My Goal

So.  It has been a while but I decided to continue with this blog. 
Well, the thing is, I decided to follow what the bishop told us one day.  Yes I am LDS but who cares when no one really reads this blog right?  Haha

He was talking about time management and told us about a guy who decided to work on something everyday for three months.  Think about 12 things he would accomplish 3 years later. 

It sounded amazing to me.  I needed to do this.

So here I am.  What I chose to do is to work on playing piano.  I love playing piano.  I love what piano does to me and how it helps me calm down.  I always wanted to improve my skills.  I have never taken any piano lessons actually but I know how to play electone which is two leveled keyboards with foot keys...kind of like organ.  I guess they call it an electone organ. 

With electone, we turn up the volume by turning a little nob or pushing the board with right foot.  How hard we hit the key doesn't change the volume but adds the sounds of finger padding the key so it actually makes it more distracting.
Piano is a different story.  I need to pound on it to make it sound louder or play it soft to make it sound more quiet.  Piano is more alive. Piano will convey my emotions more, my sadness and joy.  I love how my inside seem to merge to the sounds sometimes. Such a stress alleviater.

One more thing I have a hard time with is suspension, the foot pedal. I can't quite tell when to release or push on it to make it sound nice so many times I end up sounding awkward!  Oh well.  I just need to practice, right? 

Anyway.  I am taking on this project and will work on it for three months.
I am keeping track of it here so I feel more motivated to keep at it. 

Today is about Day 3?

I feel a little frustrated.  I played O Holy Night.  It is going better than I thought but I have to keep stopping to make sure I am playing the right note.  Left hand is the one I am terrible at. 
I am sure I can master this arrangement before three months is up so I picked up another music.  The arrangement for "I Need Thee Every Hour".  This was more frustrating.  I had to stop more because
I am not sure of the notes!!  I guess I will pick up flash cards and work on the notes so I will know
what they are before I play again.

I am not sure if anyone will read this or not but if someone is, and if you are,
I hope you will join me and work on something for three months:)



 

New Year, New Plan

A Happy New Year! 2010 is here! I still remember the Y2K chaos that we went through, and... my goodness, it has been 10 years since then?? Scary.

This is my new year resolution. I am tired of being unorganized. I am tired of saying "I will do it later" and never have things done. So, I decided to do something so I can control myself to use time effectively. I realized that, to me, I am the hardest person to handle...I know I will need to make some adjustment as time goes on. But for now, this is the plan.

Monday- Finance. I will use this day to look at our money situation. Budget. Make sure we are on the right track. I decided to record the receipt everyday since, if I don't, I let them pile up. That disappoint me and I don't feel like doing that anymore and then I don't do it for a while... so keeping track of it everyday will be good. Plus, I most likely will remember what's on the receipt anyway.

Tuesday- Photo. This would be a day to organize my photo, DL from camera, sort them, etc. Maybe I will edit some even. Or make movies with them.

Wednesday- Clean. I will try to clean and do my part of the chore on this day. Cleaning is not something that I always have time to do(meaning it's the last thing on my priority list ;P), I will take time to clean the baseboards, dust a little here and there or even, clean the fridge. Good for me.

Thursday- Craft! Of course after cleaning so much on Wednesday(whether it really happen or not), I need to reward myself with something fun! I will try to finish many unfinished projects and actually use things I have... so lame!

Friday- Organizing/mending. I will look around and try to organize something whether it is my own life or shelves or what. Mending, I will take time to sew things. This way, I don't have to try sewing merit badges on the court of honor day anyway. lol!

Saturday- Floating day. Since I teach little kids' class at church, I will probably use this day to prepare for the lesson. And I will use it to do anything that didn't get done during the week.

Sunday- planning day. I will try to plan for the coming week's schedule or even plan a week's worth menu!

Not really

I have not told anyone about this site yet.

Should I or shouldn't I? Would the pictures be safe or not?

If I keep it secret like this, this would be my journal in a way.

If I tell it, it would widen the friendship circle and it would be fun-maybe.

Should I stay as a quiet person and love being not known well?

Hmmm well. I will just go with the flow. My mood will decide sooner

or later anyway.

My motto today is- go with the flow. That is it.