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Finally, a (short) life update.

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June 10. Birthdate. Gemini. 33 years. What a blessing to be able to reach this milestone and experience life. Five years ago, I wrote a letter to myself supposedly to remind me of how special and loved I am in times when I don't feel like one. Reading it brought back nostalgia and I realized how important it is to always write down my feelings. Primarily, because they are valid and they may come in handy a few years down the road. True enough, it gave me a little nudge to start this post. ☺️ I don't have any news to share on how successful I am nor is there any major life update. It’s just that after two years of creative block, words are freely flowing again. During the onset of the pandemic, I thought I was doing fairly okay. Covid took so much of our attention and energy that one day, I cannot write anything anymore. It was such a big deal from someone who enjoys doing her blogs (even if all peole already moved on to other trnding platforms). I had a hard time expressing my
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One thing I did not learn in school

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"Mag-aral ka ng mabuti at magtapos para makahanap ka ng magandang trabaho. Kapag nangyari yun, mabibili mo na ang mga gusto mo."  Did you also grew up hearing this cliché? In all honesty, I spent 15 years of studying from preschool to college but I did not learn anything about managing my finances. All along I thought that being employed will magically give me the powers to acquire the things I wanted. And so one day, I just felt curious. It was year 2013 - my third year in the work force that I suddenly had the thought, "I'm paying all these bills but I have nothing for myself other than this Alcatel phone and if I strictly save for at least two months, I consider myself lucky to be able to travel somewhere at most once a year."  I am not earning a lot. On the contrary, it was so meager and yet the dreams I started having weighs more than what I make. Guess what makes it heavy? Well, in order to achieve those  goals, I need money!  My 23 year old self was dream
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Para saan PA BA itong planner ko?

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One afternoon, I browsed a meme on my Facebook newsfeed that read something like:  "Ilang kape ang naubos mo para sa planner na yan tapos ano na ngayon?"  For some, it may sound funny but for others, they might despise the situation all the more and think  "oo nga naman, sayang ang pera ko. wala naman natuloy sa mga plano ko."  We must always remember, in the things we say, in the posts we make, and in this blog I wrote, each and everyone of us have varying degrees of interpretation.  Different folks, different strokes . 
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ECQ and Anxieties

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I am a homebuddy. But staying in the house 24/7 for almost 16 days now with the threat of a pandemic right outside the doorstep is way waaaaay different. Things are happening so fast. Sixteen days ago, I started working from home. Fourteen days ago, Community Quarantine was implemented which later on turned to Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) two days after. That was quite a lot, isn't it? Is there a pause button?
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New Year's Resolution: Do I have to?

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"Hindi na ako gagawa ng New Year's Resolution dahil hindi ko naman natutupad." "Fad lang naman ang paggawa ng New Year's Resolution." Is it really? Day 1 of 2020. Happy New Year! I hope we were all feeling recharged and rejuvenated this holiday season enough to power us through this new beginning. So we all have our planners ready, but what is there to write? Were you also one of those who had the same sentiments as above? Did you also felt hopeless that you are constantly identifying what you wanted to achieve or change every start of the year but ends up not being able to accomplish it come December? I am also guilty of this before until I went into a full adulting mode specifically prior getting married. Sometimes, all we really need is to recognize our most important "why" - the reason for everything we do in order for us to take time and align our goals with appropriate actions. THE NEED The truth of the matter is, we
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Life Recently

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It's been six months since my last blog entry and boy, a LOT of things did happened. Although that sounded like an excuse. I always seem to say a lot of things happened that's why I neglect to write and post a blog entry. But really, you know how you set goals at the start of the year then comes this big opportunity that you don't want to miss which eventually takes your life to a whole 360 degrees turn? So you reassess the goals you set towards the first few months, make necessary adjustments or rather create a new list then go on with the rest of the year. Thinking and praying that you made the right decision.
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Adulting is Hard

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I am a thinker, a worrier and an emotional person. Sometimes I use it to my advantage by writing blogs and empathizing with people but it can also be my weakness especially when I tend to overthink. I always reflect on the happenings in my life and put meaning as to why I am in a certain situation. Many people say, you should just enjoy life and stop worrying. But how do you even do that when the decisions you make today will most probably affect your future? Can you always say, "come what may?" Notice that I used always to maintain the premise that there are still some battles you could fight your way to the top and there are those which you should know when to give up. One day out of the blue, I wondered on the concept of "adulting." Every after life's storms, there's a silver lining.
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