~ Kahlil Gibran. Sand and Foam. 1926. ~
DREAM HYPE ‘09
February 4, 2009i am yet again nurturing little seedlings of DREAMS.
and mind you, these are not the so-so DREAMS, but something rather outrageous and eccentric. AGAIN.
sometimes, i catch Myself saying to Me: ‘when will you ever stop?’
and Me would say: ‘try to stop me.’
it’s a dare, an overconfident statement. once again, i am taunting the gods for these seemingly impossible dreams to produce results. the inertia is dragging me so fast in a beat, and i couldn’t keep up with the adrenaline rush.
that’s what happens to Me when dreams get upstream.
2009 LIFE GOALS
- BUILD THAT HOUSE. i need at least P3M to build the ancestral house. years ago, the house had a nice blueprint, and sadly, the blueprint remained such to this day. what a waste of time! a lot could have happened for the better had we risked more for the house. i am initiating the cause and asking the full support of my siblings on this one, not only for us but more importantly for our parents’ sake.
- GRADUATE STUDIES. i want go back to school. i wanna learn more things, and i need to move further up in my career. the problem and a really glaring truth about my current position is that the path tend to plateau at a certain level. but since i cannot (and will not) stop progressing, i have yet to learn management skills to thrive in this business. aside from that, being an entrepreneur requires more management know-hows. and so, i’m going back to school this year. (yipeee!!!)
- GO ON WITH THAT TRIP! passport on the way… i’m just waiting for my first trip out of the country aboard that plane… ALL EXPENSES PAID. so what if there’s an economic crunch? i guess i deserved that trip, after all the efforts, hardships and sacrifices.
- DRIVE MY WAY OUT OF BLUES. now that there’s a car, it’s about time i learn how to drive. my family loves travelling and we find roadtrips extra fun! but first, i gotta get a driver’s license.
- EXPAND MY PROJECTS & MY NETWORK. i have a lot of business(es) in mind, those that i know i’m good at. after all business without passion tend to get stuck in the middle. so i’d drift into something else that i know i will enjoy doing such that it won’t feel like ‘work’ at all. apart for the business prospects, a healthy list of clientele is essential. with the right tools and a good talent, everything will work out well.
let me also share you one of the secret i learned from my mentor: you have to invest at least 1 hour a day for your dreams. that means, 364 hours a year may have been enough time for something to happen. getting that dream requires a big chunk of investment in TIME.
what i have written in each of these webpages will remind me of things to hope for, and things to accomplish in 2009. it doesn’t matter how fast (or slow) things will turn out, what matters is that i have laid down the first step— the blueprints— of these dreams.
“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.”
~ Danny Kaye
