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A New Milestone, Brand New Goals

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Happy birthday to me,  Happy birthday to me,  Happy birthday to meeeeee..., Happy birthday to me!

Technically, it’s past 12am and it’s my birthday now and I’ve crossed a major milestone in my life, age-wise. Le sigh....there’s no stopping time. The more birthdays you celebrate, the more depressing and desperate you get .


Did not do anything much. We ate lunch at the nearby restaurant, a simple meal; then splurged like mad at Daorae, a Korean BBQ restaurant. Spent an insane amount of money on the good food but it was crazy good and we almost exploded.  


Been watching past Running Man episodes like a mad person these few days but only the ones with Gary in it. For some reason, I have a strange liking for his honest but weird behavior. Nothing to do with the Monday Couple gimmick.


Anyway, as far as birthdays go, I’ve said before that today, my XXth birthday, might turn out to be my turning point. No, I want it to be so.


Honestly, I have been on sabbatical because I felt really disappointed with corporate life. I am to consider writing anything, including fiction and non-fiction...for real. It’s been my dream to do so since I was young; I was always writing something, anything, and forever journaling my thoughts whenever I remember or have time for it. 


Even when I did not have my journal with me, I could find paper or just some empty notebooks to write my thoughts on. I am going to take this seriously. 


If I were to do that, I have to create two personas, two brands for myself; one seen, one unseen. What do I need to do?


Sit down, deliberate, decide, set timelines and checklists...stuff like that. 


I’ve become a completely different person now that I am this age, really. However, according to my boys, there are some personality traits I am born with (example, extroversion) that I still display. I disagree. I’ve grown so much more introverted. 


The other thing I want to do is to sing or do voice-over work. This is something that I can still do because my voice and talent have not gone away. My appearance has gone down the gutter. Nothing I wear looks good on me these days. 


So, these are my modest goals for now:

  1. Define my personal brand

  2. Rework my website

  3. Set a schedule for content to be posted on social media

  4. Lose weight

  5. Write my first fiction draft

  6. Find an agent or find out how to get published, even if I have to start self-publishing

  7. Get on Kindle

  8. Publish concise stories on the correct sites that will lead to sales of my books

  9. Find a musician, graphic designer or composer to can help me in Youtube

  10. Find a partner in crime who can do things with me online via podcast for at least a year or more. 


Wow, I did not know my list would be so long. I have set it all up on Trello so that I can achieve 0.00001pc of them. LOL. Unrealistic. 


It really is unrealistic. But let's work through them one by one and hopefully I achieve at least one or five of those before I am cremated. Makes sense?


Absolutely.

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