Back to basic

Following up on the New Year post, I still haven’t sorted out a clear plan. My aim is probably less about changing myself (as some of the previous entries might suggest), but more on discovering my preferences so I could align them with what I do.

Getting back to basic means spending time on activities I enjoy. For me, a lot of them are simple and inexpensive: play street ball once in a while (already got myself a basketball and found a court), draw, and maybe continue to dabble in guitar or saxophone (my landlord owns a nice classical guitar that I’d borrow whenever I want). Ideally I’d also try more different foods, read more broadly, see more places and take more photos.

Now the list seems to become unrealistic and most likely I won be able to do them all. Even if I can, I might not be satisfied if I’m not good at them. That’s why I still don’t know how best to spend my free time. I should probably take more risks and try more things, but also learn to stop doing things I don’t enjoy (not going to parties/drinks just because most people do it, stop movies/books/foods I don’t enjoy, etc.).

Relationship is another one of my weak spots. Socialization’s not something that comes naturally for me. But for now I guess I’ll focus on myself first. The key is to live life in a way that I could like myself more and move in the direction I want my life to go.

‘One can live magnificently in this world, if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one’s work.’

Leo Tolstoy