Recap of the week: It's been a week since I wrote in here. Got some nice presents for Christmas (exchange) and birthday, and got to watch firecracker from the rooftop (followed by a toast for success!) at New Year's eve.
New year is here. No need to have resolution. For all I know, resolution is nothing without fulfillment. I used to make resolution every single year, but now I realize that goals are more important. If u ask me, there are many things that I still wanna see, feel, hear, and do. I would love to go to the other side of the world to stay, to mingle, to exchange my limited views. But for now, this is what I can be. In my third year in Jakarta, some friends (including my teacher, lecturer, ex employer/ colleague) had said that I have conquered Jakarta and no one could stop me... but I found that not true. I still have a lot of doubts about myself. I'm still learning, and yet I feel I need to learn more.
I do, however, have one thing I really need to improve: ability to save earnings :p
I'm not a shopper type, yet many times I found myself questioning things that I've just bought. I always keep my receipts and count them at the end of the day, but that's not enough. I need to make limitations and restrictions! Some of them probably are:
- no excessive dinning out except on weekends
- make my own coffee recipe (stop Starbuck-ing already! These past two months I went to coffee shop 2-4 times a week) --> yes, yes, luckily my new office has hot/cold dispenser too... would be very hard though, since Starbucks BEJ is juz beside my building :p
- whenever I see "cute stuff", need to ask myself, "Do I need that? Where will I put that?"
- don't be such a spoil brat and stop using taxi aalll the time -do you know that I could spend more than 1 mio only for transportation. Might as well rent a car?-
- stop buying comics and magazines that I don't read anyway... -yeah, still have 8 comics, more than 4 novels, and 5 non-fiction books that I never touch in my room-
If I could do those 5 rules strictly, I am sure I will have more than enough (cuz I know there are looots of ppl got way less than I do, yet still able to pay for his brother's tuition fee, his mom's grocery needs, her daugther's food and clothes, etc). Duh, jadi malu bener lho kalo dapet contoh-contoh itu...
Well, tomorrow is a new day; the new Creative Director in the block will spread us into teams, handling different brands. I sure hope I can enjoy explore and understand my brands' soul. Have a great year ahead, friends! God bless.
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