Being an independent woman in Guadalajara
Sunday January 30, 2011
Tomorrow is the end of the first month of 2011. I couldn’t help looking back on my endless list of goals for this year and felt very pleased because so far I’ve accomplished a few of them. For instance, spending more time with my nephew, that little boy is like my own son, he is so adorable! Another thing I’ve kept up with is my writing. Before I´d always beat around the bush before I got to it and I still do but unlike before, now I look forward to it.
It is my way to meditate and let out my feelings of the nice and stressful moments of my week. It is a moment to sit down, reflect, reach out to me and really get to know myself. It is a time to talk about the people I spent time with besides the people I work with and think about what lesson I’ve learnt from spending time with them.
Last night I went out to dinner with a friend of mine I work with. She mentioned the fact of how hard it was to get together with me because I am always so busy so I told her that one of my goals was to have more of a social life because I’d practically became a nun in the last two years (maybe even longer!).
I figured even though I am not a teenager I am still young and I’m a human being so I owe it to myself. Life is not only about work, work work! I am awful when it comes to that, work is also my escape so when I’m not feeling my best I tend to work, work out, do charity work, and find a million things to do to keep my mind occupied.
The main topic of our conversation last night was the fact that one of the most beautiful things in life is to be independent. As women we love and enjoy making money and having the freedom so we don’t have to depend on anyone. For women it is one of the most amazing things and we would never give that up.
In Guadalajara though, it’s kind of awkward because men don’t take it too well. Men are intimidated by independent women because they feel threatened. Threatened of what? I don’t know. It is more of an excuse but it really doesn’t matter.
Right now I’m very tired because I normally go to bed at 10, 10:30 maybe 11pm because my days start extremely early but since I started La Ruta del Tequila, I’ve been going to bed at 12, 12:30 and later. And from February till April things will get even more intense because there’s another project lined up. It will be more work, more effort, longer days, more people to hire, more paperwork, more phone calls, more places to go, etc.
Despite the fact that all of this will take more time it is the road I’ve chosen and I am fully aware that in order to reach the summit there are many things to sacrifice. In fact many times the winner stands out alone and this is only the beginning of a new and amazing journey.
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
La ruta del tequila
La ruta del tequila
By: Gina Roman
January 23, 2011
Many years ago my slogan was, “success is my destiny.” Then it was, “Success and beauty are my destiny.” And now it has become, “success, beauty and tequila are my destiny.” I’ll explain why this motto became “my” line.
Wow! I can’t believe how rapidly time goes by. Just a little over two years ago I met M .V. the main coordinator of “La ruta del tequila.” The Tequila route which is formed by El Arenal, Amatitan, Tequila, Magdalena and Teuchitlan, the five counties surrounded by “agaves” the plant that makes pulque, tequila and mescal. It was a long day in late November coming out of the Chamber of Commerce I had just dropped off my CV. I was in desperate search of more work – or a job I should say two months after the economy had crashed and all my classes kept getting cancelled so needless to say I like millions of people worldwide was very anxious and sad about losing work, money.
Regardless of the economic crisis, I was in the midst of a major crisis myself. Even though I was very discouraged to find work I still went hunting for something – perhaps anything.
Before I met M. V., I had no clue of what the Consejo Regulador del tequila was and before moving to Guadalajara I only knew of two tequila brands; Jose Cuervo and Cazadores. Of course I was clueless about the tequila route which adopted the concept of the Napa Valley wine tours.
I’ll start with the Consejo Regulador del Tequila – The Tequila Regulatory Council which was created in 1993. The CRT or TRC, is a nonprofit organization that consists of the Mexican government, distributors, bottling plants, tequila producers and blue agave growers targeting on the purpose of ensuring the integrity, quality and authenticity of tequila to the world.
The TRC works hand in hand with the Mexican government to make sure that when a customer purchases tequila, they get the authentic drink as opposed to “Guachicol” the fake and adultered version of the drink. The TRC has established strict rules and regulations that all the tequila distilleries have to follow, one of them is to pay the high cost of the “aranceles” taxes.
La ruta del tequila was created with the purpose of promoting tourism in Jalisco, especially in the towns of El Arenal, Amatitan, Tequila, Magdalena and Teuchitlan. This route was created and it is supervised by the TRC which regulates all the production, exporting and regulations of the drink tequila.
