Quick intro. Let’s close the year right and let’s get started.

Clean up your space 

Clean your place and collect the things that you never use for the year and the things that have seen better days. Sell, donate or throw it away those items. In short, let it go. Its such a breath of fresh air to be totally free from stuffs. If you need some guide clearing out, you can refer to my previous blog post. 

Clean your heart

It’s not just our house that needs cleaning but also ourselves from within. Let go of all the negative emotions that you have towards other people. Whether you have settled the matter with them or not, do yourself a favor and forgive them. Holding on negative emotions is just an unnecessary baggage. Remember, you cannot control other people, but you can control your thoughts and your thoughts can change how you feel. Tell yourself, “I forgive you because I don’t deserve to carry trash emotions in my heart. I have so many things to be grateful for and I’d rather fill my heart with all those goodness.

Clear your head

Any thoughts floating in your head, just write it down. Don’t let yourself get distracted by pending projects, unaccomplished goals, errands to run. Don’t hold it in your mind. Use a pen and paper or go digital if you prefer and start to brain dump. Write down any thoughts you have and clear your mind.

Know your habits

At this point, I want to say evaluate your success and failure this year. However, I realized that we have tendency to underestimate our success and overestimate our failure. So instead, lets take a more objective route and take inventory of our habits. What habits contributed to your success this year? Is it waking up early, doing food log, working out? It’s the small things that we do each day that shapes our life, and little did we know that these small things bring us success.

Take a look on the failing habits too. Do you still procrastinate? Do you spend money on nonessential, so your credit card bills build up? This is more like digging on the root of the problem than just looking into problem.  Write down your habits, good or bad and get to know your habits.

Count the learning

Recall all the new things you have learned this year. Did you learn new skills? Have you read a good book or attended a lifechanging seminar or training?  Take inventory of your greatest discovery this year.

Know your numbers (finances, health, relationship)

I love numbers because the saying is true, numbers never lie. It tells you exactly whether you are accomplishing something or not. Two numbers we must know before the year end is your net worth and body measurement.

Let’s face it, two common goals we set each year is related to our health and finances. Before setting goals let’s get into our status first.

Net worth is computed as asset less liabilities. Asset is anything that you own (house, savings, investment) while liabilities (mortage, credit card loan ) is anything that you owe. With this I hope you’ll have a positive result. But don’t feel bad if you get a negative result, rather see it as an opportunity for growth for next year.

For the body measurement, aside from your weight, find out your BMI and Body fat percentage too. I won’t go into details as there are tons of resources in the internet on how to compute those numbers.

Plan your organization system

Organizing might be a dreaded task, but as an adult, we all have to master this skill. As Tony Robbins says, “if your life is worth living, it is worth recording”. Plan out how you can plot your days, month, year, how you will keep track your goals and record your progress. I always prefer to go old school with pen and paper, but you can definitely use apps if that’s works for you. Just make sure you know the tolls for organization before a new year begins.

Think of your ideal 2018 (Dream time!)

Setting goals can sometimes scares people or bring them to default (losing weight, earning more). So instead, I want you to imagine your ideal year. A good start is to ask yourself this question, “Wouldn’t it be great if   _______?”. For example, wouldn’t it be great if I weighted 50 kilos in 2018? Wouldn’t it be great if I’m improving my photography skills? Let yourself dream again and believe like a child!

You might be tempted to check online for inspirations, but I would say DONT. This is your life so don’t let the world or the internet tell you what your dreams are supposed to be.  Listen to your inner thoughts and let yourself decide on what you really want.

Write down success habits to go with your ideal year

Remember the habits inventory we did in step 4? Bring it out again and pick those habits that will help you achieve your new year’s goals. Think of the habits you need to form to fulfill your ideal life. Goals are achieved by actions. You don’t need motivations, you need habits. Form habits that will make you closer to what you really want to get.

Be thankful!

Finally, as the old saying goes, count your blessings. You may not have the best year this 2017, you may have had faced huge challenges, failures or disappointment, but remember if you had eaten 365 meals this year, you still live a better life than a thousand of people. There is always, always something to be thankful for. 

