FEBRUARY 2022 GOALS 

Hello February!

Another month had passed and here we are again with another chance for us to take a step closer to our goals. In the past month, we were able to track our growth, work on ourselves and conclude it with a blog about unforgettable moments that happened. It was a month full of memories and productivity. All of what I experienced are all worth it because I learned and realized a lot of things. I observed that I became more dedicated to pursue the passion within me and focus more on positive things. Now, there are no more room for negativity. As I continue what I started last month, I will push myself to make this period my year.

In order for me to be on track, I keep reminding myself the goals that I have to do in this year. Let’s just say that I’m pushing myself in a good way. I think, rather than dwelling on unproductive things, it will be more efficient for me to be busy on things that I must do for 2022. Unlike before where I always doubt myself and considers others opinion, I am slowly improving myself in a way that I’m the one who’s in control of my life. I need to do things based on what I think is right and what’s best for me, rather than being dictated by someone else. Now that I’ll be turning 26 this year, I badly need to focus on things that will help me to achieve my life goals. There will be no more time to waste because all of the things that I’m doing now, will surely reflect on my future. With this important note, I must focus on something that I can do in the present but at the same time have my own enjoyment. I should balance well all the things I’ll do for my future and in my present situation in order to live my life to the fullest.

Before we start on the thing I planned for this month, let’s make a quick recap of what goals I set for the year 2022.

Now that I finished the first month of the year, I’m so happy that I was able to mark done some of the goals that I have for 2022. I have eleven more months to achieve everything, and rest assured I’ll make it all happen. Although it looks like impossible now, I believe eventually I’ll be able to get in that position where I’ll tell myself that “You did a great job.”. Truly when you have something to look forward, it will give you inspiration to exert your best effort in everything you do. I can feel how my passion to reach my goals ignite every time I’m doing something for it. It’s unexplainable! I still have a long way to go and I will trust this process. Even if it will take time, I will patiently work for it and never give up.

Here below is the weekly routine that I need to follow for this year which I also stated in my first blog for 2022:

For this month, I will be more aggressive in sticking to my plans because this will be the month that I’ll start my house rental investment. I’m pretty sure that there will be a lot of challenges in this month, so I need to be very strong in handling it. This crucial period will soon pass but I need to make most out of it. I should not be cowered with fear in failing and just take it in a positive manner. Since this is also my birth month, it will be truly a very unforgettable month for me.

Without any further ado, let’s tackle all the goals that I have for the month of February!

By sharing this, I hope that someone out there will be inspired to do the same as well.

Let’s both make it together!

For my selflove plans, I will continue some of the things that I failed to achieved last month. I will also continue some of my tasks in order for me to be consistent on it. I observed in the last month that changing one’s habit is really tough thing to do. You need to have the dedication and right approach for you to accomplish it. That’s the reason some why I need to continue some tasks since I failed to do it in the first month. Although there’s a negative impact on it, I won’t lose hope that eventually I can achieve it. I just need to really push myself in this matter for this month.

For this month, these are the three things that I need to accomplish. It comprises with bad habit that I need to correct, travel destination for this month and also my workout routine.

UNHEALTHY HABITS FOCUS: EXCESS MOBILE USAGE

Since I failed to do it last month, I need to make it a point that I will achieve this goal for this month. No more excuses now! Since I only have one month to make it happen, I really need to push myself for the better. Let’s just say that it’s nor or never now. If ever I failed to do this in this month, it will also mean that I failed to change myself. That’s the worst thing that may happen if I failed to do this and I’m pretty sure that I won’t like the consequences. So, in order to effectively do it, I need to make sure that I will abide with the things that I stated last month which are:

TRAVEL: STAYCATION/THEME PARK (January/February)

Due to what happened last month where there’s a rise of COVID-19 cases and I got sick as well, I failed to achieve this travel goals. Although I failed to do this specific thing, I was still able to tour around in Souq Waqif. Given that I only have this month to achieve it, I already planned a specific date for our Theme Park Adventure which is on February 11. Since there’s almost a 50% discount for this, I can rest assured that I can make it happen in this month. Other than that, I was also able to book for a day Staycation in a hotel for me to celebrate my birthday.

This month will surely be jampacked with a lot of memorable experiences. I will make most of this time to celebrate my 26^th birthday and create memories with my love ones. At the same time, I also need to check my finances since like what I stated, this month will be a crucial period in terms of my finances.

HEALTH & FITNESS: BOOTY WORKOUT/ YOGA

After I successfully achieved the target workouts that I planned last month, I now decided to focus on arms and back workout. Since I already reach the ideal weight that I want, I’ll slowly work on target exercise, yoga and meditation which is my way to release stress. Before, I planned to do it in an alternate basis, but now that my body got used to it, I decided to do it daily. Upon doing it consistently, I found myself engross to it that’s why I ended up doing it every day. Knowing that I have enough time, I can easily push myself to invest in one hour workout for myself.

Here’s the workout routine that I’ll be doing for the month of February!

