I am not visiting Rancho Alamitos this year. [in contrast to last year] Not only have I grown largely apathetic towards the high school that has made me into the 2008/2009 version of the person I am today (2010/2011 Version), but I don’t think I know enough people in the Class of 2011 or miss the teachers enough to visit. Shrugs.
In terms of what’s been going on the first week of Winter Break, I’ve been chilling mostly at home, mostly with my sisters, and mostly with my closest friends in Garden Grove (although there are still more in the semester system that I am looking forward to seeing :).
I tried to redefine my life last year using the “Sims Needs” and “Sim Skills” to improve myself for 2010 – coming up with a totally ridiculous list of resolutions for myself to follow. This year, I’m going to take a radically new approach – I will show you my list of resolutions in a later post blog; however it will be not as serious or contradictory as last year’s.
I would say that I did an adequate job of fullfilling all my needs: Hunger, Comfort, Hygiene, Bladder, Energy, Fun, Social, and Room. In terms of improving my skills I would say my Mechanical and Cooking Skills probably went down, my Logic and Creativity stayed away the same, and My Body (P90x) Skill went up as well as my Charisma. Subsequently, I coped with last year in the correct manner, regardless of whether or not I fullfilled all 24 ridiculous resolutions or not.
This year, I will look to a classic child’s show to see what areas I need to improve in for the upcoming year, using the 9 Digital Crests from Season 1 & 2 of Digimon: Digital Monsters. In the show, the kids had to find the crests and learn life lessons to allow their Digimon to digivolve from Champion into Ultimate form. I guess I’ll say I “digivolved” in 2010 to Champion form, and need to attain all my crests to “Digivolve” into Ultimate form in 2011. So here goes:
The Crest of Courage: In attaining courage, I will allow myself to confront new situations head on like never before. It will allow me to take risks and go outside of my comfort zone, and let me ultimately grow as an individual.
The Crest of Friendship: I value friendship very much in my life. In doing so I will maintain healthy and strong relationships with my current friends, and branch out and make more. In doing so I will elevate my social dimensions at UCSD.
The Crest of Hope: Whenever I feel sad or in a hopeless situation (stressed, agitated, angry), I will be hopeful for a brighter future. In doing so I hope to increase my spirituality in 2011 as well.
The Crest of Knowledge: I want to make an attempt to actually LEARN something of value next year. Not simply memorize a bunch of facts. Something I can apply to real world situations in order to make me a better person and to make the world a better place. Perhaps this can be in correlation with the Clinton Global Initiative happening in 2011.
The Crest of Light: I’ll associate “The Light” with religious and spiritual elements. Regardless of how many people are dependent on science to fulfill their logical needs, it will never feel their spiritual needs – which can be fulfilled by different elements.
The Crest of Love: Love is very much like friendship, it’s a part of everyday life. And I have to say I do love my friends and family. As far as courting a girl goes, perhaps the crest of love will shine my way.
The Crest of Reliability: I have to make sure I stay dependable, and that my friends and loved ones can count on me for anything. Seriously. I’ll be there. Reliability goes very much hand in hand with Responsibility and Trust as well.
The Crest of Sincerity: I have to stay true to people, and I have to stay true to myself. I cannot stand passive-aggressive people because they are simply too afraid to confront their problems head on. If I have a problem with someone/something I will deal with it, simply. I will not complain, but instead be sincere in order to progress towards a brighter future for myself or somebody else (if problems ultimately arise).
The Crest of Kindness: Finally, I must make sure to be kind to everyone. To make sure people are aware that most of the time I’m only joking when I’m mean. I will make sure to help people when they’re down, lend a helping hand, and increase my community service involvement next year.
In progressing towards a healthier 2011, these 9 crests will be achieved, and I will achieve my Ultimate form 🙂
