Hey there... Saw there was a Blocktrades contest about this topic like two weeks ago but I didn't check the deadline to submit. Boom! Of course by the time I was about to write again, I checked and saw the submission time was over. Haha. Heck I was going to write one anyway.
Planned to write this next month too but since I've started the draft, might as well finish it. After all I only have 150 posts on here this year as opposed to 400+ last year. Whoa. I was very active here before because the Steem value was higher and I was also on a sort of hiatus from working. (I will never do the same double job I did in 2017 ever again. It's just not worth it to be that tired and caused me to rest almost an entire year. Whew.)
Anyway I love the topic of achievements and failures. Without failures we can never learn from our mistakes and become successful at doing anything. That's the hardest way to learn anything, doing something by experience. Without the hardships and the negative things we go through, we can never fully appreciate the good. So here I am sharing the best and worst moments of my 2019.
But wait, you can read what happened in my life last year too, read it here.
Now without further ado, let me share with you my best and worst moments in 2019. 😄
January 2019
* I Sobbed From Working Too Hard
Ouch. Not a good way to start the year and this post eh? 😅 Well I never thought I'd cry over how difficult a real estate career is. Man I did cry once in my BPO work days out of frustration and anger towards a customer but this was on a different level.
In January, I felt like I was working too hard and not getting anywhere. I was doing everything, more than I ever did before, and still people didn't think I was enough. Wtf kind of life was I living? Bla bla bla. 😂 Of course it's all because I wasn't getting any sale and my manager was suddenly being negative at the time. The change in management brought about more stress and was too negative. It started to not be a good place to work in anymore especially when I don't thrive in negativity. #Ktnxbye
* Finally Able to Bring In Guests to Open Houses 🎉
When I was starting out in real estate, I was never able to bring more than 1 guest to any open house. Suddenly, during this month I had three guests for one open house and 1 more for the next one! Whoa! God is so good!
How and why? Because I was able to get myself squeezed in to an event and talk in front of a lot of people. It was my first time to speak to a large crowd of professionals, and damn my nerves made me forget some of the details. Huhu. How embarrassing/humiliating. I failed to make an impression to qualified people but still I was able to invite some of them to the open house.
I haven't written about it but I did write about how hard it is to be successful. 😅 This career really is a tough and character building job. Whew.
February 2019
* I Got Harassed by a Dirty Old Grandpa
Well it's the first time it ever happened to me, at the moment I least expected it to happen. There I was in the middle of the street, looking for people to give my property flyers to. We were doing a street by street thing at the time, dropping flyers in mailboxes and talking to people we meet.
When it was time to go back and meet with the whole group, I saw this kindly looking old man walking by. I imagine he might be a nice grandpa to his grandkids and so I walked over and said hello, gave him my flyer and chatted with him a bit. Then he started baiting me, then slowly he indirectly asked the indecent questions and built on from there.
Imagine it's your grandpa or maybe his friend telling you, you should be this and do that and if you do, you'll be this or that. Oh my god. Here you are, respectful of old people and this old and kind looking man is just going on and on decimating you verbally. Fck, I stood there in shock, arguing w/ myself if I should be rude to an old person and stop being a nice person. But no, I was rooted in place and listened to his verbal abuse like I was a little kid. Damn. Good thing my guy colleague was there and kinda saw what was happening. Probably was wondering why I was still talking to the guy. 😣
Yeah I have a pic of the sick geezer. He'll get his karma soon enough.
I have never encountered any rude and dirty old man like him until that day. Nobody does that to me, I never allow guys to disrespect me but that old man whom I thought should be respected just gave me sht. Wow.
That encounter really hit me hard. I'm never ever going to exchange my body for money, not even my soul, so help me God. My body and soul is not for sale. I was pissed for hours even until a few days after whenever they tried to tease me about what happened.
