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  “If I need things to be a certain way, I’m held hostage by them.” —  Jonny Wilkinson I am learning how to let go. Of people. Of expectations. Of choices, events, things I can’t control. I am choosing to have faith in what will be. Inhale. Deep breath. Exhale. Holding onto this hope so faint, Taking that elusive leap of faith.

  “The difficulty for me is that I’m interested in so many different things. I could never really imagine myself doing one thing.” — Emma Watson I’ve always had an eclectic mix of interests. Hats I wanted to wear, things I wanted to be. Some complemented others, some straight up contradicted themselves. On Writing Once upon a time, I wanted to be a journalist. I was actually the editor in chief of our high school paper for two years. I was also a constant delegate to the annual schools’ press conference — even won a couple of awards in the news writing and editorial categories. I guess I just have a natural tendency to organize and be a grammar nazi, so this was kind of a no-brainer. As much as these traits stayed with me, I did not really bother to pursue this career. On Reading I love books. I love reading. My hair is always in a bun. So at one point, I thought, why not be a librarian? But no, I did not become it. Simply because I didn’t look therefore didn’t find a library to wo...

  I have always planned ‘New Year Resolutions’ but failed to write ‘In Retrospect’ articles detailing what I have done and achieved for the year, mainly because of the fact that I wasn’t really keen on keeping notes about progress and all that. So in comes ‘Personal OKRs’, a project where I will write and regularly update my yearly objectives — detailed and tracked by teeny, digestible key results. OKR  is a goal-setting framework that consists of two parts: the clearly-defined Objective and its (usually 3–5) measurable success criteria called Key Results. And of course, tracking will be done with a  personal kanban board  because, why not? Guide: Assess my situation Where do I want to be (next quarter, next six months, next year, etc.) Make plans on how to get there Bonus: at the end of the month, what new can I confidently speak on, without prep? Everything will be done in Notion and screenshots for quarterly updates will be pasted here as I progress. Here’s to say...