I remember a short Goldie and Bear episode I watched with my son. Bear with me, this is good! Bear went fishing with Daddy Bear and Goldie, and he was so upset he can’t catch any fish. What’s the good in fishing when you can’t catch any fish? Daddy bear told Bear that fishing is not just about catching fish. It’s also about getting into the boat, fishing together with your family and friend, enjoying the scenery, enjoying the view and most of all, creating memories.

It doesn’t matter if you didn’t catch enough fish this year. Its good if you accomplished all your goals but It’s still ok if you didn’t. At the end of the day, it’s not just about the goal, its about who you become while reaching those goals.

This will be my last post for the year. I hope you found something valuable in my blog this year. Thank you for spending your time with me and I look forward to having you again next year. May you have a wonderful holiday season. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Have you heard people saying, “I decided to do this because this is what God told me”, and wonder how these people hear from God? One of my life groupmates asked this and I thought this is a valid question. Who knows, people are saying this just to justify their decisions or appear spiritual. So today, I thought I would share with you my personal thoughts on how to hear from God. A little bit disclaimer, this is based on what I’ve learned and what I’ve personally experienced.

CONFIRMATION

One way of hearing from God is through hearing the same message again and again. There are times when Sunday preaching is about courage, your current devotional is about courage and your Christian friend unexpectedly shared something about courage too! Coincidence? Maybe not. When this happens, take time to reflect. It can be God’s way of confirming His personal message for you.

SPECIFIC WORD

This is one of my favorite, but to be honest, this is the rarest way of hearing from God. There are times when you are asking God for something and you open your bible and literally, God’s answer is in front of you.  Last year, there was a point when I was in doubt about our move to Japan. As I do my daily journal, the verse Jeremiah 29:7 speaks to me “seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you (into exile). Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper”. Because of this, the sadness was gone, I received peace and I once again believed that this is part of God’s plan.  However, as mentioned, this doesn’t happen all the time. If only God, answers prayers with emails! But the Bible says, keep asking, keep seeking and then you will receive, you will find. Pray to receive a specific word for your specific needs.

DAILY BIBLE READING

I’ve been a Christian for about ten years now. One thing that I learned over the years, that has become part of my life until now is Bible reading. The Bible is the word of God. It is His way to speak to us. It tells everything we wanted to know about. By reading the Bible, you get to understand God, yourself and His purpose for you. At first, it will not make sense. But as you keep on reading, you’ll eventually understand. I remember before, I only read my bible because I’m required to do so. In one of the church training, we have a notebook that we need to fill out with our daily reflection of our Bible reading. Of course, I don’t want to be that bad student who doesn’t do her homework! Eventually, this became a habit for me and even though I had finished with the training. I get used to it and keep on doing it until now. Reading the Bible constantly, builds faith and understanding of God’s way. When the times comes to make decisions, it’s easy to identify which decision is God approved. Being familiar with the Bible is like being familiar with God’s voice. It’s like building an archived of God’s perspectives in your brain, ready for use any time.

That’s about it. Bottom line, hearing from God is all about being in His presence. I remember ten years ago, I was a new believer of God, I was in college and a very grade conscious student. In fact, I’m hoping to graduate cum laude, but it was gone when I received a low grade in one of my subjects. I get the list of verses I usually hear from church and all I can see that is applicable to me is the verse “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). I talked with my churchmates and they say the same thing. I thought, well, it’s a safe verse to say, so why not? But I certainly put that verse in to action. When I reached my house, I locked myself in the room and cried. I cried and complain to God, asking him why. I remember myself saying things like, “I used to be by myself and I’m doing good, now that you came into my life, you ruined my dreams!”. I complained, blamed and yelled God. When I got too exhausted to cry and complain, I stopped and tell myself that I’m just wasting my time because no matter what I say, it will not change the fact that he is God. That moment, the very words I said bounce back to me, as if God is telling me, “no matter what people say, no matter what happened, it will not change who you are”.

I hope this helps you hear more from God. See you in my next post. 

I'm pretty much an optimistic person. But there are still times when no matter how I try to motivate myself, I'm still overwhelmed with negative emotions such as worries, doubts and feeling of failure. Finally, I understand where all these negative emotions are coming from, what’s its purpose and how to handle it.