My manager and other male teammates thought I was being naive and all virgin-like in my behavior. Oh really!?! I wanted to tell them they were all pigs and all that sht but they didn't dare tell me anything that would make me do so. I was seething everytime they told me to call the old man or do my job. No way I was gonna subject myself to that again and not hit back.
You think he did it to me and wouldn't do it to others?! Hah! Sorry but he did it to another female team member too. Well guess what, not even my already married female colleague could handle the old man. She also found him offensive and disgusting. I've never felt happy to be vindicated. Pffft.
The guys in our team already offered a prostitute for the old man but he said, "Don't get me wrong," bla bla bla. Bah, I figured we were just getting insulted/ridiculed for doing our job. If he didn't want to buy anything it's easy to just shoo us away, but no, seemed like he toyed with us instead. 🤢 🤮
So hey, that shocking moment won't happen again. I'm still not going to expect the worst out of anyone I meet. Getting shocked by bad behavior happens once in a blue moon anyway. Perhaps that's my troll of the year, unlike the online one from last year. 🤷
March 2019
* Went to La Mesa Ecopark!
Well what do you expect, I was cracking under pressure from working too hard so I went traveling to a place I had always thought of visiting. I read La Mesa Ecopark had a salt water pool. Closest thing to the beach so off I went. Didn't make it in time though so I just walked around. Haha.
April 2019
* I received 1,000 Steem Delegation
Well now, it's not everyday I win a delegation. Definitely one of the highlights of being here on Steemit. All I did was upvote quality posts under the Philippines tag. Boy there weren't a lot of quality posts though.
Read about my curating experience here.
* I got BALD
Yes, you read that right! Went bald on a Good Friday! As far as I know, my head has never been shaved. 🤔 I had thin hair as a kid so they would rub aloe vera on my scalp. Guess what, now my hair is thick. Eh.
Anyway, I did not get to experience being skinhead bald though. So sad. I wanted to but didn't want to impose on the hairdresser. Uhmmm.
May 2019
* Hello Jason Mraz!!!
Ah this is one of those posts that are still in draft limbo. It was okay though. I met an online friend and her mom and we went to the concert together. 😊
* Went to a Clear and Shallow Batangas Beach!
Well what do you know, there's what they call a newly opened to the public Little Boracay in Calatagan, Batangas. Looks like I didn't write about this on here either huh?
Didn't want to waste the summer without going to the beach. So I went and joined a tour group to this place on my own. Haha. First time to even be at a beach like this, it has off white and fine sand and hey look, a starfish!!!
There are several starfish there that people were holding and taking pictures of. I knew they shouldn't be touched but they seemed already dead to me. None of them was moving at all!
Recently I was told during a marine life camp that these kinds of sea stars are still alive even if they are hard as rock. I thought because the creatures are all stiff they are already dead? Now I do not know who to believe. I checked on the underside of each starfish and there wasn't anything moving at all so... I don't know. To be safe just don't touch them like I did.
We're not supposed to touch them because they can die. May look nice but they're all dead if you touch them. (Marine scientists, do correct me if I'm wrong. 🤷 )
June 2019
* Rode Point to Point (P2P) Buses for the First time!
Oh yes. Thanks to a client who signed a contract with us to sell his property I finally got a reason to ride this kind of bus. Hehe. We took a P2P bus from Makati to Alabang and vice versa.
I and the broker was able to see and take pictures of his condo unit in Alabang. Look at that view! Love it.
Btw, it got rented out this December and it's still for sale as of now. 😊
Also got to ride another P2P bus to a different route, from Ortigas to SM North EDSA. Since then I have been able to ride these buses a few more times. Why not when I can sleep without any disturbance of people going up or down the bus. Also it does not get crowded at all unlike normal buses. No standing riders in this kind of bus. Hehe.
* I Found the best All Natural Superfoods mix!
Whoa, who would have thought I would find an amazing health product in a new and upcoming networking company. 😂 I finally joined an MLM group I can trust because the company's main product is the best health drink I ever found out there.
I wrote about the reasons why I joined the company here and how I found it too. If you're curious about the product and how to order from me, you can find out more here.
