New Year Purge

New Year is always the best time to declutter, whether it’s your living/office space or even your social media account. 

It comes with maturity I think, but over the years I no longer want too many friends. I realized that people do lose friends as they get older and that’s okay. In my case, for example, I’ve gotten rid of toxic relationships in exchange for deeper friendships however few. And that applies in real life and online.

Day 366

(Originally posted on my FB page)

Walking as far away from you, 2020.

Oh, wow, 2020. Where do I start? 

We began this year full of hope that it will be one of the better years but it turned out to be the year that people will remember in a long time and not for good reasons. I will never forget you, for you have taken people from us, our jobs, our plans, our life’s little joys. But most of all, you have taken our sense of normalcy; you have given us a global pandemic that halted our lives in ways I could never imagine. It’s a year like no other, and I do wish that as we end the year today, so will everything that made this year seem like a bad game of Jumanji. 

A Depressing December

One of my many favorite Christmas songs is Andy Williams’ “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”. It just brings out that undeniable holiday cheer that turns even this midlifer into a giddy nine-year-old. It’s been made popular in recent years through the Ellen DeGeneres’ segment “12 Days of Giveaways”. 

The Christmas season in the Philippines, which starts as soon as we hit the -ber months, is something I anticipate the whole year. With the Christmas preps, holiday parties and get-togethers, shopping rush, gift-giving, and lots of food, it really makes it the most wonderful time of the year. 

Until 2020.