Q

1.

Read.

Or rather, find books good enough to read.

When i was younger i read indiscriminately, the good the bad the obscene – i wasn’t even limited to fiction, i read every single movie synopsis in the monthly cable magazines.

Over the years with refining i’m finding it harder to sit through books the way i used to. Not because i’m losing interest in reading, because once i get hold of something i like i latch on to it for hours and would compulsively finish it in a single sitting.

Thing is, i don’t find such books anymore. So often i get disappointed by the promising premise but bland writing, or else beautiful writing that goes no where which frankly gets tedious.

This December i hope i get lucky. I miss the times i’d just lie in bed the entire day devouring novel after novel diving straight into them without the distance of literary judgement.

2.

Leagueeeeeee. I wanna get better at the game without getting panicky when i screw up or emotionally over-investing in what my team says or will think of my skillz why am i so shit why.

3.

Not spiral down the pothole of TV watching.

Oh, cable. OH, CABLE YOU TEMPTRESS. First day home after my finals and it was just: “OOH Monk is on! Omg! Masterchef! Okay let’s do something prod- CASTLE. I haven’t watched that for ages! How I Met Your Mother marathon?! AMG FRIENDS RERUNS.”

And then the day ended. With me lying in bed watching TV.

And my grandma the enabler DID NOT HELP, she brought in all my snacks and meals and (i’m not even kidding) booze right up to the bed. I evolved into this middle-aged unemployed balding man for that stretch of time it was decadent and very shameful.

I will not let myself degenerate like so! PRODUCTIVITY.

4.

Sketchhh because i’ve not done it for too long and my fingers itch. Besides, it’s a great training for concentration. Something that’s eroded throughout Sem 1.

5.

WRITE. Which I realized comes about when I read novels that inspire me somehow. I blame my barren creative wasteland on the dearth of worthy literary input, I really do.

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6.

CATCH UP WITH ALL MY FRIENDS.

Amg I miss everyone so much especially those in SMU/NTU/overseas.

7.

MUGS VLOG. This must be done betches.