As of December 2010 there were close to or a little over 2,900 tequila brands if I’m not mistaken.
My journey with tequila started about two years ago when an agency sub contracted me to translate the subtitles of a few tequila videos. It was a fun experience and I never thought that I was just getting started with tequila. In Decembe of 2009 I translated the official website of the tequila route and I learned so much about tequila, more than I had since I’ve been in Guadalajara.
From there on, the coordinators of la ruta del tequila have hired me from time to time to do simultaneous translations for them. for example last year, the TRC had some visitors from a bank in Washington who is/was trying to invest in money on this project, there were also 3 or 4 deputies from the five tequila producer counties. It was an interesting experience. They have chosen me to be their “official” translator when they have visitors.
Last year I saw an advertisement on Craig’s list of a producer who is working on “The Road to Tequila.” CK the producer was looking for someone bilingual who was familiar with the history of tequila and I was the perfect fit! We interviewed the General Director of the TRC, someone from the Camara de la industria tequilera, the bar tender in the oldest bar in tequila, an activist who makes tequila manually from the backyard of his home and who shares a totally different perspective than all the big producers.
But the largest project I’ve done (I am in the process of ) is the classes for the business people and employees of the tequila route. That is correct! I was selected to teach almost one hundred people. I was thrilled when they called me last year and to be honest the budget is A LOT lower than what I had expected but I accepted it because I want to gain experience and because I am learning a million things.
I didn’t even have a full time Christmas break because there was so much to do, I was in the middle of moving for the 50th time this year, I was in the process of buying a car, I was looking into coming to an agreement with the Director of the Tecnólogico de tequila so they could lend us some classrooms, I was looking for teachers to help me out, I met with my accountant a few times so he could asses me on what to do, what paper work to fill out, how to register myself, the people that are now working with/for me, going to hacienda (the IRS).
It was this endless coming and going that I didn’t fully enjoy my vacation but it is completely ok because it is another challenge and I was so ready for a new challenge. Many times I ask myself for more and sometimes I think whatever I do is never enough according to my standards. One of my goals this year was to have high expectations of myself – and of my employees and that’s that!
I’m concentrating more on my knowledge because it is priceless. I’m just happy to start the year right, I’m feeling very positive, I want and I will get nothing but the best, more so as I get older and because I don’t want to move backwards or stay stuck in any stage of my life.
By: Gina Roman
January 23, 2011
Many years ago my slogan was, “success is my destiny.” Then it was, “Success and beauty are my destiny.” And now it has become, “success, beauty and tequila are my destiny.” I’ll explain why this motto became “my” line.
Wow! I can’t believe how rapidly time goes by. Just a little over two years ago I met M .V. the main coordinator of “La ruta del tequila.” The Tequila route which is formed by El Arenal, Amatitan, Tequila, Magdalena and Teuchitlan, the five counties surrounded by “agaves” the plant that makes pulque, tequila and mescal. It was a long day in late November coming out of the Chamber of Commerce I had just dropped off my CV. I was in desperate search of more work – or a job I should say two months after the economy had crashed and all my classes kept getting cancelled so needless to say I like millions of people worldwide was very anxious and sad about losing work, money.
Regardless of the economic crisis, I was in the midst of a major crisis myself. Even though I was very discouraged to find work I still went hunting for something – perhaps anything.
Before I met M. V., I had no clue of what the Consejo Regulador del tequila was and before moving to Guadalajara I only knew of two tequila brands; Jose Cuervo and Cazadores. Of course I was clueless about the tequila route which adopted the concept of the Napa Valley wine tours.
I’ll start with the Consejo Regulador del Tequila – The Tequila Regulatory Council which was created in 1993. The CRT or TRC, is a nonprofit organization that consists of the Mexican government, distributors, bottling plants, tequila producers and blue agave growers targeting on the purpose of ensuring the integrity, quality and authenticity of tequila to the world.
The TRC works hand in hand with the Mexican government to make sure that when a customer purchases tequila, they get the authentic drink as opposed to “Guachicol” the fake and adultered version of the drink. The TRC has established strict rules and regulations that all the tequila distilleries have to follow, one of them is to pay the high cost of the “aranceles” taxes.
