Choose your battles dude

Hello, today im going to talk about the phrase "Choose your battles wisely". Well the first time I heard about this phrase was long time ago back when I was still in school but I didnt give much thought about it.

As I attended a youth leadership workshop conducted by McKinsey two weeks ago, a Secretary General from the MITI, gave a leadership talk, she was talking about TPPA, and she had a lot of criticisms or feedback from the public and it was the secrecy that was one of the things people condemned when they talk about TPPA but then she said one thing, "secrecy is needed when you plan a project, or agreement"

So she chose, to ignore it and she said 'In life, you have to choose your battles, and I choose not to pay attention to these people'. I was thinking why choose your battles? Why dont fight for all?

And I remembered she said that there are many things in life that we cant control. So it knocked some sense into my head. I remembered the time when I wanted to lose weight, but didnt want to lose my boobs. Well funny to some of you but it mattered a lot to me, since I was already looking like a child, I didnt want to lose what I call "asset" to most girls. Now I choose to ignore it, because what really matters is my health because to me health comes first, good health to me brings happiness. As I started losing weight, my mom called me "boney", it mattered a lot to me back then but now it doesnt matter anymore because to me still I would rather feel good on the inside rather than the outside.

What is the point really listening to others' feedback if it's not aligned to your own values? Often, I find myself succumb into this whole pleasing other people phenomena but I can't, I try to be nice to everyone around me but I cant control what they might think of me. I get it, not everyone is going to like you for whatever reason they may have, but you have a choice to ignore it because as long as you stay true to what makes you happy then in the end, that's all that matters. Not to forget, it saves you from heartaches.

This phrase helped me a lot and I am grateful for everything that I have learned so far in my 19 years of living. I admit, there are some days when I just feel depressed, but then I remember i have friends and family, there will always be people out there willing to help you. Coming from this amazing and respectable lady Datuk Dr Rebecca, the phrase really touched my heart.

I hope it gives you something to think about too. So what do you think about the phrase? Let me know in the comment box below!


Until then,
Congratulations Germany and all you Germany fans out there