First, understand that thinking negatively is actually a human nature. That's how our brain is wired. Our mind’s game plan is survival. Its main purpose is to protect us by eliminating change and keeping us in comfort zone. It’s called Cognitive Bias. In the past, it helped our ancestor to survive. Whenever they hear an unfamiliar sound, the mind thinks of threat so the body can prepare to defend. See? our negative thoughts are not a bad thing at all. It protects us, keep us safe and helps us survive. But sometimes it goes overboard, that these negative thoughts cause stress, hinder us from going big and scare us from change.

The truth is negative thoughts are inevitable. It’s always there, popping in your mind whenever it wants. But the good news is you can handle it. And no, it’s not by thinking positive thoughts. In fact, if you try to think contrary to the thought, you might amplify it even more. It’s like your brain will tell you, “See, you are trying to push the negative thought away because you know it’s true”.

All it takes is acceptance. Acknowledge the thought. This way, you are removing the tension and this will allow you to get your brain on board in overcoming the negative thoughts. Simply put, it’s like telling your brain “hey, I get this. You are right to say that this thing is worth worrying, the doubt is valid that it might be a wrong decision, I might fail and its scary to try new things. However, we will never really know until we get there. Besides, I can learn from this experience and it will make me a better person no matter what the result is. With this, you acknowledge the negative thought that its true but tolerable and you are willing to deal with whatever result it might have.

It also helps to keep an archived of exemplary examples. Sometimes, our mind tends to give us negative thoughts because it’s tapping in to the things we have in mind. We could be keeping an archived of negative experience we experience ourselves or we see from other people. We might have accepted negative thoughts relayed by our parents, teachers, friends and other people we spoke with. So, it’s best to reprogram our memory bank. Recall your own success stories. Find exemplary people who overcome their own negative thoughts. Feed your mind with empowering thoughts. As they said, garbage in garbage out; positive thoughts in, positive thoughts out. Don’t wait until you’re feeling down before you look for positive thoughts or exemplary examples. Keep a habit of keeping your thoughts in good or positive shape.

Personally, I feed myself with positive thoughts daily by journaling. I usually read a passage or two from the Bible, meditate on it and see how I can apply it in my personal life. On days I feel uninspired, I read back my old journals and it usually put me back on track.

Finally, take action. Get up on our feet and do something.  Instead of wasting your time and energy dwelling on your thoughts, start focusing on the solution. Even if you are loaded with positive thoughts or exemplary examples, it’s no use until you put it in to actions. Let’s not confuse inspiration to getting things done. So yeah, just do it.

That’s about it. I hope this short post will send a ray of sunshine to someone who needs it. 

We live in a stressful, fast paced, always moving and virtually connected world. Everything is expected to come in an instant, and so is the demand in our works. With this kind of environment, how can we actually achieve work-life balance?

Every time I get busy with my work, I asked this question. I’ve been looking for the right formula to get it. However, I realized that to look for the balance is quite a pointless goal. There will be times that we will be required to work more, and there are times that we work less. Also, I realized that it is not the balance that we’re looking for; it’s about achieving stress- free life, a positive outlook and a happiness. Over the years, I found three things that helped me achieve this and I thought this might help you too. If you’re interested to know more about it, read on.

NOURISH YOUR WELL-BEING DAILY

Caring for yourself is not a once a year event. It is something we should do daily. When you are nourished inside and out, you don’t feel the need to take a time out, and you are fully engaged to whatever you need to do or accomplished.

Now you asked how to nourish your well-being? It’s as simple as giving yourself an hour or two to care for your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual being. You can do this in the morning. Start your day with an exercise followed by a hearty breakfast. Then spend time to pray and read the Bible, and finally take a few minutes to reflect and write down your thoughts and feelings for the day. A routine like this, makes you mindful of your overall self and gives you a head start for the day ahead.

MIND YOUR OWN TIMETABLE

We all received unsolicited advice every now and then. People are trying to tell us to get married, find another job or take a sabbatical leave and a lot more. Giving too much attention to what people say, bring unnecessary pressure in our life which sometimes lead us to make decisions at the wrong time. I’m not saying we should totally not consider others advice; sometimes they’re helpful. But we know ourselves better, so make it a point that you mind your own timetable. Set your own goals and plan ahead.