La ruta del tequila was created with the purpose of promoting tourism in Jalisco, especially in the towns of El Arenal, Amatitan, Tequila, Magdalena and Teuchitlan. This route was created and it is supervised by the TRC which regulates all the production, exporting and regulations of the drink tequila.
As of December 2010 there were close to or a little over 2,900 tequila brands if I’m not mistaken.
My journey with tequila started about two years ago when an agency sub contracted me to translate the subtitles of a few tequila videos. It was a fun experience and I never thought that I was just getting started with tequila. In Decembe of 2009 I translated the official website of the tequila route and I learned so much about tequila, more than I had since I’ve been in Guadalajara.
From there on, the coordinators of la ruta del tequila have hired me from time to time to do simultaneous translations for them. for example last year, the TRC had some visitors from a bank in Washington who is/was trying to invest in money on this project, there were also 3 or 4 deputies from the five tequila producer counties. It was an interesting experience. They have chosen me to be their “official” translator when they have visitors.
Last year I saw an advertisement on Craig’s list of a producer who is working on “The Road to Tequila.” CK the producer was looking for someone bilingual who was familiar with the history of tequila and I was the perfect fit! We interviewed the General Director of the TRC, someone from the Camara de la industria tequilera, the bar tender in the oldest bar in tequila, an activist who makes tequila manually from the backyard of his home and who shares a totally different perspective than all the big producers.
But the largest project I’ve done (I am in the process of ) is the classes for the business people and employees of the tequila route. That is correct! I was selected to teach almost one hundred people. I was thrilled when they called me last year and to be honest the budget is A LOT lower than what I had expected but I accepted it because I want to gain experience and because I am learning a million things.
I didn’t even have a full time Christmas break because there was so much to do, I was in the middle of moving for the 50th time this year, I was in the process of buying a car, I was looking into coming to an agreement with the Director of the Tecnólogico de tequila so they could lend us some classrooms, I was looking for teachers to help me out, I met with my accountant a few times so he could asses me on what to do, what paper work to fill out, how to register myself, the people that are now working with/for me, going to hacienda (the IRS).
It was this endless coming and going that I didn’t fully enjoy my vacation but it is completely ok because it is another challenge and I was so ready for a new challenge. Many times I ask myself for more and sometimes I think whatever I do is never enough according to my standards. One of my goals this year was to have high expectations of myself – and of my employees and that’s that!
I’m concentrating more on my knowledge because it is priceless. I’m just happy to start the year right, I’m feeling very positive, I want and I will get nothing but the best, more so as I get older and because I don’t want to move backwards or stay stuck in any stage of my life.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
AR 2nd birthday
AR 2nd birthday
January 16, 2011
Today was a very special day because it was my nephew’s 2nd birthday. This special day was filled with so much peace and joy because even though we didn’t have a little birthday party for him, I bought him a cake and we spent time with him.
Those small details make me feel very content because I am meeting one of my most important goals this year; spend more time with him and my family. This week (on Tuesday and Thursday) when I got home from work I stopped by my mom’s place (she watches him in the afternoons) and picked him up to take him for a walk and I loved every single moment that I spent with him. It is so cute because he’s learning to talk, he now manages to say cute and short two word sentences. I let him out of his stroller and as he was running around I observed him closely and as I watched him I was amazed of how such a cute little person brings so much happiness into our lives and most amazing is the fact of how that little human being develops physically, mentally and in every single aspect. Kids are the most innocent and beautiful human beings and they offer the most sincere love. I always laugh because he is like my shadow, I like to say “como un chicle pegado en el zapato,” like a piece of gum stuck on my shoe because he follows me around EVERYWHERE! So I always tell him, “wait a minute, I didn’t sign up for this!” LOL!
I am also happy because even though I was running around all over the place like a nut the entire week, I was able to get a lot done. Earlier this week I was looking back and thought of how ever since I came to Guadalajara I’ve gained so much knowledge, I had never imagined that in such short span of time I’d learn so much. I am very grateful for all the wisdom I gained throughout these years and one of my lifetime plans is to continue to learn and grow as an individual. If I cannot change others, I can definitely change myself for better and motivate others, especially women.
