7:00 AM 起床,准备今天toastmaster club的 C9 speech。虽然club的朋友们都说做的很好,但自己其实不大satisfied,因为之间有些内容有些忘记,只能即兴发挥了。但是可圈可点的是自己的即兴发挥能力,我已经彻底忘记自己要讲什么了,只能凭着感觉,故作镇定和大方的把观点表述清楚。附上自己的C9 speech – Set Your Limitation
12:00 AM 和club的朋友在一家西北餐馆吃午餐。再次充当了CEO (cheif eating officer)的角色。席间,不小心坐到了一位美国朋友的旁边。于是,又充当起了翻译的角色。大家聊到很high的时候,总要顾及一下旁边的美国lady,帮她用英文解释一下,然后她便很satisfied的说了句 Ok。我理解他,就像我在印度,一群印度人摇头晃脑咕咕嘟嘟的时候,我其实很孤立的。总渴望着有人可以为我解释一下。。。
1:50.PM 静安寺云峰酒店,一群老年合唱团的团员在那里练习,歌声悠扬,让我又想起来了自己曾经大学时候的合唱团经历,于是暗自下决心,等自己老了,必然会加入这个团体的。。。为了看YK的table topic比赛,虽然只是短短1分30秒,我掏出了30块钱。虽然YK让我不要破费了,我还是觉得值得的。后来听说YK拿到了第二名,很开心。因为YK是我进toastmaster时第一个欣赏的人,曾经一度以他为自己的榜样,虽然他有时候也开一些不靠谱的玩笑。。。。此次Table topic的题目也很有趣:如果2012来了,你该怎么办?只见YK闭眼睛沉思了2秒钟,便出来了他如下的陈述:我会像现在一样过我的生活。又是一个反其道而行之的回答。还记得YK在比赛前,自己特意打了电话去给他鼓劲:你最大的优势就是你的观点新颖,要好好利用哦。于是,在听到YK这样的标新立异的回复后,我暗自开心,看来他没有辜负我对他的鼓励~~后来,我跟YK提前跑了出来,一茶一座中坐下来好好聊了聊,点了个牛奶红豆冰,上次什么时候吃已经忘记了,可能是和梦梦在读书的时候,那时候吃这样一个甜点便是人生最大满足了。。。Kien问我最近好不,我除了发了些牢骚外,也关心了一下他的近况。貌似大家都很忙碌,也都为了比较相思的原因而烦恼,或者他的烦恼比我多。。得知他的近况,又跟他complain了一下自己的近况后,自己satisfied了。其实我不需要什么解决方案,唯一需要的是理解和倾诉。
3:30 PM我继续着自己铁打不动的Hip-hop之旅。如果说人真的要有一个自己执着又专注的运动的话,那我会选择跳舞。在音乐中完全释放自己,听着动感十足的音乐,享受着自己仅有的一个半小时没有压力的专注。我Satisfied了。
6:30 PM和7个习惯的朋友们聚在了大沽路上的一家馆子里面,吃西餐,学习table manner.大家热情的把我推为班长,而我也没有拒绝。其实只是多说几句话,多打几个电话,多做做热心人而已,为大家服务,挺好。餐桌上跟着Shirley学习Table manner,才发现原来自己在这方面的知识非常非常的少。还好,每个人都很包容,不会去嘲笑,这样轻松的氛围中度过了我非常高效的周末。自己Satisfied了。
PS:用了一个礼拜,才断断续续写完了这篇儿流水账一样的blog,本想记录上周日的那种小满足,以作为自己漫漫人生路上的一个小小的toll-gate,但却在这接下来一周的时间内慢慢遗忘,看来时间真的是很强大的一个东西。
终于昨天澄清了一个自己的心结,但随之而来的便将是一段漫长的调整期,好在美好回忆留在心中,相信在时间的冲刷下,将变得痛苦越来越模糊,美好越来越清晰。早上和妈咪通了电话,她说自己现在是更年期。我鼓励妈妈,说不要给自己随便贴标签。而且也理解妈妈说的,她想去戒掉一些东西,却有时候难以控制自己。 我跟妈妈说,不仅仅是她,我也会难以控制自己,难以去戒掉一些东西。这是很正常的事情。但不能就此放弃,找其他的东西专注或许可以分担自己的一些注意力。
C9 – Set Your Limitation
Do you have the problem of having a big dream but don’t know how to achieve it?