* Won Consolation Prize Money in a national Art Essay Writing Contest
Well now, I still got it. Haha. I used to join essay contests as a student and mostly win, from top prize to consolation prize. And guess what yeah I did win something. I should really write that book now. 😂
Anyway you can read all about the contest and my essay here.
July 2019
* Sold my first Resale Westin condo unit!
Hurray! I was able to sell my client's Westin Manila residential condo unit!
At first I actually gave up on ever being able to sell it. But then I got inspired to sell it and voila! Kaching kaching! 🤑
You can read about how I did it here.
* Bought a Wooden Human Model
Well hey now, anatomy is still not my strongest suit when drawing. 😁 Finally I now have something to use when drawing the human body. Now the only question is, when will I go back to drawing again? 😂
August 2019
* Played a mobile Monopoly app
Heck this year I'm all about the money it seems. I only look at ways on how to learn how to earn more and make more money. Sucks to be poor eh? 😂
Haven't written about this game yet. Well I could do a game review but nah. At that time I was too busy working on finalizing the condo sale. I did realize, after playing this a lot of times that it's exactly what China has been doing. They're acquiring real estate, foreign companies and whatever they can get their hands on. Omg. 😱 They're doing a pretty darn good job at it too! Ugh.
What can I say, I've never played the board game ever so it's good to play something similar online. At least I learned a thing or two about doing business. 😅
September 2019
* Finally Got my Six Digit Commission!
Ahaha a momentous moment for me! Yes! Last year I received a lower amount so this time it was my first time to reach the highest amount I have ever gotten. 😱 🙋 🎉 💃 Wow.
Wouldn't have gotten it if I didn't make myself work on getting it. Ugh. So now I know how to get six digits commission. I only have to WORK WORK WORK! That's all there is to it. Dreaming about earning up to a million pesos is no longer impossible. Huhu. Now I can make it happen if only I can work better and more efficiently. Hmmm. I'll get there soon mark my words.
Read about my process on finalizing the sale here.
* Did My First Newspaper Classifieds Line Ads
Lol. Such a momentous moment for me even if it's such a small thing for others. I have never thought I'd ever have to do anything with classifieds ads on newspapers. Well yeah I used to check them as a kid and when I grew up but never in a million years did I ever think I would one day put an ad there myself! Congratulations to me! 😂
Nobody to congratulate me on this milestone but myself so don't take it against me. 😁 People see me post it on my Facebook and Instagram and nothing, they just like it and don't comment on it. 🤷 I do congratulate others on their milestones but it seems not everyone does it. Meh. Not that I am looking for peer or family recognition but sometimes it's nice to hear it from other people too. Okay, don't be sad. I got more things to be happy about. Thank you. ♥️
October 2019
* Removal of Amalgam Teeth Fillings, Finally!
One of my primary goals in life after college was to have these toxic metal tooth fillings removed. It took me years and years before I was able to finally have them taken out one by one. Huhu. Oh Lord, thank you so much for your grace. I am realizing my dreams one by one. All because I am finally taking action to change my life. 🙏
I wrote about it here, find out what happened on my first dentist appointment. Haven't been able to write more about the entire experience yet. I had 6 fillings and they're all gone since 1st week of December. Hehehe. I'm so happy all of the amalgams are gone now.
* Made a Donation to an Organization to Help Clean the Ocean
Was planning on writing about this too but maybe in the future. Don't feel like writing about it now. I mean as I mentioned in my previous post... Who daydreams about cleaning rivers and oceans right? Is it just me? Do you do it too? Lol.
For now since I can't join physical cleanups yet, I've decided to donate the small amount I earned from writing on the other site. No I don't write on there anymore because they stopped paying. (I've yet to write about that too. Man I'm so behind on the things to write. 😂 That's what happens when you're busy working on other things.)
