life course

The name of my favourite song is "life is like a boat". In fact, life is going on a long journey, only by controlling it well, can we arrive at the destination; or we will lose ourselves along the way.

In February, I signed up to take part in a life course held by a church and the course was  about “the seven habits of highly effective people”. The course is held every Saturday and each lesson is about one habit. Till now, we have learnt about four habits- being proactive, beginning to end, put first things first and win-win thinking. I will write something about my experience and opinions towards two of these habits next.

Being proactive

Being proactive is what I have heard about many times during my school life, however, every time I heard it, I just treated it like a conversant saying and never thought about it deeply. In February, when I took the life course in church, I heard about this again but this time, I decided to change. The teacher told us some theories hidden in this saying and gave us examples. After that, we gathered together to have group discussion, every one of us exchanged our difficulties in forming this habit. For me, I really regretted for what I have done before coming to Singapore and I sometimes cannot control myself in doing things. After one discussion, I finally realized that if I want to change, I must have strong belief in my heart and have something to encourage me to insist.

Feeling encouraged, I began to make a timetable for the sake of regularizing my daily life. It made me happy the first day I did it and I accepted a sense of fulfillment during the process of accomplishing the tasks. Till now, I have made 4 weekly timetables; although some of them were not finished in time, I am still delighted with what I have improved in time arrangement.

I am happy and I will persist.

Put first things first

This habit is also a classic common saying in China. The most significant things are like tremendous rocks, the rest are like small ones. If you finish an important task first, you will feel comfortable in doing the rest. Although I know this fact just like my palm of my hands, I can't help doing the easy things first and delay the time of the things which are urgent. Listing things in order is my first step to try it; surprisingly, I fulfilled the things effectively and felt the benefits of this habit. From now on I will always put the first things to the top of my list and do it immediately. This habit benefit me a lot and I will keep it until it becomes part of my life.

Good habits are lighthouses which guide you to the destination.