2017: The Year of Learning

With just a day left, I would have to say that I have mixed feelings about 2017. This has been the year I got to make plenty of mistakes and learn from them.

The biggest mistake was not prepping Hans properly for The CW audition. I was under the mistaken impression that they were looking for kids passionate about Arts and not academic students who could be trained to perform Arts. That will always be my one big regret as a parent. I feel like I failed my child. Although the child has been through a rude awakening and a rough transition since then, he has been an amazing little boy most days. I got to learn from Hans about failing and moving on. I hope 2018 is kind to him.

ASid has made his own mistakes; however, he is a teenager. He was mostly 15 through 2017 and was 16 for only 4 months and few days. I am sure he will continue to make mistakes, but I am glad he is learning from his mistakes. For one who is still considerably young, he has a wonderful ability to reflect on his choices and their consequences. I have faith that 2018 will be a year that will see him shine. Yesterday, the boy went and got his G1. He chose to do it on the last working day of the year and ended up waiting 5 and half hours to do a 10 minute test! His timing has been off, but he is learning to be patient and following through with his plans! Good luck to the boy for 2018!

As their mother, all I can hope for is to be there for them when they fall and support them when they need to stand tall. Hopefully, the boys can also realize that mistakes are not just made by kids, but by adults as well. And it is OK to make mistakes as long as we can learn from them.

On that note, I am off to learn for real in 2018. For the first time ever, I have enrolled myself in an online course. I am excited for the New Year. For the last couple of days, I have been chatting with KPF. He got himself a Productivity Planner and hopes to spend time doing things that make him happy in 2018. I casually remarked that I need to be happy as well. And within a few minutes, I got a note about a Happiness Planner! After much thought and a bit of investigation, I have decided to go with a Productivity Planner. In fact, I actually took the time to go to Chapters and pick it up. I will be a “Productivity Partner” with my friend and we can chat about the effectiveness of our individual planners in the New Year. I think that would make me happy.

If I have learnt one thing that I want to share with the boys, it would be to do things that make them happy. Always!

Happy New Year everyone! Have a good one. Be happy!