to just this one and my Cinnamon Juice food blog; I was working on Photo 365 for the past six months, but, since May, I’d fallen behind and found myself constantly in need of “catching up”. It’s still like that with Cinnamon Juice, but, well, there’s no need to feel like I need to catch up on things all the time.

I suppose the same can be said about many things in life.