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Are you feeling tired and don’t feel like doing anything at all (during weekends and not weekdays)? If yes, then it’s time to cut down on the number of things in your to do list especially if you’ve been spending a lot of time over the past few weekends on nothing but works/errands.
Erm, this doesn’t apply to those who have been doing nothing all this while. If you are one of them… time to wake up and go do the things which matter to you!
Okay, back to topic. Actually, nowadays I do feel like just sit down, watch some movies, drink some beer, play some games, read some books and just sleep my weekends away. I think I’m feeling a little burn out. This is a result of putting too much things in my to do list. The list is getting longer and longer as I try to push things ahead of schedule.
- I try to complete more comics.
- I try to stabilize my webcomic layout.
- I try to put on my storywriter’s hat.
- I try to write more blog posts for this blog and my Novice blog.
- I try to learn Ruby on Rails and develop a new web application for my personal use.
- I try to write some product reviews to earn a bit of side income.
- I try to finish a book.
As you can see, all these things are pretty time consuming and 2 days are not enough. Maybe it is enough but I’ll be dead tired on Monday. This is a perfect example of trying to force myself to do something…perhaps too many things at one time. When you’ve reached this stage, it’s easy to just give up and sit there doing nothing. It’s just too frustrating because the list of to do will keep getting longer. It seems like it’s never ending.
Have you experienced something like this before? If yes, maybe the following can help a bit.
- Prioritize the list.
- Assign the long term tasks as lower priorities. For example, finishing a book can be a lower priority for me since finishing it faster doesn’t bring me any extra benefit.
- Assign the tasks which you feel can contribute to the society or tasks which you will enjoy the most as high priorities.
- Starting from the top, pick at most 2 things that you think you can finish over the weekend and try your best to complete them. If possible, just pick the first one and finish it before starting the second.
- If the task requires creative juice and you just don’t have the mood for it, then postpone it. Move on to the next task in the list. Creative works like writing (blogs, stories) and drawing can’t and should not be forced. Do them when you feel like doing.
- Most importantly, don’t push yourselves too much. If you can’t finish, don’t fret. Put it to next week and move slowly. As long as there’s progress, then it’s fine. If there’s 0 progress, take some time to reflect whether the priorities are in the right order.
Remember, never force yourselves into doing something. You’ll burn yourselves out. Prioritize and RELAX. It’s weekend, remember?
p/s…. if you don’t feel like doing anything, spending time with your family can be a very good and relaxing past time.
Posted in Life, Motivational, Self-help.
Tagged with advice, Life, motivational, people, Self-help, tips.
I always wonder, nowadays we can easily get the info we want anywhere, anytime and EASILY. Just go to Google and you can easily find anything! This is very useful for us because it helps us to gain more knowledge, learn more stuff, do more things, connect with more people.
But also it makes us listen too much to others.
- When we want to know about local news, we go to CNN, BBC or The Star (for Malaysia).
- When we want to find nice food to eat, we go search for food reviews.
- When we want to go for vacation, we Google for the interesting places in the world (within our budget).
- When we want to solve a problem, we Google for it and get the top 5 articles in the search result.
- And for some people, when there’s a problem they don’t know how to do, they go to YouTube (I actually have a friend who went to YouTube to learn how to fold clothes! Oh, and he ended up making a big mess).
..and others, just to name a few.
As a matter of fact, the amount of information that we get everyday is just enormous and I believe it has reached a stage that filtering the information becomes more tedious than receiving the information. Thus, we turn to the so-called professionals aka the media and the ‘expert reviewers’. We believe that they will do the proper filtering for us. After all, we do pay some of them for that!
Actually there’s nothing wrong with this but I do notice that as time goes by, these individuals might end up having a louder voice within us than our own voice. We become indecisive. We believe most of the things THEY say, right or wrong. Or when there’s only one solution in Google for the question we asked, we believe that should be the right one (especially if there are some idiots who claimed the solution is genuine without trying it). But is it really the right one?
Perhaps it’s time to really think about such things (I know some of you already do. So this is aimed at people who rather go with the ‘flow’). Forget about all the press, news, articles, reviews or even commercials. They are there to HELP you in making decision, not making the decision for you. Ask yourselves, what is it that you really want? You want to buy a car? Do you really think you need it? Do you have the money? Will you die without buying it? What about that game with superb review (sorry ya, I’m a video gamer), do you think you will really enjoy it? Can you imagine yourselves enjoying the game after reading the review? How long do you think it’s going to last you? Can’t you wait for 6 months and get from the secondary market?
Ask more questions! Fill up some blanks with those reviews, articles, etc but the final decision should come from you. Stop listening too much to others and start listening to yourselves.
p/s……. few years ago, all my friends told me to give up on a girl. But my heart told me to go on. The end result was not what I wanted but I have no regret at all. Because if I’ve listened to others, the issue might still be unresolved until now.
p/s…….. also, remember that listening is not a bad thing but listening without filtering is.
