See Me?
What you see is not always what you get.
There is something satisfying in loving what you do. When others think of it as a burden, you think of it as a challenge. That is what I do.
I have gone past the stage of bitching about almost everything in life. Exams, curfews, lack of money - they're all pain in the butts.
Now I have realized that there's no point in sulking around and getting grumpy about things we can not avoid. We are going to take exams, miss curfews and lose money more than once in our lives. So what can we do? Since life is about living it optimally, then we should think of a better and more productive way of looking at things.
Before I entered college, I would have complained about how tedious and how tiring doing the yearbook is. I would have done it just because it is my responsibility to do so. But that was then. Now, I am even enjoying what I am doing. I like the responsibility. It makes me feel useful. It lets my creative flow juices. I am having fun keeping in touch with my batchmates. There are more to the yearbook than just mere layouts and edits. The by products are more than enough to keep me going.
There are two mottos I always keep in mind. These are mottos I have picked from reading through our materials in school.
1. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
2. The thing that separates ordinary from extraordinary is that little extra.
These really applied to me and my lifestyle. I have always been an "okay na yan" person. Whenever we do projects, I always end the job saying "okay na yan". Contrary to what other people say, I was not a perfectionist. I guess now I am. Hehe! Now, I try to put everything in what I do. There will only be that one time to do that one thing. So why settle for anything less than the best?
I have only lived for seventeen years. (okay, almost 18 years. grr) But they always say I sound like "the old wise man/woman". I have always been like that. I guess that's what makes me different. Yes, I could be childish and hyper. But there is this side of me (apparently a little apparent) that analyzes almost anything and putting that wisdom into good use.
I am a youthful old person. That is who I am.
