Since today is New Year’s eve, I thought it would be a good idea to look back on the year that passed and think about how it has impacted me.
I suppose I do not have much to complain about this year, but neither do I have much to be thankful about. For much of this year, I have been mainly following a routine of work and study. To be honest, I have trouble recalling significant incidents that happened to me this year.
On the work front, I took my first work trip to Hamburg this year. It was my first time travelling to Europe and I liked it a lot. I certainly hope I will get the chance to visit that area again sometimes.
On the study front, there isn’t really much to report except that I am still on my 2-modules-per-sem track and slowly but nicely finishing up my Masters. Over the course of this year, there have been quite a number of people who told me that it’s not worth it to take a Masters in Computing. I know and I agree. But I did not evaluate my decision for further studies based on financial considerations, but purely an interest in learning.
For the last 1.5 years, my life has been dominated by these 2 major components of my life. Going forward to 2012, I expect this trend to continue. My general goal this year is to be organized in my life. I do have some specific goals which will hopefully help me achieve that.
- Building up my emergency funds
It is not that I do not have any life savings. It’s just that they are mainly stuck in either insurance or investment products. For this new year, I will aim to build up liquid cash savings worth at least 6 months income. I used to think that as a young person, I can afford not to have liquid savings. However, the recent economic instability and some changes in life goals put paid to that.
- Finish my Masters
Well, I don’t expect not to finish my Masters. But my CAP score is not exactly where I want it to be. For this year, I aim to improve my CAP to meet my target when I actually graduate at the end of the year. I do have a target, but I do not wish to share it here.
- Have a life
Recently, I ran into an old friend who told me my life is boring. Again, I agree. I hope that with decent planning, I can afford time to go out and have fun at least once every month.
- Sleep enough
I am clearly not getting enough sleep. My most important promise to myself is to respect the need for sleep. To do this, I will aim to sleep by 11pm each night and wake up at 6 on weekdays and 8 on weekends.
- And finally, be a healthier person
I have realised that I am not as healthy as I used to be when I was in school. In this new year, I will take better care of myself in 3 ways. First, I promise myself to go for a health check-up at my workplace when it comes around this year. Secondly, I will devote specific timeslots for exercise (instead of exercising when I can, which is never). Thirdly, I will cut down on my sugar intake and drink my tea and coffee without sugar.
Also, I will try to update my blog more regularly. Often, I find myself having some things to write, but is just to lazy to do it.
Hopefully when I look back on 2012, I will have achieved all of that.
With that, happy new year!
liyong
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