A week and a half ago, I was busy getting lazy and sunburned on a beach in the Philippines. A week ago, one day after I returned to Korea, the country experienced the coldest temperatures in 60 years, dropping below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Right now, I’m sitting at my desk, sick, wondering where the first month of 2012 went, where my second year in Korea went, and where this next year here will take me.
On vacation, things become clearer. It’s easy to detach from your normal life and routine and see it objectively — all the things (you know) you’re doing wrong and how you can improve. And you have time. So I like to make lists and daydream on how I’ll improve everything when I go back. But actually coming back and putting all those plans into action is a lot more difficult than simply dreaming about them.
I didn’t make any New Years resolutions. I think, if you’re going to make a change in your life, you have to start that very moment, or else it will never last. It has to be that important, enough to flip the switch in your mind right then. At least, that’s how it works for me. That switch hasn’t been flipped yet. For many people, it never is. Where am I going with this?
I guess what I’m trying to work out is that I’m going to have to manually flip the switch (which I’ve now said three times). This year is already looming over me, new challenges are appearing. This year I’ll start a University teaching position, lose two close friends to the States, maybe move, start writing a book, and study some difficult stuff. But, I know these things will bring growth and hopefully some small wisdom, which are two of the only goals worth aiming for.
Happy New Year~
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