4 posts tagged “life”
Show us something good about Mondays.
- you get a clean slate
- a time to amend what went wrong the previous week
- it's a new week, therefore new challenges and opportunities!
Yes, I feel like a 12-year-old. You know that feeling when you're both excited to be almost 13 and yet a bit uncertain what being 13 holds?
That's exactly how I feel now. I've passed through the 39 years of my life, and I'm both excited and uncertain about the big 4-O! Well, they say life begins at 40, and that 40 is the new 30. :)
Hey don't get me wrong here. I'm thankful I reached this stage: happy, fulfilled, and blessed in so many ways I can't even begin to imagine. I'm just amazed at how far I've gone.
I still have dreams though, but mostly dreams for my family. My husband and kids have become my source of joy. Whatever makes them happy, makes me happy, too.
It's ironic that the first time I set foot in school and realized that I could be better than most everyone else, I set my eyes on higher education, and a highly successful career. A family of my own never crossed my mind then. I even had a feeling I'd end up like most of my paternal aunts who had remained single and successful (a judge, an internist).
So after university, I went to graduate school, and got married right after. :-D Then my world took a different turn. I may not be super successful (though, right before I turned 39, I was offered a board seat in the company... still...) in my career, but I have never been happier and fulfilled.
I feel not a year older at all! For all these, I'm grateful to my creator.
Hey, look at the blessings I got by being 39!
Now, it's out in the open. One of my life's goals is to write a memoir; capture my life in a few words, a few keystrokes. My life in a nutshell, in a book with 200 pages or so. Is that ever possible?
Well, other people are able to. I suppose I can do it, too.
As a first step into writing this memoir, I bought this book about 3 years ago, On Writing Well by William Zinser. The book has a good discussion on how to write nonfiction without the clutter.
Here are snippets of what Mr. Zinser say:
Writers must therefore constantly ask: what am I trying to say? Surprisingly often they don't know. Then they must look at what they have written and ask: have I said it? Is it clear to someone encountering the subject for the first time? If it's not, some fuzz has worked its way into the machinery. The clear writer is someone clearheaded enough to see this stuff for what it is: fuzz.
I've written a few chapters but I'm still struggling with the most part of it. In time, I get the fuzz out. :)
Yes! It just is, and I think it's gonna be better in the coming days.
I am hopeful this year particularly. Why? No particular reason that I can pinpoint. It's all about feelings... For a start, I just feel that I'm going to travel overseas this year. For a vacation, of course. For work? Well, I may consider. ;)
I'm excited for my kids who are going to big school this school year. We've been to the school a couple of times, and already, I like its campus. It has swings, tree houses where students can sit on a windy hot afternoon, or on warm rainy days (yey!). There's a basketball court and a water fountain too. Even the nursery rooms are colorful and comfy. I'm almost sure Rago will have a good balance of play and academics there. I have yet to see the elementary rooms, where Gabo will be in one.
My husband, who has always been supportive of me, is as supportive as ever. He helps me with my things at work, even including me in their meetings and workshops to give me more insights in a manufacturing corporate world. I need that experience for the kind of work that I do these days. His company is going to workshop for IS0 14000, and I'm gonna be in it. Cool, isn't it?
For the most part, I blog for a living. I also manage a conference directory website. I have a lot of plans for my business sites, and I will start to make them happen this year.
I like it when I'm hopeful about things because I'm more empathetic, more compassionate, and definitely more patient! :-D
You will read about me and the stuff that I care and worry about, the things that get me going and frustrated, and the activities that I wish I could start doing. So, stay tuned! ;)