Last month, I successfully secured the payment for my insurance and at the same time send the budget for the 1^st phase of our renovation. Due to the changes taken place, I decided to change my budget in order to comply with the goals that I have. In the beginning of the year, I decided for a certain budget that will serve as my guide but give the certain circumstances, I need to adjust based on the current needs. Despite of the adjustments, I still have the financial goals but it just differs in the period where I focus on it. Now I decided to focus in the first half of the year to my business fund so it can generate income as soon as possible.

In my last blog about my January finances, I successfully followed all the plans that I’d set. So, in this month, I need to strictly follow as well the budget that I’d set. Now, Let’s carefully review each of my financial plans for February!

IDEAL BUDGET GUIDELINES

Like what I shared in my January Financial review, my budget for this month will be focusing in the renovation which is my business fund. I came up in this decision because I wanted to make use of the time efficiently by pushing it to happen and gain return of investment as soon as possible. I can only make this happen If my fund for it is ready and at the same time, I balanced my finances well so I can’t compromise my other savings. This decision is very hard and for sure I will experience financial challenges, that’s why, I made a cash flow sample that will be my guide during this period. I already set as well the specific month for me to save up for the rest of my savings fund so I can be reminded of my priorities.

INSURANCE: SECURE 1^ST INSURANCE PAYMENT

Since I successfully secured the 1^st payment and 2^nd payment of this insurance, I can now finally focus on investing more for my business fund. So at this time, I already settled the overall payment for my 1^st insurance fund. All I need to settle is the balance amount for my SSS & insurance which cost 600 qar and my investment fund which cost 3,200 Qar. I will be working on it once the renovation will finish and hopefully by that time, I can gain the profits of my passive income investment.

FAMILY & LOVED ONES: RENOVATE 1^ST RENTAL HOUSE

In the last week of January, I successfully sent an amount for the first phase of the rental Renovation. It will be followed in the mid of February and eventually until first week of March. We came up in that schedule based on the availability of contractors and at the same time the budget that I have on hand. In this period, my parents really supported me since they’re the one who carefully choose the best contractor and at the same time invest their time in canvassing the materials. Now I realized that investing in real estate really requires efforts and budgets because without it, you can’t really go on with that.

This month will surely be a challenge but hopefully I can surpass it and gain positive results from this investment. This will be the start of everything. As soon as I’ll be successful in this month, I will ensure that I will continue to invest on it until I gain more than my salary today.

In this month, I finally decided to apply for a job somewhere. I came up in this decision upon considering the opportunities that I currently have and at the same time my ability to step up in a position. Now that I am aiming for a coordinator job, I’m in the process of looking for pre-opening hotels with a five-star rating so that I can be consistent on having pre-opening experience. As of now, I made a list of properties that I’ll apply so that I can check every now and then their vacancies since most of it are still not open.

I didn’t come up in this decision all of a sudden, since I need to consider a lot of things due to my goals that I have this year. After I weigh down the pros and cons of getting a new job, that’s when the time that I decided to go for it. What I have in mind right now is I don’t want to miss any opportunity that is present right now. I need to take the risk so I won’t regret anything in the end. As much as possible, I need to continue challenge myself because that’s the only way for me to grow.

For me to be able to ready myself in applying, I need to make sure that all of the requirements are ready to be submitted, from my resume, cover letter and training certificates. There’s maybe a probability that I may not be accepted but at least preparing everything in advance can help me save time. This is why the focus for this month is mostly specifying the opportunities that I can apply and at the same time ready all my papers for submission. Now, let’s tackle each task that I have for this month!

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: APPLY FOR COORDINATOR

It has been a challenge for me to decide to go back in operation or to pursue an office work. Due to the health reasons, long hours of work and physical requirement of a chef, I decided to settle for the back of the house jobs. Being a kitchen admin became my stepping stone to have an edge in working in this career path. With this position, I can take a step forward and aim for a F&B administrative job. Upon assessing the hierarchy of F&B Operation, I believed that F&B coordinator will be suitable for me to take. Since it concerns also in food industry which is connected to what I studied, I can have a chance to slowly work for it until I achieve a managerial position.

I do believe that 2-3 years is the maximum years that one can stay in a property, not unless they’re promoted. The more you move around to well known companies, the more you can be equipped with quality experience and skills. You just need to consider to stay within the minimum years so that it can be counted as a valuable experience. Age as well plays a vital role in applying for a job, the younger you are, the more opportunities you can get. That’s why I wanted to make use of the time that I have right now so I can reach my dream position.

For this month, I plan to specifically apply for F&B coordinator in pre-opening properties located in Lusail. The properties that I’m currently checking on are the following:

1. Raffles & Fairmont Hotel
2. Rosewood Hotel
3. Waldorf Astoria Hotel
4. Le Meridian Doha
5. Corinthian Hotel
6. Rixos Qetaiflan
7. Century Marina Hotel

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: Update CV, Resume & Cover Letter

Now that I already have the position that I wanted to pursue and the properties as well that I planned to apply, all I need to do is to ready all the necessary requirements for interview and transfer. I need to consider doing a quality resume that can live a lasting impression to whoever will assess it. I also need to ready all my training and employment certificates so that it will be ready for submission. At the end of this month, I need to make sure that I am overall ready to step up on my job.

