Three Significant Milestones that will Define Your Future

“You may or may not know it, but there are three significant milestones in a person’s life that will define his/her future”

Aloha!

I know it’s been a while since my last post due to hectic corporate life (where is work-life balance? Haha) but today, I wanna share an important lesson, a learning that was shared during my most recent overseas training for work.

Our instructor, who happened to have a very relevant contribution in the company where I work at, shares about the three significant milestones in a person’s life that will define his/ her future.  There may be a lot of factors that will define your future, but these three really make sense and are noteworthy enough and here are they:

1. Graduating from College, and the University Where You Will Graduate Matters.

The very first milestone that will define a person’s future is the day he/she graduated from college. But of course, as most of us really undergo this process, the significant factor that sets you apart from others and helps define your own future is “where” or in what University-slash-school you will finish your tertiary studies.

The Right Wrong Partner

“We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong…” -Galway Kinnel

Hello there! I know it’s been ages since my last post (well technically around 2-3 weeks) and here I am now, trying to make it up.  :) I have been in a sort of vacation (which I will share details on my next blog post) and had been quite busy as well in the corporate world.

Anyway, so today I realized that it’s already February -- the Love month. Needless to say it’s one of the much-anticipated months for love birds, those who are in a relationship, or  simply those who have their own special someone. While for those who are still in search for their soul mate, it’s a month that they wished had never existed (nonetheless).

The Missin’ Piece

“It seems I have everything… but why does it feels like there is something missin’?”

Have you ever asked yourself this same kind of question? Have you ever experienced a dilemma wherein although life seems to be too generous on you, still it doesn't seem to be good enough?

In the context of today’s worldly aspirations and desires, having a job that pays you beyond your needs, can afford to travel the world right there and there, partying like there’s no tomorrow,  running your own business, having good set of friends and vast network , well then,  you are considered to be living the  “good life”. 

And to be living the “good life”, being happy, fulfilled and grateful should always follow. But if this didn't happen, if things seem to be still "incomplete", then it is really about time for you to ponder on the reasons why. You brain (or probably your heart) might have laid out to you the reasons, but I hope they we’re able to tell you the most evident one -- that there is still part of you that’s missing.

Yes, there is a missin' piece(s) within you that you need to find, you need to decipher. And it could be one of the pieces below:

2014: Livin' life to the Fullest

2014

It’s new year. It’s time to start again. 

Stop thinking about what you’re going to do and start doing it. It’s time to live your life and be who you are. Forget about whatever happened in 2013 and just moved on. Take risks and be yourself, you only have one life and it’s time to make the most of it. 

Make a new year’s resolution and this time, achieve it no matter what the cost is.

New Year is all about a new beginning, a fresh start, a brand new life. 

It’s all about letting go of the past and moving on to a better (as what everybody’s optimistically hoping for) future.

And while everyone’s been sharing their new year’s resolution, I just wanted to share key points that I have pondered on how to live your 2014 to the fullest.

My "Audrey Hepburn" Pouch

Holiday Season ain't over yet. And as I was checking on some unwrapped gifts that I got, I saw again this fab present from a friend  -- a Pink Pouch with a "Chinita" version of Audrey Hepburn. 

And as I am a fan of Audrey Hepburn's famous lines, I decided to share some of my personal faves:  

On Writing Goals and A Sneak Peek on 2014 Starbucks Planner

2014 is fast approaching.  And while most are still on a festive-mode, some have already started thinking about their new year’s resolutions, goals (either short and long term), and plans (either relating to love, career, travel or personal development) for next year. Needless to say, we usually set our goals and plans in two ways: plotting it in our minds or jotting it in a planner.  

And although by just simply “thinking” of goals is a practical way, making it tangible or visible to the eye has a bigger impact on its realization.

Speaking of writing goals, one of the biggest craze every Christmas Season here in the Philippines is the collection of Starbucks “stickers” with one main goal -- to get the Limited Edition Planner. And just like most of the Filipinos, I am very keen on how the planner looks like -- from the design cover to the inside sheets.  

Most of you might have your own 2014 Limited Edition Starbucks Planner by now. But for those who haven’t finished yet their quest on collecting stickers, let me give you a sneak peek.

Korean 101: My Kind of #ThrowbackThursday

Today is another #ThrowbackThursday. And while looking for a possible #TBT picture to post, I suddenly saw this A4 paper which is about two to three years old already.

Numbers 1 to 10 plus 100 and 1,000 in English and Korean.

Yes, what you are seeing are numbers one to ten, one hundred and one thousand with a Korean translation below it (not written in Korean though).

On Life Trade-Offs

If I am to look back on one of the significant lessons that I learned and appreciate the most in my college days that would be the one relating to the Principles of Economics by Mankiw, specifically the principle “People Face Trade-offs.”

Reason why? Simply because this lesson is not just a plain principle that can be applied in Economics, it’s also a lesson which we may apply in our own daily lives.

People Face Trade-offs was defined in Mankiw’s Principles of Economics as: 

“To get one thing, you have to give up something else. Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another”.

True enough, making decisions and choices in life requires us to trade-off one over the other.

When it Rains, it Pours.

“When it rains, it pours” --  indeed this is one popular saying mostly associated  with  negative circumstances or situation.  When a problem arises one after another, when problems seem to overflow, we cannot help but utter this.

Pondering on why such had been the practice all over the globe,  it must be or it is simply because of the word “rain”. For something, rain is linked with calamity, worst destruction, if it continues to pour.  

My Own Journey with Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

It was more than a month since my boyfriend had me this book titled as “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life” by Wendy Mass. He told me that this book is worth reading and worth a space in my shelf, so nevertheless, my reading adventure about Jeremy Fink’s life began. 

The design cover of the book is simple, yet straight forward. Pretty much describes what the story is all about: Four Keys. Two Friends. One Adventure.

Book Design Cover