The Lasts of 2011

It's this time of the year again when I look back at the year that has passed and try to sort of evaluate if it was a good year or not.

Well, 2011 was generally kind to me. I closed a lot of good deals this year and really earned a lot from the closed transactions. I think I was almost (95%) successful at catching myself from feeling complacent and from stopping to work entirely after closing a big deal. ( Complacency has always been my problem. You know when I close a huge deal I feel like I have the right to slack. I am close to not being like this anymore. Just a little bit more of work. :) )

I took the Written Comprehensive Exam (WCE) for my Graduate Studies and had to take 1 subject twice. Thankfully, I passed it now and I am good to start my thesis proposal writing by next year. Although I found out that my mentor will be on leave next term, she's fine to do consultations so my thesis proposal writing will unofficially start in January 2012 and officially on May 2012. This is good because at least I have time to really study for the broker's license exam on March 2012.

Kd and I were blessed with another awesome year. We're still not the perfect couple but it's the imperfections that keep what we have special.

I had a good share of challenges that I had to deal with especially for work. As a result of dealing with those, I can happily say that I have learned the things that I know now through my own experience.

I am looking forward to the year ahead. I do not know what's in store for me but I remain positive. I'm looking forward to live through the year and fill it with meaningful experiences that when this time of the year comes again, I'll have a lot of things to look back at.

Endurance 2011

I think I have endured a lot this year. Not that I really have a lot of emotional baggage but I mean in terms of work and also physically. I have endured running around the Metro for meetings, viewings, errands, listings and whatnot with a fever, flu or a really bad cold the entire year. I have dealt with difficult and crazy people throughout the year-clients and landlords alike. Although of course I've had my share of good people to deal with, too. So there, endurance 2011.

Butterfly Effect

Butterfly effect is the concept that explains that what we do or say today will have an effect on a lot of things later, tomorrow, next year and forever. Well, this is not the exact definition of course but it's something like this.

Whatever we choose to do or say today will have an effect on our lives and the lives of others whether we intend to do so or not. So choose wisely. Always.

Oh.

I remember Iceman.

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I would like to believe that being what I am and actually deciding to live my life as I am, I have certain privileges that a usual person (girl) would not have.

Ideally, a couple would marry, have kids (or vice versa), raise the kids until they can stand on their own and then, as a couple, do whatever they would want to do.

Now, since I will not have kids and marry, I will be jumping straight to the last step which is to do whatever I (or KD and I) would want to do. This is a privilege, an advantage. But what do I do?

It's great that I do not necessarily have a guide book to follow but it's also hard to figure out how I should go about things.

Free as I may seem, I feel even more trapped as those who have something to follow.