One time, I came across a blog post about a woman who retires at the age of 30. She started planning about it when she was in College and started saving for her retirement fund back then. She devoted 10 years saving for the retirement fund and she did it! I was so inspired, I tell myself I can do that do, I can retire in 10 years’ time! I do the math and all the nerdy things and came up with a plan…an extreme one. Then I realized I’m a mother and by then, my son is not even in College, how can I even retire? How crazy my mind can go sometimes!

When I came to my senses, I realized how following others time table can create unnecessary stress in our lives. After this, I shared this to my husband, we sit down to discuss and create our own timetable for retirement.

GIVE YOUR BEST

As I’ve mentioned earlier, there will be a season that we need to work harder and a season of rest. What’s important is, whatever season you’re in now, just do your best! Give all you’ve got with no hesitation. Life is a one way journey; take it one day at a time, making the most of every time.

Don’t let your potential go to waste. Don’t let people make you feel guilty for working long and working hard. You owe it to yourself to bring out the best in you. In the same way, don’t let people make you feel guilty for taking time to rest. You deserve to enjoy what life has to offer. Simply aim for the best version of you every single day.

I hope with these tips, you get excited with work and life once again. Remember, you have that power to direct your life in the way that it should go. That power is the power to decide. Use it now and live the life you’ve always wanted.  

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There are people who gave up on their dreams and there are people who gave up EVERYTHING for their dreams. To me this is a great tragedy of life, and this should not happen to you.

In the past, the first scenario was more prevalent. People are afraid to reach for their dreams for social conformity, security of following the norms or fear of the unknown.

With the rise of the millennial, the second scenario came in. Everybody bought the idea of “Be your own Boss”, “Working for myself” and “Time Freedom” which are just empty promises (I’ll show you later why). We’re so sold out that we don’t care about breaking laws, burning bridges and thinking all for ourselves; they even call us Selfie Generation for the matter.

But there’s a way to strike the balance – to reach for your dreams without giving up life itself. 

First, let’s define your dreams. Have a clear vision of what you really want to achieve. What it is that you really want? Most of the times, we are not really sure about our dreams. We try to pretend we know it and we realize it isn’t real. Make sure you don’t fall in any of the following Defining Dream Mistakes.

COPYING OTHERS DREAM

We tend to copy the dreams the society gave us. We are programmed to believe that those who have a lot of money, those Entrepreneurs and Celebrities are the ones who live the dream life. We feel jealous about the perfect life that we see on TV and social media.  But what we see is only a tip of the iceberg, a portion of their life. I remember seeing an Instagram post of one celebrity going home at 3AM and waking up at 6AM for another taping.  Wait, this is not living the life for me. Chances are you get to sleep more than those celebrities do.  

Now let’s look at the Entrepreneurs, they look cool and powerful at the same time. Be your own boss right? But that will never happen! We simply change the name from calling them “boss” to “customers or clients”!

How about working for yourself? Nobody works for himself. We all have to work for others, that’s how we get paid.

Time freedom? Try to talk to a successful entrepreneur and you’ll find out they worked more than 40 hours a week. Granted, they have a lot of social events on weekends, but actually it’s just a better word for “marketing or networking events”.

I’m not crashing your dreams of being a celebrity or an entrepreneur. What I’m trying to say here is that, we may like the things they have but we may not like the lifestyle that comes with it. If you are up with the game, by all means go for it! But if not, don’t fake it.

There’s a lot of road to success, you don’t have to go to the same road as others. We are made to believe that you’ll never get rich by just being an employee. However, so many people had succeeded in life by being an employee. They may not be popular, but they’re living the life of their dreams.

I’m not lowering your standards either.  What I’m pointing out here, is to be real about what you really want.

Is it your dream to travel the world? You don’t have to join multilevel marketing or build your own company just to fund your travels. In fact, there are high paying jobs that allow you to travel the world for free.

