Yalei Wang

Repeat this : " Everyday my life is changing bit by bit "

Now indoctrinate that into your thinking. Two years ago, i would have never thought that my life would take the change that it is taking today. It's changing and i can see it, feel it. I am a witness to it happening right in front of my eyes and despite the fact that i can see it and feel it, i'm powerless to do anything. I don't want to do anything about it but even if i did, there's nothing i could do. Tomorrow i turn 25. Last years birthday was shit and i admittedly spent half of it crying at home and half of it crying in the toilets at work. Tragic, but honest. This year, things are different. For the past few months, mentally i have been prepping myself that i am turning 25 on 25. And with that comes the resilience and strength that i feel now. I don't feel like this birthday will be much of a deal at all unlike last year which felt like a tonne of bricks raining down on me. I have Tokyo now and a new life ahead and that's enough of a milestone for me to not feel like i've done nothing and achieved nothing at this age. Last night, i read this quote and it really affected me. Mostly because the lady who said it summed it up in less words than me and because of that, it was so much more powerful.

" What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while " - Gretchen Rubin

Pretty obvious but pretty powerful too. And whilst i was making my daily coffee today, i thought about how i live my life every single day. The tiny, insignificant things matter so much more than the once in a life time things that happen. And because the tiny, insignificant things matter so much, that's what we have to focus on either nurturing or noticing. Feeling good in the morning, smiling more broadly in conversation, eating a good dinner, avoiding shit food, being productive and proactive in your interests and passions. In 2013, my life was pretty close to perfect because it was built on these seemingly insignificant details. It's time to start perfecting the little things and stop focusing on the big things.