Posted in Life, The World.
Tagged with decision, Life, listen, motivational, people.
The title will surely raise some eyebrows. 
What I mean here is loyalty. We all know that dogs are very loyal animals who will always stand by their owners. The perfect example is the famous Japanese dog Hachikō who waited for his owner for 10 years without realizing that his owner has passed away due to stroke.
It was a story which has touched the hearts of millions and it is still very popular now. I believe that a lot of us have a thing for ‘loyalty’ but sadly, it is also something which is becoming rare in our society nowadays.
- A job hopper who will change job to get better salary even if the company treats him very well.
- A company which decided to cut its hardworking employees off just because the CEO screwed up.
- A company which ignores the fact that a particular employee has worked more than 40 years for it.
- A lover who decided to ditch his/her spouse of over 5 years just because the person is no longer interesting.
- A security guard which is paid to look after a warehouse ended up as the thief.
- A son who decided to place his parents at old folks home without asking them.
- or an old friend who decided to betray his friend for a few thousand dollars.
- etc.
The list can go on forever. It’s really obvious that as our society progresses or so-called “improves”, the level of trust will deteriorate, and thus making the word ‘loyalty’ more like a myth. Perhaps this got something to do with the greediness in us? Or perhaps it has something to do with the unlimited number of choices we have nowadays (good friend selling 1000, but someone I don’t know selling 500 for the same thing. Which one will you go?).
Well, I don’t know about you guys but I personally feel that this is quite a bad sign. With the direction that we (as a society) are moving to, I do wonder if people will still trust each other in the future.
Hopefully, more and more people will read about the story of Hachikō and maybe..just maybe…..bring ‘loyalty’ back to the picture.
Posted in Life.
Tagged with animal, faithful, human, Life, loyal, motivational, people.
Trust is a very important element in life. Without it, there will be a lot of problems. For example, if you don’t trust your spouse, will you be able to sleep well at night? Or, if you don’t trust your business parter, will you be willing to go away on vacation and leave things to him/her? Or, if you don’t trust your boss, will you be able to focus 100% on your work?
I believe for most people, the answers to the above questions would be NO.
But why do we lose our trust in these individuals in the first place? Is it because they don’t look trustworthy enough? Or is it because they’ve made some promises in the past and failed to fulfill?
For me, the reason I don’t trust certain people is because of the promises they’ve broken. Because a broken promise puts a barrier between me and the person. And that barrier keeps getting bigger with every broken promise. The level of trust is diminishing.
Maybe that is why one of my principles in life is never to give a promise unless I am at least 90% sure I can keep them. Same thing in job interviews, same thing to my bosses, same thing to the clients and also my friends and family. Because I know that once a promise is made, my “level of trust” with that person is at risk. Break the promise, and I might find myself spending the next few weeks/months/years trying to rebuild level of trust.
What about you? Are you a person who loves to make promises but never fulfill them? Do you think the people around you will still trust you after those broken promises? Or are you someone like me who never give any promises unless you’re very confident that you can do it?
Posted in Business, Career, Office Life.
The saying “money is the root of all evil” has been around for ages now….maybe even longer than my 27 years in this world. But whenever I hear someone says this, I really start to wonder “is money really the root of all evil…or is it our own greed?”
Why do people want more and more money in the first place? Some, to survive. But for many others, to buy whatever they want and to achieve their dreams. But what if we are already content with what we have and don’t need new cars, houses, gadgets, or anything new for that matter? And what if we can actually survive for long term even without that unlimited supply of money?
Will we still want more money? And if there’s no need for extra money, will people resort to not-so-nice activities including hurting other people (robberies, extortions, etc)? Will people still say money is the root of all evil?
To be honest, I believe that if everyone can be content with what they have and occasionally spend some money to reward yourselves……the thirst for money will not be that strong. Because you won’t have much use for that much money anyway.
But if you are not content with what you have, and are always waiting to become rich (millionaire type of rich)…..then I can only say good luck to you. Just remember that if you don’t control your greediness, it will definitely bring you down one day.
Conclusion? To me, money is not the root of all evil but our own greediness is. 
Note: and if you’re telling me that you want more money so that you can live happily. Then I can tell you, money may and may not bring you the happiness you want. But most likely, it won’t help much. As usual, it is easier for us to look “outside” for a way to make ourselves happy……..and not “inside”.
p/s….. to certain people who are already rich. Money is never a problem to them. But they will look elsewhere to fulfill the greediness within them. Seek for higher position, more power, more control, etc. All these can be considered as behaviors which are supposed to fuel their greediness.
Posted in Life, Money.
Tagged with content, greed, human, Life, mindset, Money, nature, people, personality.
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