A promise to the self is perhaps one of the first things we tend to push aside when prioritising the to-do list. I am a compulsive list-maker: from shopping lists to separate task lists on my mobile and computer and little bits of paper tucked away in various drawers at home, I have lists in all shapes, sizes and forms. In all those lists, things I have to do just for me, with no benefits to anyone else (except indirectly perhaps; as in since I'm happy and smiling, everyone around me feels better and so on and so forth), are always sidelined.
This is not to say I am one of those self-sacrificing types. Nope, I do have my indulgences but inevitably, when I am listing things out, those made-in-the-mind promises to myself take a back seat. I've been meaning to write more than 200 words a day (apart from work, even if not specifically on my book), notwithstanding status updates and tweets. I've been meaning to finalise my solitude trip: the idea is to go away by myself for a week or two; the trip is meant to do multiple things--some alone time so that I can think clearly, bring out the Muse, etc etc. I've been meaning to meditate. See, these are the kind of things that often gets lost by the wayside as life moves ahead on the fast track.
This, despite the fact that I have a very supportive group of family and friends! So you see, I don't even have anyone else to blame! For now, I'm blaming it on the lazy, rainy weather. Coming back to the to-do list, I am making a new one now: a timeline this time, for fulfilling all my dreamy goals.
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This is not to say I am one of those self-sacrificing types. Nope, I do have my indulgences but inevitably, when I am listing things out, those made-in-the-mind promises to myself take a back seat. I've been meaning to write more than 200 words a day (apart from work, even if not specifically on my book), notwithstanding status updates and tweets. I've been meaning to finalise my solitude trip: the idea is to go away by myself for a week or two; the trip is meant to do multiple things--some alone time so that I can think clearly, bring out the Muse, etc etc. I've been meaning to meditate. See, these are the kind of things that often gets lost by the wayside as life moves ahead on the fast track.
This, despite the fact that I have a very supportive group of family and friends! So you see, I don't even have anyone else to blame! For now, I'm blaming it on the lazy, rainy weather. Coming back to the to-do list, I am making a new one now: a timeline this time, for fulfilling all my dreamy goals.