In fact earlier this week I was talking to one of my mentors, a very close friend of mine and I mentioned my blog. I told her that it is all over the place, that I don’t have a specific point to make plus it is pretty plain because I don’t have photos, links, videos or anything else but she really encouraged me and told me that it could turn into something big so I should keep writing and sooner rather than later I will see the results.
Wow! That made me feel so good because she’s the Chief Editor of one of the largest and most well known magazines in Mexico and many countries. I am still radiating happiness! I didn’t consider myself a writer, she doesn’t consider herself a writer and many writers don’t either. Funny! Ok, well that made me feel a lot better about myself because before that I was punishing myself for not having met one of my goals last year; write 250 words daily but many times it is almost impossible so what I did instead was to make it a commitment to stay loyal to posting a blog once a week so here I am on a Sunday at the last minute typing away.
I am just happy that despite the fact that there have been many painful and unpleasant moments since I’ve been here, Guadalajara has brought many wonderful things.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Spend more time with loved ones
January 9, 2011
Spend more time with loved ones
Ending the year was very hectic because of all the things going as of mid December. Just when I thought there’d be peace and quiet (yes there was some of that), I was bombarded with a few new last minute projects and so I closed the year working. I don’t mind working at all although sometimes work can take up a lot of our time and energy that is one of the reasons my 2011 list of goals was longer and with higher expectations of me more than of anybody else.
I prioritized my goals and on the top 5 one was to spend more time with loved ones, like my cute and adorable little nephew. I made a promise to dedicate more time to him because sometimes I feel so guilty about not being able to pick him up when he’s clinging on to me while I’m typing on the computer.
Even though this week I was not officially back to work, it was quite busy as I had to meet up with my accountant, I was visiting different car agencies to see about buying a small car because I’ll be driving to Tequila, the land where tequila the drink is produced. Yikes! How exciting! I met up with the 4 people that will be helping me carry out this six month project, I also went to visit Hacienda (the IRS) to do some paper work and register them, I checked all their work, made sure they were on the ball with everything, I was also looking into getting some documents done in order for everything to be done electronically, I went to my mechanic to have my car checked, I slowly got back into my workout routine, I took my 5th camera that I broke to the repair shop, I moved for the third time this year! plus I spent a bit more time with my nephew.
Yesterday (Saturday) was not an exception, I didn’t make it to the gym because I was extremely sleepy and I had a long day so I wanted to take it easy on me (that’s another goal, to NOT take things to the extreme, when I know my day will be long) What a nice vacation huh? I won’t complain, at least I kept myself very busy. But today, I’m sitting outside in the little patio typing away as I see the sunset. I am quite content with this specific day (about my week too because a lot was done) because I spent more time than usual with my nephew.
I came back from my morning power walk, I changed him, I brushed his teeth, washed his face and fed him breakfast. Then after that I took him outside to play for a little while. Later on I sat him on my lap and read him a book. I was very infatuated watching him ask with that cutest little voice he’s got, “what’s this?” “What’s that?”
I felt so at ease with him, with my projects, with life, with my family, with all the blessings in my life that I’m still thinking about those unforgettable moments and even though I was not able to sleep because I stayed up late putting all my stuff away after moving and because the loud neighbors had a party until 5am I still feel great and I am looking forward to going back to work.
Spend more time with loved ones
Ending the year was very hectic because of all the things going as of mid December. Just when I thought there’d be peace and quiet (yes there was some of that), I was bombarded with a few new last minute projects and so I closed the year working. I don’t mind working at all although sometimes work can take up a lot of our time and energy that is one of the reasons my 2011 list of goals was longer and with higher expectations of me more than of anybody else.
I prioritized my goals and on the top 5 one was to spend more time with loved ones, like my cute and adorable little nephew. I made a promise to dedicate more time to him because sometimes I feel so guilty about not being able to pick him up when he’s clinging on to me while I’m typing on the computer.
