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2019

Just realised that I posted a post for 2020 planning/goals/whatever you want to call those like 1 month ago. Which makes me posting a 2019 reflections post at this moment kind of random lol but it's my blog so I do whatever I want.

Nothing too fancy, just want to lay out some achievements and other highlights of 2019:

Jan - switched to a role with more responsibilities. Started training phase
Feb - went home for Tết
Mar - qualified for Breakfast Club. KL trip was fun
April - got promoted
May - good start to the Consultant life, another Breakfast Club qualification. Didn't know what would hit me next lol
Jun - shit month at work
Jul - meh month at work
Aug - first time being a groomsman
Sep (craziest month) - first time being a bridesmaid and wedding emcee (the day after being a groomsman. Went on leave for 10 days on one of the best trips of my life to Japan and came back getting Consultant of the Month
Oct - some severe post-travel depression that led to an impromptu staycation. Exciting opportunities came on board
Nov - some disappointing results
Dec - celebrated 3 years' anniversary. Went on the first solo trip in 4 years, had a pretty good time and gained weight lol. Went for a health screening and found out that my bad cholesterol level is high. Lots of things to think about and consider

Overall it was a pretty exciting year. Not as smooth-sailing as 2018 of course especially due to the changes at work, however the good things still remain and the bad things are never that bad. Which are what I'm grateful for. This year has also brought in some pretty bad habits such as eating more fastfood, crashing immediately after coming back from work and just not taking care of myself physically as much.

While I generally don't believe in resolutions and that if there are any changes that need to be done they should just come at any time, I guess it's not a bad thing to use the excuse of "starting fresh" as a way to motivate myself to do things differently. Let's see how it goes.

Oh and 2020 is going to be quite a painful year due to new plans of wisdom teeth removal. Yay...

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