Do you have the problem of spending over to buy lots of useless goods home?
Do you feel headache about the endless emails to check and answer every day, occupying lots of your own time?
If, unfortunately, you have some of the problems mentioned above, I recommend you to set your limitation. This is the key to solve your problems. However, only few people like limitation. Most of us dream of leading an unlimited life with unlimited time, unlimited money or even unlimited boyfriends or girlfriends.
Why we don’t like limitation? Because limitation means restriction. It sets the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed. It confines our behaviors and forbids our freedom. Human being’s nature likes freedom, and setting limitation means losing the freedom, bringing us much pressure and making us uncomfortable.
However, we can always make a difference with the limitation.
Setting limitation means setting your target or goal, clarifying your deadline, and making your time schedule. It helps you to break down a complicated project into small easily operated tasks. If you have a big dream, have you ever thought of when do you want to realize your dream? If you dream of becoming a writer and have a book published in China, then, set a time limitation for you to realize it. Let’s say, 5 years.
So, your dream will become: within 5 years, I want to become a writer and publish one book in China. If you want to realize that dream in 5 years, then,
1) In 4 years, you need to contact the main book publisher and send them your book for review
2) In 3 years, you need to build up the network with several main book publishers and finalize your book ;
3) In 2 years, you need to collect all your articles in the book and complete the first draft of it
4) In 1 year, you need to draft all the possible articles that you want to publish in the book
5) In 6 months, you need to complete at least 5 articles
6) In 3 months, you need to start to write your articles
7)In 6 weeks, you need to read and collect your stories for one article.
See, with the time limitation, your big dream has become lots of milestones. These milestones will help you to realize your dream.
Setting limitation also means to properly arrange your financial resources or budget. Do you have the problem of spending over when shopping? Most of the girls may encounter this headache. They find everything is lovely and cheap, especially when the shoppers using the “On the Sale” tactics. As a result, girls spent more money to buy lots of useless products home. Some of them may sleep in one corner of the house after they are bought and will never ever wake up any more…So, girls, set a limitation of shopping list to you. Think of this, if you can only spend 200 RMB one day, what will you choose to buy? You will definitely buy the goods you most desire for and won’t spend more for the other useless ones.
How many emails do you need to read and answer each day? 10? 50? Or even more? If you find it headache to check so many emails a day, bothering your own time schedule, then, set a limitation of checking your mailbox. I only check emails 3 times a day, each time 20 minutes. With this limitation, I will only focus on the email which is the most important and urgent and I won’t be bothered by so many so-called “urgent” requests or junk mails. With this limitation, I can on one hand complete my work on time and on the other hand, I won’t miss the important email from others. With this limitation, we can use our time effectively and efficiently.
See, the above examples are the power of setting limitation. It can be used everywhere. If you have set your time limitation, you will have to prioritize several things you need to do and find out the most important one for you to complete within such limited time. With limited budget, you will need to struggle which is the most demanded thing for you to purchase instead of buying lots of unneeded goods back home. It helps you to use your resources properly, focus on your priority. And most important of all, it helps to make your dream come true!
However, setting limitation is not that easy, and it’s not a one-time-off job. Instead, it’s a PDCA cycle, and we need to adjust our limitation if it’s not proper after first trial. It also needs strong self-control and self-discipline so that we may strictly follow it. But you can always start something from small. And once you have tasted the sweet brought from limitation, you will become accustomed to it.
Still feel doubt of the power of limitation? Just set it!