November 2019
* Joined a Survival Swimming Class & a Marine Life Camp
Yeah I used to not know how to tread. Haha! I'm proud to say I finally got over the fear of drowning. Not easy man. Not easy at all but I did it.
After I learned how to tread, I moved on to learn freediving. 😅 I've yet to master both though. Haven't been able to take more lessons or practice so next year I should have more time to do it.
Find out more about my swimming adventures here.
I was planning on doing volunteer work that involved freediving and such but it seems I won't make it in time. Wouldn't want to just get into it without being a good underwater swimmer first. Oh well.
December 2019
* I Experienced a REAL Team Building Activity
Haha, this is another one of those things that I haven't been able to write here about. What makes this activity real is it's not a gathering where people just drink, gossip and sing videoke. Nope, it helps builds character instead.
So I mentioned I joined a new MLM health company right? It's a good company because the culture is very different than others. We are more into camaraderie and helping one another aside from helping other people become healthy. Unlike those who invite people by duping them, as far as I know only the uninitiated and uninformed new member here does such and those who have not graduated from this group activity. The transparency, friendliness and openness of One Opti Marketing, Inc. is something to be commended.
In my entire work life, in the BPO industry and other companies, I have never experienced any team building activity like the one I experienced here. Surprisingly, they facilitated a real team building event where the team spirit is really inculcated. Wow. I'm proud to be a member of such a company. ♥️
There were about 77 of us who all learned a lot that day. It's a memorable personality development activity that everyone should experience even at least once in our lifetime. 😉
* Worked on 1,500 pcs of temporary tattoos
Okay, so it's the first time I worked on a lot of pieces that needed to be die cut. Man, it wasn't easy but I did it! 🎉
What happened? It's all here.
* First time I got an Apostille so I can sell a Prime Lot!
Last but not the least, I was able to receive and see an important document for the first time! I'm used to selling condos and townhouses, now I'm even selling lots! Sometimes I want to pinch myself 'cause I can't believe I'm doing the things I'm doing. Haha. 😁
The document is from my Filipino American client in the US who requested I sell off their local property in Tandang Sora, Quezon City. Whoa. I love their complete trust and confidence in me. ♥️
So of course I checked out the community where the lot (w/ old house) is located and it's really in a prime spot. Lots of people actually inquire about it from me since I put up the FOR SALE sign.
IMHO, only the bravest and the best of the people interested in this lot will be able to own it. 😉 The value of living on this property is way more than any price anyone will pay for. 👍
My 2019 in a Nutshell
2019 didn't start off too great for me but it's okay. The rest of the year is good enough for me.
This is the year I learned more on actually having a better work-life balance. I worked hard without burning out like last quarter of 2017. Dude those were the hardest days of my life. 😂 Physically.
Yeah I can probably do harder stuff but come on, we got to take care our body. If we take care of where we (spirit) live (body) then we can live longer and do more things to help other people and improve ourselves too. That's why I'm happy I found the superfoods juice. My good health is set for life. Haha.
Emotionally, well it wasn't so bad. Sure it has it's up and downs but nothing as extreme as love related shizz. 😂 I'll get to that again soon maybe but as of now I'm happy to not have any of that.
Financially, well all I can say is I earned more this year than any other year in my entire life. 😂 I haven't calculated and compared last year's gross income to this years but I'm sure this year is more fruitful than 2018.
I did hope to get P30 Million in commissions this year but sadly I believe I didn't do enough work to reach that amount. I mean, who does that? I'm super not at that level yet. 😂
Spiritually and mentally, I believe I'm in a much better place now as compared to last year and beyond. 🤔
It's a slow process, this fixing your life thing. If I could do it real quick, I would. 🤧 But it takes time, time I don't feel like I have enough of. Ah well. Such is life.
And that's it! The new year is almost upon us! Just a few more hours! Hehe. I should write a New Year's resolution I will really stick to... Hmmm. Let's see what happens in 2020.
Anyway what about you? Do you feel like your 2019 is one of the best years of your life or no? Share your thoughts in the comments. 😄
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