【講師コラム】アダム講師No.8～Immediate Resolutions～

As long as we live, resolving things will continue like learning never stops. No matter how high we achieve in life, there is always room for improvement. One of the ways used by most people in improving themselves is through New Year’s Resolution. The Cambridge Dictionary defined it as a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year.

If someone will ask me, what is your new year’s resolution? For me, it should be done immediately by all. There are two things that I would like to stop and start doing.

First, I need to limit myself from eating too many carbohydrates because my weight does not match my height already. In other words, I am overweight. It was hard to control our diet, especially during the pandemic. Regarding this, health protocols were implemented everywhere by the government where most of us were not allowed to go out which results to not exercising consistently. Who doesn’t love food? But we need to have a healthy lifestyle to live longer.

Second, there are times that I still finish my job beyond working hours. Time for work is for work. We should also have time for our family and especially, God. My former supervisor will always tell me that “Adam, do your job in the office, not at home. No matter how hard the job is, you should finish it during working hours because it will define how productive you are in the workplace. Do not cheat on yourself”. I realized that she was right because I would see the things that I needed to improve on. Therefore, I need to start doing this again, working during office hours.

Regardless of what calendar we follow, the resolutions should be done immediately. It’s fine to be reactive sometimes but it is better to be proactive most of the time.

By James Adam Vecino