Even though this week I was not officially back to work, it was quite busy as I had to meet up with my accountant, I was visiting different car agencies to see about buying a small car because I’ll be driving to Tequila, the land where tequila the drink is produced. Yikes! How exciting! I met up with the 4 people that will be helping me carry out this six month project, I also went to visit Hacienda (the IRS) to do some paper work and register them, I checked all their work, made sure they were on the ball with everything, I was also looking into getting some documents done in order for everything to be done electronically, I went to my mechanic to have my car checked, I slowly got back into my workout routine, I took my 5th camera that I broke to the repair shop, I moved for the third time this year! plus I spent a bit more time with my nephew.
Yesterday (Saturday) was not an exception, I didn’t make it to the gym because I was extremely sleepy and I had a long day so I wanted to take it easy on me (that’s another goal, to NOT take things to the extreme, when I know my day will be long) What a nice vacation huh? I won’t complain, at least I kept myself very busy. But today, I’m sitting outside in the little patio typing away as I see the sunset. I am quite content with this specific day (about my week too because a lot was done) because I spent more time than usual with my nephew.
I came back from my morning power walk, I changed him, I brushed his teeth, washed his face and fed him breakfast. Then after that I took him outside to play for a little while. Later on I sat him on my lap and read him a book. I was very infatuated watching him ask with that cutest little voice he’s got, “what’s this?” “What’s that?”
I felt so at ease with him, with my projects, with life, with my family, with all the blessings in my life that I’m still thinking about those unforgettable moments and even though I was not able to sleep because I stayed up late putting all my stuff away after moving and because the loud neighbors had a party until 5am I still feel great and I am looking forward to going back to work.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
2011 Goals
January 1st, 2011
Goals
1. Get in the best shape of my life, now more than EVER. Being in my 30’s makes me challenge myself more, push myself more and expect more from me than 10 years ago. I am as ready as I can be to take the next challenges.
2. Expand my small business. Be on top of everything; interviews, training, material, accounting, contracts, etc.
3. Stop listening to my heart and listen to my mind more (that keeps me out of trouble).
4. Stop doing mindless, emotional and nonstop eating (I put on like 3 kilos between Christmas and New Years’. I did the “seafood” diet – eat everything I “SEE.”
3. Read more; learn more about politics worlwide, history, literature, economics, public relations, tourism, more of everything. Use more of my brain capacity so I can become a much wiser woman. I don’t accept wasting time.
5. Share my knowledge and my experiences with others, especially with women in order to help them improve their lives and mine; I can kill two birds with one stone.
6. Do more charity work, help others more; stop and see what is going on in the entire world not only in mine.
7. Manage my time better so I can dedicate more time with my loved ones.
8. Travel more - Take a vacation to some place important where I am able to take in more of nature as opposed to somewhere where the world is corrupted with all these plastic surgeries, partying drinking, drugs, violence and material surroundings.
9. Meet more people (more down to earth people.
10. DON’T spend time with arrogant, selfish, vain and egoistic individuals.
11. Dedicate more time to writing and improving my blog.
12. Dedicate more time to Health and Fitness.
13. Get certified to teach Spanish.
14. Get certified in Sports Nutrition.
15. Learn another language (start with Portuguese and then perhaps Chinese)
16. Listen to others more
17. Procrastinate less – start today, right now, January 1st.
18. Stop being the most IMPERFECT perfectionist (before changing my community, my city, my country, my world, others, change must start within).
19. Stop having high expectations from everyone, focus on my own expectations instead and try to change me Gina Yoryet for better.
20. Spend less time working on the weekends – and stay away from the wonderful worldwide web more because I am connected almost 24/7.
21. Do as I wish, as I feel like and not go with the flow just because everyone else did.
22. Don’t imitate absolutely anyone (I never have); simply be me, myself unique, just like every single being is.
23. Bring a healthy lunch from home more often to avoid eating out.
24. Perhaps find love once again and give it my best shot. The fact that I’ve been heart-broken before doesn’t guarantee that I am destined to the same thing. And I don’t mean that I will literally go out there and find someone.
25. Don’t be so paranoid of everything especially when I’m PMS’ING!
26. Don’t follow the same routine all the time, vary my activities, mix them to avoid monotony.
27. Buy another car and be a more cautious driver (stop text messaging when I’m driving).
28. Be more patient because my impatience has put me thought A LOT of problems in many aspects of my life.
29. Fit in my skinny jeans again.
30. Continue doing therapy for my knee because it is in REALLY bad shape.
31. Eat more soy meat and more products; more protein so I can build just a little more muscle to the point where I look nice and toned up.
