Stress Management Seminar

I attended a Stress Management Seminar conducted by Business Works for Summit Media yesterday at the Holiday Inn Galleria. The speaker was Anthony Pangilinan, assisted by Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo. Yup, 2 TV personalities. My attendance there came as a blessing. My officemate Jon can't make so he gave his slot to me.

I would like to share some quotations I learned that really struck me:

1. "It is not what happens to you but in you." - This is so true. We should learn to see good things in our problems and circumstances and learn from them.

2. "Don't let the good, keep you from the best." - This made me ponder on what I really wanted. Sometimes you have to learn to sacrifice for something greater.

3. "We are the only ones who want our lives to be balanced." - Others would like to get the best from us and take whatever they can. A classic example is your boss who will continue to keep on demanding work from you as long as you don't say no. Talk about about abuse. We should be committed to have work-life balance, we are the only ones who can do that to ourselves.

The things I wish for now

They say you have to write what you want in order for your mind attract it. The power of the mind is so strong that when you do decide you want something and you picture yourself getting it, then it will come. Andrew Matthews, in his book "Being Happy" talks about the power of visualizing something in your mind in order to achieve it. This book with all its truths has greatly influenced and molded the way I think today.

There was this one time in my life that I talked to myself and asked what I wanted to make me happy. I enumerated several things but I cannot remember all of them. Top of mind include having a boyfriend, a dog, getting in a university, etc. I know I did not get everything that I wished for but it trained me to focus on what I really wanted. It allowed me to know the things that mattered to me at that time. I may be fickle at times, as my friends always say, but when I want something, I am really determined to get it, no matter what. Well, or course there are intances wherein God would give you another message or grant it in His time.

The fact of the matter is, I would like to use my mind again to attract what I want in life now. I would like to begin by writing them down:

1. To have a better career/job in a multinational company
2. To get married and have my own family
3. To have my own car
4. To travel to Europe and visit Paris, France
5. To start a small business

I will be committed to make these things into reality and I do hope it is going to be soon.

Cookie Monster

I have never been a addict in anything ever since. I crave food, oh yes a great number of them but they are just seasonal. There was a time I wanted to eat crunchy bite-size empanada and no matter what empanada I eat I am never satisfied until I taste what I have imagined or longed for. Kinda weird, huh? But when it comes to cookies/biscuits (or something like it) there is no season. I simply long for them everytime. It's just me, I am a cookie monster.

Some of my fave cookies include Sun Maid raisin cookies, Subway's choco chip and oatmeal cookies, Walkers shortbread butter cookies and M&S's Milk Chocolate Digestives. These are my highly recommended goodies. I am sure you will love them too. I just bought another pack of Digestives, my second for the month. I really can't help myself. I know I am watching my weight now but I don't care... the important thing is I am happy. It is just another extra 30 minutes in the treadmill or stepper. Plus, I have self-control. I may have a sweet tooth but I know how to stop if I feel I am loosing it. I am just a gal who knows how to make myself happy. And that is cookies...

Okay, I better end this entry before I finish the whole pack...

Thoughts for the day

I have been wanting to find the time to write an entry in my blog for the longest time. Although I found the time today, this will be a rush entry since I need to meet with my officemate at the gym and dress up for Maya's parents' Silver wedding tonight. I know that 'having no time' is really not an excuse. The issue is focus.

Well, in the last few days, I have been thinking about the way I spend my time, not just at work but my time per se. Have I been spending it well? Am I using the existing resources and benefits that I have? Like at work, I can freely browse the internet for information, but I still don't find the time to have a quick read for a topic I am interested in, such as dogs, travels, news etc. I also realized that I am still oblivious to a lot of things in the world and it saddens me to think that I was not alarmed at all. Not until now. With this realization, I would like to commit to having a balance in my work hours by devoting at least 30 minutes a day researching through the net, reading my Yahoo mail and others; anything to stuff my head with. I want to commit to knowledge and learning since I now see the value of it. I just hope it's not too late.

I plan to write short entries in my blog every other day too. I have a number of topics in my head and all I need to do is sit down and write. 'Til next time.