Ask yourself honestly, what it is that I really want? Without knowing it, we have no way to go. We will pursue anything, following any waves that flow.

DEFINING YOUR DREAMS WITH THE MEANS

People dream about having a lot of money. They thought this is a big dream, but actually it is just the means, the way of reaching the dream. What you do with the money is what you really dreamed about.

Is it to be financially secure until retirement or to finance a charity you care about or to be a hero of some kind? Whatever it is, we must focus on achieving the dreams and not only the means.

I’m sure a lot of parents dream of caring for their children. Of course, this includes providing well for them. Some parents spend most of their time working hard even working abroad thinking they’re doing this for their children. Then they missed the PTA meeting and the soccer games. They even missed the graduation. Now the children are all grownups, parenting missed.

Sometimes, we get stuck on what we’re doing. We missed the reason why we’re doing 

things in the first place. Take time to evaluate your means to know if it’s stillaccomplishing the dream.

When I had my son, I have this dream of staying home and caring for him personally. I stressed out returning to work. A colleague, also a mom told me, “I know it’s hard, but you’ll get used to it”. Wait a minute, my mind tells me. Why do I have to just get used to this? Thinking about it, I know I need my job and I love what I’m doing professionally, but I also have this dream for my son. The idea of working from home came to me. However, it doesn’t seem to exist, especially in my field of work. I’m almost at the point of having a career shift, but God indeed never delays. I got a home-based job as an Accountant.

Sometimes, we have to give up the current means and find another that aligns with the dreams. Don’t be afraid to give up the means, there’s always a new one. As Marie Forleo says “Everything is Figureoutable”.

DON’T SLEEP AND DREAM

Take action. Write down 12 things you can do right now to achieve your dreams. It doesn’t have to be detailed yet, just write down your ideas on how you will accomplish the dream. Don’t stop until you come up with 12 ideas. If you can’t come up with 12 action steps, maybe you don’t really dream about it that much. If you do, you can list the 12 ideas right now. Do it, don’t cheat on yourself.

With this exercise, you open your mind to possibilities on how to achieve your dreams. Chances are, these are not all the steps. Along the way you will add more action items and eliminate some. But the point is to get started. Get going. Take one step at a time and take the first step now.

Build your dream in your own terms, with the right means and chase it every day. Enjoy every step of the journey. Sooner, you are living the life you’ve always wanted.

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How do you deal with unexpected situation? To something that went out of your way? It could be as simple as delayed bus or undelivered package or something as big as losing a job or losing someone?

I admire those people who stay cool in that kind of situation. For someone like me who loves to script life to some degree (just a little bit!), I freak out when things didn’t go as expected.

But there’s one story that really changed me. It’s the story of The Empty Tomb in John 20: 11-18. Three days after Jesus’ death, Mary went to the tomb where Jesus was laid and saw that it is empty. She stood outside the tomb and went crying not knowing where Jesus’ body is. Then a man came to her and asked her “Mary, why are you crying?” To her surprise, it was Jesus!

Imagine the situation, Mary was crying her heart out and Jesus was behind her, probably laughing a little bit (I’m just guessing). I assume Mary had a good laugh too, right after, for one because of joy that Jesus is alive and for how crappy she looked for crying for nothing.

This story taught me that we can only see a little bit of a picture but God sees the whole picture and every details of it. We may see things in a wrong perspective, but God always sees things in the right perspective. To Mary the empty tomb means disappointment, but to Jesus’ eyes, it is a place of victory.

With this new realization, I came up with two steps to help me deal with unexpected situations.

BELIEVE THAT GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN

When confronted with unexpected situations, I always think that something bad will happen. Learning from Mary unfolds a new point of view for me. Instead of thinking of the worst case scenario, I started to see things as a redirection, a lesson learned, or a new opportunity. It takes the same energy to think positive and negative, so choose to think positive. Things happen for a reason and believe that the reason is for your good.

One of the most unexpected things that happened to me was when I lost my dad. I used to think that if I ever lose someone I love, I won’t be able to live my life again. Losing my dad is the most painful experience I’ve been through so far. My life was never the same again since he was gone. I let myself go through pain, but I don’t let pain get through me. To cope up, I try to think of all the good things about his death; at least he doesn’t suffer that long, we don’t see him hurting for a long time; he’s now resting and enjoying heaven.

