Thursday, March 12, 2009 @ 10:31 PM
well... some updates of my life
1) I GOT BACK MY RESULTS THIS WEEK
like what i've told many people, i dont know whether should i feel elated or sad.. firstly, i got a C+ and NO As this time round. My GPA fell by 0.05. HOWEVER, i got a DISTINCTION for my travel & leisure. i am really amazed how did i even do it. when i saw that distinction, i couldnt believe my eyes. so yeah.. should i be overjoyed that i got another distinction or should i be depress cos my GPA fell. but i am feeling more depress then joy.
2) i FINALLY sent my precious phone for repair.
just today, i gave up on my power button that was spoilt like a few months back. thank God i have a spare phone at home to last me through the next 3-4 days.
3) i've been packing lunch boxes to office since tuesday
this resulted in high savings. but i bought a skirt today :( but its only 20 bucks and its an office skirt. i bought it because i only have ONE formal bottom and the workplace i am in now is actually a formal dresscode workplace. i've been wearing jeans to office but with great fear of being told off.
4) i need to get a social life
this is self explanatory.
thats all.
something i read that really speaks of how i am feeling now,
Letting go of perfection.
It is good to remember that one of our goals in life is to not be perfect. We often lose track of this aspiration. When we make mistakes, we think that we are failing or not measuring up. But if life is about experimenting, experiencing, and learning, then to be imperfect is a prerequisite. Life becomes much more interesting once we let go of our quest for perfection and aspire for imperfection instead.
This doesn’t mean that we don’t strive to be our best. We simply accept that there is no such thing as perfection—especially in life. All living things are in a ceaseless state of movement. Even as you read this, your hair is growing, your cells are dying and being reborn, and your blood is moving through your veins. Your life changes more than it stays the same. Perfection may happen in a moment, but it will not last because it is an impermanent state. Trying to hold on to perfection or forcing it to happen causes frustration and unhappiness.
In spite of this, many of us are in the habit of trying to be perfect. One way to nudge ourselves out of this tendency is to look at our lives and notice that no one is judging us to see whether or not we are perfect. Sometimes, perfectionism is a holdover from our childhood—an ideal we inherited from a demanding parent. We are adults now, and we can choose to let go of the need to perform for someone else’s approval. Similarly, we can choose to experience the universe as a loving place where we are free to be imperfect. Once we realize this, we can begin to take ourselves less seriously and have more fun. Imperfection is inherent to being human. By embracing your imperfections, you embrace yourself.