32. Don’t leave ABSOLUTELY ANY loose ends in any area of my life.
33. Pay off my credit card.
34. Associate with even better business clients.
35. Spread out priorities beyond my ability to keep track of them.
36. DO NOT wait around for opportunity, go out there and look for it. Be a hustler, go out there, make the world see me and narrow down the most important business aspects in order to expand.
37. Before focusing on the faults of others, focus on mine first.
38. Don’t be so hard on myself when I make a mistake or when I don’t follow my military regimen.
39. Spend more time alone.
40. Have more faith, pray more.
41. Learn how to swim and many more things.
42. Meditate more, relax more, enjoy life more with the simple things in life.
43. Be more disciplined.
44. Take a computer course or at least learn more about computers.
45. Every year, as I get older have higher standards and expectations of myself to accomplish the human being I was meant to become.
Goals
1. Get in the best shape of my life, now more than EVER. Being in my 30’s makes me challenge myself more, push myself more and expect more from me than 10 years ago. I am as ready as I can be to take the next challenges.
2. Expand my small business. Be on top of everything; interviews, training, material, accounting, contracts, etc.
3. Stop listening to my heart and listen to my mind more (that keeps me out of trouble).
4. Stop doing mindless, emotional and nonstop eating (I put on like 3 kilos between Christmas and New Years’. I did the “seafood” diet – eat everything I “SEE.”
3. Read more; learn more about politics worlwide, history, literature, economics, public relations, tourism, more of everything. Use more of my brain capacity so I can become a much wiser woman. I don’t accept wasting time.
5. Share my knowledge and my experiences with others, especially with women in order to help them improve their lives and mine; I can kill two birds with one stone.
6. Do more charity work, help others more; stop and see what is going on in the entire world not only in mine.
7. Manage my time better so I can dedicate more time with my loved ones.
8. Travel more - Take a vacation to some place important where I am able to take in more of nature as opposed to somewhere where the world is corrupted with all these plastic surgeries, partying drinking, drugs, violence and material surroundings.
9. Meet more people (more down to earth people.
10. DON’T spend time with arrogant, selfish, vain and egoistic individuals.
11. Dedicate more time to writing and improving my blog.
12. Dedicate more time to Health and Fitness.
13. Get certified to teach Spanish.
14. Get certified in Sports Nutrition.
15. Learn another language (start with Portuguese and then perhaps Chinese)
16. Listen to others more
17. Procrastinate less – start today, right now, January 1st.
18. Stop being the most IMPERFECT perfectionist (before changing my community, my city, my country, my world, others, change must start within).
19. Stop having high expectations from everyone, focus on my own expectations instead and try to change me Gina Yoryet for better.
20. Spend less time working on the weekends – and stay away from the wonderful worldwide web more because I am connected almost 24/7.
21. Do as I wish, as I feel like and not go with the flow just because everyone else did.
22. Don’t imitate absolutely anyone (I never have); simply be me, myself unique, just like every single being is.
23. Bring a healthy lunch from home more often to avoid eating out.
24. Perhaps find love once again and give it my best shot. The fact that I’ve been heart-broken before doesn’t guarantee that I am destined to the same thing. And I don’t mean that I will literally go out there and find someone.
25. Don’t be so paranoid of everything especially when I’m PMS’ING!
26. Don’t follow the same routine all the time, vary my activities, mix them to avoid monotony.
27. Buy another car and be a more cautious driver (stop text messaging when I’m driving).
28. Be more patient because my impatience has put me thought A LOT of problems in many aspects of my life.
29. Fit in my skinny jeans again.
30. Continue doing therapy for my knee because it is in REALLY bad shape.
31. Eat more soy meat and more products; more protein so I can build just a little more muscle to the point where I look nice and toned up.
32. Don’t leave ABSOLUTELY ANY loose ends in any area of my life.
33. Pay off my credit card.
34. Associate with even better business clients.
35. Spread out priorities beyond my ability to keep track of them.
36. DO NOT wait around for opportunity, go out there and look for it. Be a hustler, go out there, make the world see me and narrow down the most important business aspects in order to expand.