Here are the things that I need to ready before I apply in any job opportunities:

1. Updated LinkedIn
2. Updated and Quality resume that can live a lasting impression.
3. An attractive cover letter which has the same layout of the resume.
4. All certificates should be ready for submission.
5. Interview ready!

For me to carefully consider the salary and benefit package that I’ll be taking, I made a guideline for me that the offer should meet. They are the following:

1. It should be considered as a supervisory role.
2. 30%-50% increase on my current salary.
3. Solo room package.
4. Opportunity to learn different cuisines (company program).
5. Opportunity for promotion.
6. Pre-opening 5-star property.
7. It should be considered famous hotel brand.
8. Hotel and accommodation should be located within the city or close to the city.

It has been a year of no update in my Linkedin account. Now that I’ll make this year as another career growth for me, I need to ready all of the things that is connected to my credentials and that is my CV, resume and Linkedin account. I need to make it more professional and ensure that all of my certifications are there so that I can be confident enough to apply in a supervisory position that I aim for this year.

Upon planning this, I can feel the excitement building up in me. I know that it will be another big adjustment but at the same time it will be very worth it. I just need to think that this is the first step for me to achieve my ultimate goal which is to be a director!

“The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.” -William Jennings Bryan

YOUTUBE

In my blog “January 2022 Goals Review”, I shared the changes that taken place in our YouTube channel. Now that we focus solely in travel vlog, we decided not to upload the rest of the vlogs that are supposed to be published last month. It was a great sacrifice since I put my efforts in editing, but I came to realized that it will really be more ideal just to focus on one subject. Given the limited time that we have, I decided just to settle in two travel vlogs every month. As of last week of January, we already published two travel vlogs and now one pending vlog that will be scheduled on my birthday (February 14). Here’s the current list of vlogs in our YouTube Channel:

1. CINEMATIC 4K | EXPLORE QATAR: Msheireb Downtown Doha –January
2. CINEMATIC 4K | EXPLORE QATAR: Aspire Park –January
3. CINEMATIC 4K | EXPLORE QATAR: Souq Waqif –February

For this month, our target will be at least 50 subscribers and 350 total views. Setting a monthly target will help us to push ourselves more and at the same time be motivated to work for it. Although everything really requires time and effort, I believe that we can get into that in the right time. Who knows?

INSTAGRAM: 1100 Followers

During the month of January, I realized how reels helped me to gain more engagements in my Instagram account. Because of that reason, I was able to reached my target last month which is to achieve 1050 subscribers. Now that I had the idea, I planned to work more on quality reels so I can gain more engagements this month of February. In order to be consistent, I need to ready in advance the reels so I can upload three times a week. Not only in attracting more engagements, I also received positive comments and messages from the videos I made. There’s one reel which was reuploaded by an Instagram account that focuses on travel destinations in Qatar. Because of it, I feel so motivated to work on quality post thinking that it can be my change to be featured in other famous accounts.

WORDPRESS

Last month I successfully uploaded seven blogs and at the same time have a week advance of blogs. This really helped me to manage well my website since as you all know, I’m also a full-time employee. Now that I readied some blogs in advance, it will help me to work on quality post with no pressure. One thing that I just failed to do is to consistently share it in my other social media accounts. Due to this, it results to less views and visits on my blog. For the month of February, I will start to actively share it again in my Facebook and Pinterest account. At the same time, I will also work on continuing my travel blogs in connect to the vlogs that we are publishing in our YouTube channel. What I specifically need to do this month are the following:

1. 6-7 Blogs
2. Share it in Instagram post & Stories
3. Published it in Facebook
4. Share it in Pinterest
5. Share some in LinkedIn (Live to Inspire)

TIKTOK

Since last month, my Tiktok account really went well due to the two videos that gained more than 2000 views. Due to this upload, I also gained a lot of followers and engagements. I also received positive comment about the kind of videos that I upload, as per them, it looks like a pro and it is well edited. As I’d seen in other similar tiktok accounts, I decided to focus on travel and myself. I should be consistent in creating quality videos that I started in January.

For this month, my goal is to reach 900 followers and update a minimum of six videos. To give a glimpse of my account, here’s the top post for the month of January:

As we now enter the second month of this year, I need to be more eager to pursue things that I can do right now in order to mark it done from my goals list for this year 2022. The time really pass by so fast and this makes me feel more motivated to work on things that I can do today.

In this month, my financials will surely be tight due to the renovation which already started. Since my budget is ready for that, I just need to double my effort to follow what’s the intended amount for my savings and expenses. Since this will also be my birth month, I made it sure that I planned something for myself as well.

I WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY.

May we all welcome this month with plans and goals that we need to achieve. Let’s all make most of this time and ensure that no minutes will be wasted.

I’ll be with you in this journey!