If there's a will, there's a way.

That saying is so true it’s disgusting. Something I’ve realized lately is that anybody can do anything as long as they really set their heart to it.

Very few things in the world are easy to do, easily achieved or handed to you. If you really want something enough, you won’t stop until you get it, you won’t let anything stand in your way, you won’t settle for less.

But wants require either one or both of two things: hard work and money. And if you really have the desire, you can even do enough of the first to overcome lack of the second.

I realized that not everybody strives to be the best. Not THEIR best, THE best. Not everybody WANTS to be the best, not everybody does things wholeheartedly, some people are completely okay with just being average.

Until now, I always naively thought EVERYBODY wanted to be the best. But that’s not true, it’s a choice that’s up to each of us to make: Awesomeness or mediocrity?

This post is not about constructive criticism, it’s not about judging people. It’s about taking a surface look at what drives someone to achieve their goals, and how nothing is really that impossible.

I think it's safe to say that I am a person that strives. No matter what I do, I always have the burning desire to be THE best and do MY best. And sometimes, if I work my ass off, MY best IS THE best.

When I don’t excel or succeed in what I do, I don’t like how it feels. I get a lot of self-worth from my successes and almost define myself by them. It's not a good thing, but it's how I am.

I think most people fail not for lack of ability, but for lack of trying.

We can all be great at the things we choose to do, be it studies, skills, sports, anything! We just have to WANT it enough to make the sacrifices and put in 110% effort. Because where there is a will, there will always be a way.

Like right now, I want to learn music, art, dance and a new language. But I do feel like I have more passion towards music and languages so the other two will probably fade into the background with time, but the two that I REALLY want, I will go out of my way to make sure I achieve.

I have the desire to LEARN music, art, dance and a language. But I only have the desire to play music and speak that language. Not draw nor dance. There is a difference.

I do think although I may not be conventionally talented (or may just not discovered my talents fully yet), I have a great capacity to learn. I want to learn. I ENJOY learning things and polishing my skills.

But it is the passion, the burning desire to DO that will drive you to continue even beyond the learning process and not give up or settle for “just okay”.

It’s also important to figure out WHAT motivates you. The motivation of material objects never lasts very long, I find. The kind of motivation that's strongest and most unwavering is motivation that comes from within, motivation to want to BE something.

My motivations are that I want to do really really well in life and open up a world of opportunities for myself, I want that addictive feeling of success and I don’t ever want to be forced to regret not striving. Because it’s a choice.

One thing I believe is that successful people are those who strive. Those who never stop going, never say this is enough for me, and continue pushing themselves to improve until they are the very best at what they do. Complacency is a successful person’s biggest enemy.

So think about it. With ‘O’-Level’s looming, what do you want? Are your motivations strong enough? And are you striving for what you want?


I have awful PMS today. I feel so down in the dumps. But when I’m done writing this, I’m going to go pick up my textbooks and make sure every single word I study stays in my head.

Because the down in the dumps feeling of PMS? That goes away rather quickly. I don’t think the down in the dumps feeling of not having done as well as I’m capable of, will go away that easily.


P/S: I really suck at writing wordy blog posts! Always so boring T_T I salute you if you managed to make it all the way till here and bothered to read this small font.