Simplicity

1) Healthier lifestyle
Sleep regular hours + exercise. Fell into a terrible sleep cycle again, falling asleep only at 4, 5am and sleeping only 4, 5 hours each day while napping after dinner then the vicious cycle continues. Affecting my concentration and energy in the day too. It’s bad. Would like to at least be able to fall asleep before 2am and get a proper 7 hours of rest everyday. And finally screw IPPT Gold I just hope I can exercise regularly enough to keep myself fit because it really sucks being unfit.

2) Make Art
Have various ideas now. Seen and learned enough. About time I start creating. 3 projects - knocking bird; if a tree falls; for immediate release - should be a reasonable goal. Also gotta set up a personal website to compile these and other stuff. 

Also really wanna continue sketching. And hone my photography by shooting more.

3) Expose and Experience
To expose myself to more varied experiences; read wide, watch more films, travel and broaden my perspectives, think critically, write. Step out of my comfort zone in general, meet more people, have conversations, learn about topics I never cared about, research deeper into areas I am interested in. By the end of the year I should be thoroughly satisfied with the amount of things I’ve done, the experiences I’ve gained, and the stories I’ve been through.

I think that’s it for now; just 3 simple goals that are not so easy to achieve. Probably already enough to fill my 2019 and make my 2019 an amazing if I am indeed able to just even do 75% of what these mean for me.

Will add more along the way and review from time to time.

In Years Past

2018 NYR - 2018 Review

2017 NYR - 2017 Review

2016 NYR - 2016 Review

2015 NYR - 2015 Review

2013 NYR 

Last month…

1) Self-improvement in various aspects: 做一个厉害的人

2) Steady progress in my job

3) IPPT Gold
No IPPT during ICT lol. Gotta force myself to train up and book to take it within the next few months.

This is for the next 3 items: If I’m gonna stop reading, watching films, writing, and doing everything else aside from work when work gets busy, my life will be pretty boring and I won’t be able to improve. I got to continue having a life out of work even when work is almost just life because life cannot be just work.

4) ReadRead5) Watch

Finishing up with Maniac, SGIFF ongoing, hope to be able to clear the films I wanted to watch for this year before it ends.

6) Write
Probably nothing happening.

7) Photography
Unlikely to have anything.

8) Make Art
Hmm…

9) Track my artsposure: exposure to arts
Okay good.

10) Manage my finances
Put it aside for the time being.

11) Personal website/portfolio
Uhh…

Some measurable objectives:
- IPPT Gold IMPOSSIBLE.
- 24 books 16 is a reasonable goal
- 40 films 38 so far
- 12 articles++ ……
- $15,000 in bank account
- Photography project to put thoughts into ideas into plans into actions SOON
- Personal website/portfolio

Some other goals I would like to achieve in this second half of the year:
- Plan an overseas trip with my family - probably NOT happening managed to go to Seoul and even had our graduation shoot as a family!
- If that doesn’t happen, go on a solo trip - Tanzania/Kenya if still possible, if not perhaps Asia or Europe
- Tie up loose ends of my incomplete UX design project for closure - on it, sorta still gotta push myself on this
- Lower involvement in Scouting and be at ease with that - job well done

To focus on these last 2 months:
- Launch a landing page/insta account linking to ALL THINGS ARTS in SG; haven’t gotten to designing the posts, gotta do it soon!!
- Brainstorm, research, and get started on a project I truly feel for; had an idea on the topic of ‘does art need an audience’, need some real research and time to work on it
- Work on the design for my own website; lol maybe will happen end of next year

By the time the exhibition opens next week, it’s 3 weeks left and so much to accomplish. Really gotta push myself through this and head into 2019 with a strong momentum.

I just know I need to make sure I’m ready for 2019 by the end of December.
Also wanna come up with a 5 year road map to give myself a very general and rough direction for the next 5 years.

doctorwhisky:

curliestofcrowns:

bidet-of-evil:

femmetay:

lovesbitch:

I don’t understand how people can leave tumblr. I’ve been here since 2009 - I couldn’t leave even if I wanted to. 

i really believe that anyone who made an account between 2009-2011 unknowingly signed a contract with the devil and now we’re all trapped here until the website finally dies like leaving has never been an option in the first place

you can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave ~ who knew hotel california was actually about tumblr

true

Yeah.

It’s been 9 years and tumblr has changed so much people come and go and why am I still here