As per subject title...
Priorities
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Systems / Goals
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Evaluation
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No. 1: Mental and
Spiritual Health
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Meditate daily
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Meditated about 2-3
times a week on average this year. Happy about this.
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Practise yoga daily
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Practised yoga about 3
times per week for the first 3 quarters of this year. Frequency decreased to
about 1-2 times per week in the last quarter due to increased training
commitment.
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Find meaning in life
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Still thinking about
this. Finding meaning in life is an ongoing process, I believe.
My thinking now is that
life is inherently meaningless, but we can surely add meaning to it. Our time
is finite so we should utilise our living moments wisely.
“Life is a daring
adventure, or nothing at all!”. I’ve done very “adventurous” activities in my
youth and I did not regret doing them. I’ve been less adventourous ever since
I started working. I’m determined to not let work get in the way of life.
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No. 2: Physical Health
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Get enough sleep (at
least 7 hours a day)
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Averaged about 7 hours
of sleep per day. Ideally, it would be 8 hours.
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Eat healthily
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Really proud of my
generally low-carb diet this year! There’s room for improvement with respect
to my sweet tooth though.
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Be active everyday
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Picked up a new sport this
year and have been training 3-4 times (1.5-2 hours each session) per week. My
speed, strength and reflexes have improved tremendously and I’m feeling
fitter and toner than ever!!! This is my top achievement this year!!!
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Go for a suitable
full-body health screening
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Did some basic health
tests and also an ECG recently. Based on my family doctor’s advice, I will
start going for full-body health screening once every 2 years from age 30
onwards.
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No. 3: Relationships
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Spend quality time with
loved ones
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Happy with my
relationships with loved ones. Nothing I want to change in this regard J
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No. 4: Career
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Stay employed for most
parts of the year
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Employed for 11 months.
Took 1 month off in between job-change.
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Find a higher-paying
job with equally little stress and decent work-life balance
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I secured a new job at
a new organisation. “Lower” career status but higher pay and closer to home.
Letting go of careerism
is not an easy journey… but I’m getting there slowly but surely. Increasingly,
I do not desire recognition, promotion or any career bells and whistles. I
have determined this year that my job is a job, not a career. I arrive and
leave on time, and do my job during office hours. It seems to me that
work-life balance is all in the mind and one’s attitude towards work.
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No. 5: Finances
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Invest
at least S$30k in equities by year-end
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Achieved.
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Increase liquid
networth by S$60k by year-end
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I increased my liquid
networth by S$56k this year, S$4k short of my target.
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No. 6: Authenticity
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Be more authentic
(online and when interacting with others in real life)
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I have been more
authentic this year and feel really great about this. Reached out to a few
like-minded bloggers online (shout-out to ERSG!).
I have also distanced
myself from "complainy-pants" friends this year. It really does
wonders.
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Other significant milestones and events this year:
- Got engaged to loving partner of many years
- Surpassed the basic
retirement sum in my CPF OA and SA
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