It’s the start of the new century and just like the previous years, a lot of people are writing their goals and resolutions for the new year. It is an ongoing tradition that we tend to forget once the calendar strikes at the month of February.

How will i make 2011 Extra Special?

Since i am bored and feeling a bit blah as i write this entry, i am listing down some of my Quality Goals for 2011. I will make it as realistic as possible. I’m glad that i did great last year and i am looking forward to grabbing more opportunities this year.

Now show me the bulleted list!

• FAMILY FIRST – Enough said.
• Be Healthy – Last year, i failed to beat my insomnia. I think that is every writer’s problem. We tend to think and work better at night until 5am. Although this sounds a bit irresponsible or so, i usually sleep at 4:30am and get-up at 8am when i was working in Manila. I’m glad that my boss was extra patient with my disrupted sleeping hours. I’m just glad that i managed to do my tasks right. I will also try to lessen my intake of Iced Mocha. I’d eat more fruits and vegetables and try to lessen rice. That will be a big challenge, but my tummy is getting bigger and bigger. It doesn’t look good, really. It doesn’t!

• Be a Flirt – And i am serious with that. Nah, i am not trying to transform into a ‘hey-come-here-let’s-drink-and-let’s-kiss-after-then-forget-what-happened-and-move-on” type of girl. Although i am close to a lot of people, there is this tendency that they feel to comfortable around me and eventually tag me as their long lost sister. It happens all the time. I also realized that being a flirt is a way to more opportunities. Friendly Flirt, i guess. Professional flirt? I dunno. I guess watching too much chick flicks before writing this post is the main reason why ‘Be a Flirt’ was added to the list. Don’t take this seriously. I am serious 😛

• Be a Better Blogger – I blog regularly on various sites, but i don’t really think i do my duties well. I imposed those rules, but i am also breaking it. I need to concentrate further on my travel blog. It needs more attention. I have so much content and pictures but i tend to be lazy in posting them. Maybe i should also do full-blast SEO and stuff to get satisfying site traffic. To be honest, i am not really conscious with my site traffic especially with MICAMYX. It is my personal blog and as long as i can, i’d like to keep it as ‘personal’ as possible. I think i need to increase my site traffic for more writing opportunities. I’d still try my best to keep everything personal still.

• Be a Better Travel Blogger – Now i am learning! Years ago, i was closed-minded with traveling (although deep inside, i really want to go out and explore!). Thanks to blogger friends who kept on inviting me to out of town trips, i became addicted to it. The fact that i was able to balance my day job and my travel activities (partly balanced LOL) made me happy, but i know that going full blast is a big risk especially if you fail to write about it on your blog. Let’s be honest here. We need money in order to travel. We also need to travel in order to write effectively. To fulfill your passion, one needs to take risk and be responsible with your actions.

• Short Films to Full-Length – I am glad that i was able to finish three short films (Kuya Bunso, The 12th of June and Positive). Although i originally planned to make 4 last year, i only managed to make one. I have monetary problems that’s why LOL. This year, i’ll be a bit more open-minded by submitting screenplays to other producers and directors with  a hope that they’d turn my imagination into reality by filming it (ok, it’s not really reality hehe… at least partly). I also want to try my luck by writing a good full-length script. I almost made it last year, but maybe it wasn’t the right time yet. Maybe 2011 is? We’ll never know. We’ll be surprised by then.

• Get a New Job – Blogging, Traveling, Film Making… then get a new job? What’s happening? Let’s just say that my stay here in UK with my family made me change my plans. I didn’t really like the idea of working abroad before. Why go outside of the country if the opportunities are here? Yes, i have good reasons to stay in the Philippines, but like any other Filipino employee in a third world country, we are not compensated that much. When you work hard abroad, the  ‘hard work’ is being compensated well. I am now open with working abroad but i think i need to take a refresher course. I am an IT graduate, but the programming skills i once knew was deleted from my memory. It can’t even be restored from the Recycle Bin.

• Invest on Clothes and Vanity Stuff – I still wear the same clothes over and over again. Even my mom noticed that when she was scanning my travel albums. I personally believe that shopping is not for me and i hate it. I am not into the make-up stuff as well, but my mom says i need to work on it because i am no longer a teenager. This needs more more more effort for me to fully accomplish it. Yes, it also needs extra money to purchase items.

• Save up for European Tour 2012 – At least that is partly realistic 😛 Aside from the UK, i also want to go to France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Croatia… on a summer. Winter deprived me from going out of the house LOL 😛
• Take Driving Lessons – This is always included in the list, but i never enrolled in a Driving School 0_o. I should learn how to drive so i can be my lolo’s personal driver. I should take this one before procrastination bugs me again.

• Have a Boyfriend – I want one even if i don’t really need one. I need a reason to update the ‘Love’ category of this blog. Kung tarantado rin lang, ‘wag na lang.

So that’s my list for this year! It’s almost the same with my 2010 goals. What are your goals for this year?