37. Before focusing on the faults of others, focus on mine first.
38. Don’t be so hard on myself when I make a mistake or when I don’t follow my military regimen.
39. Spend more time alone.
40. Have more faith, pray more.
41. Learn how to swim and many more things.
42. Meditate more, relax more, enjoy life more with the simple things in life.
43. Be more disciplined.
44. Take a computer course or at least learn more about computers.
45. Every year, as I get older have higher standards and expectations of myself to accomplish the human being I was meant to become.
December 31, 2010
December 31, 2010
There were many ups, downs, good, bad, all of this was part of 2010 but things definitely started looking up towards the end of the year and it couldn’t have ended any better. The end of the year always brings, peace, quiet, hope, new promises and many blessings. I got all of that expect peace and quiet as far as work as there are many small pieces needed to put the puzzle together with the upcoming projects in 2011. Thinking about how I’m going to manage everything overwhelms me but I am completely ok with it, in a way I’m looking forward to it because work is one of the most important elements to make a human being whole.
I was talking to my best friend here in Guadalajara, my sister away from “home,” on Christmas Eve and we pondered on the fact that we have everything to be happy. We have health, we have a family, we have work, we are surrounded by people who support us and believe in us, many things that many people don’t have. We are still young and single. We don’t give ourselves a hard time anymore for not having been able to find the man of our dreams yet. But we came down to this conclusion and it is so true. We accept the fact that if we don’t have the man of our dreams, there are so many more ways we can manifest our love. So one of many list of goals is to love people more by helping them as much as possible.
Every year as it gets closer to ending the old year and welcoming the new one, I stop and reflect on what needs to be done, what didn’t get done, what needs to change and what needs to be improved in my life. Many times I beat myself for “not being where I need to be” and I keep thinking that I should be doing better but all my friends tell me that out of all the people they know I am the one who’s doing better. But like I said, as I get older I expect more and more of myself.
Looking back at the end of 2009, I don’t even remember if I put together a list of goals because I was still trying to come back to life. I did accomplish some things though. I learned many things from the experiences I went through, I left the most unpleasant episodes and took the good ones to continue learning, that‘s what really matters, the knowledge we gain.
So in the new year to come which is only a few hours away, to be honest as the woman I am, I’d love to meet someone and start a family; when I say start a family I mean adopt one or two children because I am still unsure about having my own. In fact that is one of the many mysteries in life I want to narrow down some day. Why do people have children? I don’t know.
There are many things I don’t know and much less control so in 2011 I need to stop thinking I can fix the world and stop stressing over it. I need to concentrate on much more important and realistic goals like getting my lifetime plan narrowed down, finding my purpose in this life (which I am closer to every day that goes by). There are many things that happened many years ago that I was finally able to understand and accept towards the end of 2010. Now I believe that saying, I can’t remember how it goes exactly but it is something like this, “blessings are disguised as tragedies.”
So today, January 1st 2011, it is the landmark of a new decade, a new beginning, many promises and blessings are lying ahead. I am a year older so my expectations of every aspect of my life have increased. In fact, I just finished creating a much longer list of goals than the previous years, more physical, professional and personal challenges to face. As we merge into another stage, there are many things to do, many goals to accomplish, an endless list of tasks. I created my list of goals not on priority level, I just typed as each thought came up but I need to break it down and start prioritizing. There is no turning back, we are all on this boat together and we don’t have a choice but to keep going.
When I was much younger, I used to always close my eyes and ask God to help me find my purpose in this life, I asked and asked for many years at no avail. I still do but the difference between now and then is that now I’ve experienced and learned so much more and that’s what’s help me understand and accept that each second, each minute, each hour, each day, each week, each month, each year that go by, keeps bringing me closer to that purpose.
Now more than ever I am ready to take on and defeat every single obstacle blocking my journey. Do it now or else it will NEVER happen…………….
A good example is when it comes to my workouts. I am the first obstacle that I have to defeat; my will has to impose my own bad habits.Yesterday I worked out, I told myself that I wanted to end the year and start the year working out, feeling good about myself. I did keep my promise yesterday morning, I was at the gym at 5:40, and I did this intense brisk walk since I can’t run because of my knee but this morning it was impossible to wake up. I had a late night, (I was watching a movie) – I went to bed at midnight. I’m old stuff. LOL!
