Mga Pwede Ubrahon Sa Balay

This project is in collaboration with Aklat Alamid. I'm so excited to see my first storybook collaboration with them, hopefully in time for National Children's Month this year!

(Text by Early Sol Gadong; Art by Ara Villena; Layout by Eric Nebran)

Making New Year's Goals

One thing I've learned about making New Year's resolutions is to focus on things that I actually have control over, and be more specific about them.

For example, I say,
"Write one journal article every 3 months"
instead of
"Publish a journal article" ⬅️ Publication is not up to you!

"Run a total of 600km, continue kickboxing once a week, and eat two servings of fruits and vegetables everyday"
instead of
"Lose weight" ⬅️ How?

"Join two Palanca categories"
instead of
"Win the Palanca" ⬅️ Again, not up to you.

I'm on my third year of doing my resolutions this way, and I find myself being more focused throughout the year, more accountable, and less frustrated when I don't complete some of them.

(Oh, I also refer to them as goals instead of resolutions!)

Happy New Year, everyone!