Self-Reminder

"Yun Siu Sut Dai"

This is a Chinese saying which means while you are fretting over little things, you are losing/neglecting the big things that matter. It's something that I need to learn to stop doing.

Childhood

I am super excited to be starting work as a literacy tutor. At orientation, during the discussion of "behavior management" of children of different levels, I began to feel very very nostalgic. I thought of my childhood, where every day was like an adventure, everything was interesting, and nothing was extremely bothersome. I miss all those endless hours I spent watching awesome cartoons, reading books such as Arthur, the Magic Tree House, Amelia Bedelia. I remember going to the toy store, barbies, polly pockets, Pokemon cards, gameboy, jump rope, recess, lunch boxes, tether ball, playing tag, swimming, playing outside, being thrilled to be at the park. My favorite activities as a child included watching cartoons, reading books, recess, playing outside, etc. Time went by slowly, each day was relatively relaxing and innovative, and the world was beautiful. There was nothing to stress out about. Which brings me to my next point:

I just wish I could go somewhere for a real vacation.

Sometimes I want a real break, with no bothers or worries at all. It's funny though, when I don't have ANYTHING planned, I'm bored out of my mind, which isn't fun, but if I have something productive planned, there's always something to stress over, which also isn't fun. Oh the irony..

Nowadays I am seriously a stresshead and time just flies by whether I'm happy or miserable. :(