MY 2018 MID-YEAR GOALS

I started 2018 with a list of goals. I can't say that I'm succeeding in them, but I think that having accomplished two (more like two and a half, because that half is kind of a work in progress) at this point in the year is pretty decent. As much as I'd like to focus on completing my goals, I think I'd also like to add a few more, just to give myself a semblance of change. It's also quite appropriate, being that if there's any time to be serious about transitioning to more professional behavior, I think it should be now-- I need to live this like a calling, after all.

I want to give myself more challenging goals, because at this point, I feel like I really need to discipline myself, because there's no assurance that I'd have someone to help me, just in case I make mistakes along the road-- that's not to say that I'm aiming for faultlessness (because if I were, then I'd better quit right now, because it's not going to happen), it's just that I need to try my best to rid myself of all the ingredients for perfect messes. Yes, this is adulting. I hope.

1. LEARN TO DEAL WITH HAIR.

Seriously, my hair has a life of its own. My hair texture is that of the unmanageable type, making the very basic hairstyles just difficult, or sometimes, even impossible. Sometimes, I'd style my hair all soft and bouncy for about an hour, and then it turns into a tornado-blown mess the second I step out of the house. It's really stressful, honestly! Chemically straightening my hair isn't an option, because I've already done that, and hair regrowth after straightening is just horrible! I'm thinking of just treating my hair with natural stuff, like maybe olive oil, coconut oil, or whatever trending oils there are-- to at least nourish my hair one way or another. I want to start DIY-ing it too, because it'll be cheaper that way. Which reminds me, I think I need to buy a hair steamer.. 2. SUPPORT LOCALLY-PRODUCED BEAUTY PRODUCTS.

This, I've actually been thinking of for about a week or so. You know how we all love our Korean beauty products because of the good ingredients with the relatively affordable prices? Well, I've been looking at BeautyMNL under the Local Finds tab, and I've come to realize that the nice things I like about Korean products are also in Filipino products-- minus the pretty packaging, but oh well, we'll get there. A lot of Filipino skin care products have natural ingredients (some, even organic), so yay!

I've been looking at brands like Hello Gorgeous, Pink Sugar, and Bare MNL, among others, and I'm actually pretty impressed. I've also been enjoying looking at products that have milk, activated charcoal, honey, and oh yes my favorite-- coconut oil. I don't know if Filipino beauty products had just experienced a massive boom, or if it has already boomed, but I just wasn't paying attention.

3. MINIMIZE DRAGGING PEOPLE TO HELL. I can be very spiteful when I want to be. I've fairly-recently discovered that while I do feel a slight injustice whenever people don't take my pain seriously, I only make situations more unloving when I try to overcompensate by attempting to deliver disproportional manners of revenge.

WAIT! It's not to say that I'm going to be a fake peace-loving hippie. I'm still going to fight for my rights, but maybe I'll deliver more proportionately. Maybe instead of dragging people to hell, I should just focus in putting horrible people in their places-- whether or not it's actual hell is their problem, not mine.

4. SHIFT TO MORE HEALTHFUL SNACKS.

This, I struggle with, terribly. I think I'm always going to struggle as long as chips and all all other salty snacks remain on this planet. Some people like sweet snacks, but I love salty snacks. I have a serious, though miserably unrequited, love for Cheetos, Piattos, Doritos, fries, salted pretzels, and instant noodles.

I'm not exactly sure how and where to start. Should I go cold turkey on all the chips? ..but I love snacking, what will I snack on? I don't like fruit very much.. So how? Right now, I'm trying to substitute very yummy corn chips in favor of whole-wheat cereals and milk. It's still not the best, as far as nutrition is concerned, but I think it's the less evil. I'm thinking of going on a Manila Superfoods haul-- like buying dried berries for me to snack on, and maybe matcha powder so I can make my lattes at home instead of buying sugar-laced ones outside. One step at a time, I tell myself. 5. FINISH "CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND". Please.

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