I’ll give myself a week or two to start feeling normal again. May the new year bring hope, peace, joy and many good things to everyone.
There were many ups, downs, good, bad, all of this was part of 2010 but things definitely started looking up towards the end of the year and it couldn’t have ended any better. The end of the year always brings, peace, quiet, hope, new promises and many blessings. I got all of that expect peace and quiet as far as work as there are many small pieces needed to put the puzzle together with the upcoming projects in 2011. Thinking about how I’m going to manage everything overwhelms me but I am completely ok with it, in a way I’m looking forward to it because work is one of the most important elements to make a human being whole.
I was talking to my best friend here in Guadalajara, my sister away from “home,” on Christmas Eve and we pondered on the fact that we have everything to be happy. We have health, we have a family, we have work, we are surrounded by people who support us and believe in us, many things that many people don’t have. We are still young and single. We don’t give ourselves a hard time anymore for not having been able to find the man of our dreams yet. But we came down to this conclusion and it is so true. We accept the fact that if we don’t have the man of our dreams, there are so many more ways we can manifest our love. So one of many list of goals is to love people more by helping them as much as possible.
Every year as it gets closer to ending the old year and welcoming the new one, I stop and reflect on what needs to be done, what didn’t get done, what needs to change and what needs to be improved in my life. Many times I beat myself for “not being where I need to be” and I keep thinking that I should be doing better but all my friends tell me that out of all the people they know I am the one who’s doing better. But like I said, as I get older I expect more and more of myself.
Looking back at the end of 2009, I don’t even remember if I put together a list of goals because I was still trying to come back to life. I did accomplish some things though. I learned many things from the experiences I went through, I left the most unpleasant episodes and took the good ones to continue learning, that‘s what really matters, the knowledge we gain.
So in the new year to come which is only a few hours away, to be honest as the woman I am, I’d love to meet someone and start a family; when I say start a family I mean adopt one or two children because I am still unsure about having my own. In fact that is one of the many mysteries in life I want to narrow down some day. Why do people have children? I don’t know.
There are many things I don’t know and much less control so in 2011 I need to stop thinking I can fix the world and stop stressing over it. I need to concentrate on much more important and realistic goals like getting my lifetime plan narrowed down, finding my purpose in this life (which I am closer to every day that goes by). There are many things that happened many years ago that I was finally able to understand and accept towards the end of 2010. Now I believe that saying, I can’t remember how it goes exactly but it is something like this, “blessings are disguised as tragedies.”
So today, January 1st 2011, it is the landmark of a new decade, a new beginning, many promises and blessings are lying ahead. I am a year older so my expectations of every aspect of my life have increased. In fact, I just finished creating a much longer list of goals than the previous years, more physical, professional and personal challenges to face. As we merge into another stage, there are many things to do, many goals to accomplish, an endless list of tasks. I created my list of goals not on priority level, I just typed as each thought came up but I need to break it down and start prioritizing. There is no turning back, we are all on this boat together and we don’t have a choice but to keep going.
When I was much younger, I used to always close my eyes and ask God to help me find my purpose in this life, I asked and asked for many years at no avail. I still do but the difference between now and then is that now I’ve experienced and learned so much more and that’s what’s help me understand and accept that each second, each minute, each hour, each day, each week, each month, each year that go by, keeps bringing me closer to that purpose.
Now more than ever I am ready to take on and defeat every single obstacle blocking my journey. Do it now or else it will NEVER happen…………….
A good example is when it comes to my workouts. I am the first obstacle that I have to defeat; my will has to impose my own bad habits.Yesterday I worked out, I told myself that I wanted to end the year and start the year working out, feeling good about myself. I did keep my promise yesterday morning, I was at the gym at 5:40, and I did this intense brisk walk since I can’t run because of my knee but this morning it was impossible to wake up. I had a late night, (I was watching a movie) – I went to bed at midnight. I’m old stuff. LOL!
I’ll give myself a week or two to start feeling normal again. May the new year bring hope, peace, joy and many good things to everyone.
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