Hainrihi's Discoveries

Here is the part 2 of the things I want to improve on 2012:

6. CLEANING OF MY ROOM: I need to do this immediately because my room is a mess! First in the agenda is removing the carpet because it's becoming a hassle.  My mom and I should've taken it off before I transferred.  From there, I can fix everything in my room: from my books to the plastic boxes to my shelves to moving some other things.  Hopefully by summer, everything is done.

7. WARDROBE/FOOTWEAR/MAKEUP/ACCESSORIES: This is simple enough...I need new wardrobe/shoes/make-up/accessories.  2011 was a year of discoveries in terms of my appearance and now that I know exactly what I need, it's time to improve.

I'm going to keep this straight to the point.  I'm writing this blog entry so I can keep track of the improvements that I need to do in 2012 and make sure to do them so I can say I became productive this year.

Anyway, here are the things I need to improve in 2012:

1. WRITING: While this list is not in order, I want to make this the first one because it's very important to me.  Now that I have a new laptop, I plan to improve my writing skills by---what else---writing more. I have this dream in 2012 where I write articles and get at least one article published in newspapers, magazines or online.  I plan on writing reviews in this blog, especially on books and a challenge is one way to do that (but we'll get into that later).  Plus, EDIT, EDIT and EDIT! I love writing and nothing makes me more satisfied than writing stuff that needed to be let out and will keep me thinking.  Last 2011, I was happy to finally land a job where I write full-time and even though it can be tiring at times, it keeps me fulfilled knowing that I'm doing what I love.  For 2012, it's time to improve on it.

2. READING: While 2011 is the year when I finally read The Hunger Games trilogy, it was a disappointment for me because I didn't read continuously. For months, I haven't read any books though I was buying one per payday.  As a result, more pending books.  Everything will change this year as I plan to join the Gathering Books Awards-Winning Books Reading Challenge January-December 2012, which is owned by my former college teacher and college friend.  In this way, I can expand my reading list to Filipino books and other books that I haven't read---and write reviews on them.  This challenge is hitting two birds with one stone as I improve my writing AND reading skills. I'm pretty much excited for this and listing some books now (both for the challenge and for personal reading).