I’ve always been excited whenever holiday season is near. Because, there are no classes, so I don’t need to wake up early. There are no activities that I need to do, so I can spend my time freely. Thus, this season is my favorite. Since, I can rest without worrying about my responsibilities in school. However, this coming holiday season, I want to make a difference. I don’t want to spend it by merely resting. Instead, I want to hone my writing skills. Because, I think I am lacking. Then, I want to study more; to gain more knowledge that I can use in life. And lastly, I want to build a system in my life. Where I can be more self-disciplined and responsible. Either, regarding my health or my studies.
Furthermore, there is never a day where I don’t practice my writing. In fact, I try to at least write something every day. It is either, poems, essays, or plots. However, I still want to improve. It is not that, I don’t have any confidence in myself. But, I believe that I have lots of things to learn. Since, in my ten years of practicing writing. I focused mostly in creative writing. I am more into poetries. And the language I used in writing is Filipino. So, I have decided to improve my knowledge in writing in English. Also, get deeper into different types of writing. Thus, during the holiday season, I read different kinds of reading materials. It includes; news articles, essays, and non-fictions. Which is the type of writings that I don’t usually do. Then, after reading those materials, I try writing one of those. Likewise, I know that I won’t improve over night. Thus, little by little, I try doing this at least once a week. Then slowly, I will decrease the gap to twice or thrice a week. So, when the time comes, I can manage to do it every day. In this way, I can improve in my own pace.
In addition, growing up, I do not consider myself smart. Because, back then, I am a slow learner. Well, until now, I am still. Thus, I am always focused on my studies. Where, my only break from studying is the holiday season. But, because my classes are on-line. I want to put extra effort in my studies. Thus, I come up with the idea of studying during the holidays. Besides, I am no longer child. In fact, I am a young adult now. So, it is necessary for me to keep adding knowledge in my system. Thus, even though I am not fond of reading. During the holidays, I try to read a lot. Or if it is too much for me. I listen to audio books. Then watch video materials. I try to at least input a new knowledge every passing day.
Nevertheless, since I have many goals, that I want to accomplish during the holiday season. This might pressure me, in case I did not achieve any of it. But, as I was watching a video about organization. I stumbled upon a content that said; instead of listing goals, why not make a system. Likewise, rather than saying; in a month I want to learn photography. Well, there is nothing wrong with creating this time table for yourself. However, you might get disappointed if you do not achieve it in your desired time. So, why not change it into building a system in your lifestyle. Where you will add learning photography in your routine. Through this, you won’t be pressured, since you do not set a deadline for yourself.
Therefore, during the holiday, I am starting to build my systems. The first thing is creating a morning routine. Because, I can do more if I wake up early. I was a morning person before the pandemic. But that changed, because I had a hard time adjusting in the new normal. Thus, I used this holiday season, to re-build my body clock. Actually, it does not work immediately. But I think, it is better than not trying at all. So, after I built this morning routine that I want. I will make this as a starting point, for the next systems, that I want to build. Well, basically, those systems will just focus on my health and my studies. But, I am still organizing everything, so I don’t have any plans yet.
In conclusion, the difference that I want to do during my holiday season are; honing my writing skills, gaining more knowledge, and building my systems. I used my holiday season, as starting point for those things that I want to do. Because, doing those will take much time. So, starting it early is necessary. Everything that I did during the holiday season, is far from the usual things that I did back then. However, despite it being different, it is still had the same effect as the rest that I needed. Since, in the long run, these things will benefit me too. And the new resting for me, is not merely laying in bed and doing nothing. Instead, it is doing the things that make me happy.
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