No matter how unexpected a situation is, when we believe that good things can happen, we are directing ourselves to do the next step…

RESPOND POSITIVELY

It’s one thing to believe, but it’s another thing to take action. After all, it’s not a belief if there’s no proof of doing it.

I wonder what had happened  if Mary overwhelmed herself with emotion. Will she bother to talk with  the man who asked her why is she crying? What if she ignored the man, cry some more and went home (crying)? She will never get her question answered and she will lose the chance to be a vessel of the good news.

We cannot control circumstances, but at least we can control our responses. As Mr. Charles R Swindoll says, life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you respond to it. That means you can flip a bad situation into something good if you take an action to respond positively.

Let say you are going through a break up.  You can choose to mourn for a couple of weeks or for a couple of years. It all depends on you whether you will take an action to get out of it or keep a permanent residency in mourning city.  Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Know that pain is just a chemical cocktail inside your body that subsides after a while. It is your response that prolongs the agony.

So, how to respond positively? Think of a doable ways to solve your situation. Delayed bus? Read a book (or sure, go to Facebook, but please don’t rant). Undelivered package? Call the courier. Losing a job? Find a new job or build a business.  Losing someone? Do an Emotional Declutter and so on. The point is to take action because you don’t want to get stuck in yourself re-watching the unexpected situation in your head.

So there you have it. When things went out of your way, remind yourself of the story of The Empty Tomb. This will make you accept the situation you’re at and take courage to do something about it rather than just plainly freak out.  Who knows, it could be a blessing in disguise.

Do you have a personal “Empty Tomb” story? I’d love to hear about it. Feel free to share them below and let’s get the story rolling. See you in my next post!

I was born in the Philippines. At a young age, I’m aware that there’s a God who created everything and rules the earth. I profess that I believe in God however, I have this doubt about God that I keep inside me for at least 18 years of my life. I wonder, if God is really powerful, mighty and perfect, how come He doesn’t know how to build a family?

I’m a product of two broken families. My mom and dad had failed relationship with their first partner to whom they had children. They fell in love and then I was born. While it’s clear that this is something I didn’t choose for myself, I can’t understand why people around me, neighbors, friends and even my teachers tend to point this out. I felt that my identity is linked to my parents’ choices.

Because of this, I made a commitment that “I will do my best to be the best in the all I do, until it will no longer matter to people how my birth came about”. My goal is to please everyone around me, my friends, teachers, siblings and my parents. I can vividly remember that one night, I’d recall how proud they are for what I’ve achieved in college, but to me, it’s nothing but a   façade. I created the Romanelle people will want to see, but the real one is unhappy, empty and despises her own birth story.

On my 18^th birthday, my friend Therie lent me the book “Purpose Driven Life” written by Rick Warren. She intentionally wanted to give me a copy but she had no budget. I realized she really wanted me to read this book, so I go ahead and decided to finish soon not knowing that it is a 40-day devotional book. I thought, okay, I will scan through it and send it back, but this phrase from the book changed my mind, “You are not an accident”. These words hit me hard as if it were written for me, to answer the question I had for a long tie. 

“Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it”.

Excerpt from The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.

Long story short, I finished the book in 40 days and it changed my life. Finally, I get to know who God really is. Finally, I accepted myself for who I am and what my life is all about. After reading the book, my life was never the same again. I started to build my relationship with God and appreciate life more.

As I recall, I realized there had been a lot of opportunity for me to know God; Salty, the Korean missionary I’d met when I was 8, my brother who became a Christian and my Christian seatmate when I was in 2^nd year in college. Every day we are given an opportunity to know God and His plans for us. But it takes a decision to grab the opportunity. 

Maybe, you’ve read this blog post for a reason. Maybe, it is not an accident. I want to encourage you to get to know God, if you haven’t known Him yet. Don’t settle for being aware of God, but you don’t get the chance to know Him personally and have a relationship with Him. 

Reading that book is one of the best decisions I ever made. In knowing God, I found clarity in what I believed in and I found clarity in my identity.