All the reasons why

Plentiful reasons I have...

If I succeed I will be closer to my goal
If I succeed I will have more resources sooner
If I succeed I will be healthier
If I succeed I will be happier

I want to become number 1
I want to prove myself
I want to know everything about what is useful to me
I want to be better than I was moments ago
I want others to acknowledge my achievements

If I fail I will be unhappy
If I fail I will be angry
If I fail I will think forever that I could have done better
If I fail I will be further from success
If I fail I will resent myself
If I fail others are better than me

Everything I build mustn't be destroyed by my own actions. I'm counting on myself.

Christmas

It's close to Christmas and I ask myself every year what this means. We receive and give presents to people we love and some to people we don't love that much but still care about. Other times we offer presents for the plain obligation of the season.

I haven't asked anything for me this Christmas and I never do. It doesn't mean that much to me. However, there are some things I would like to 'receive' but it's not for me, but for the world.

Starting by all of us, who are too busy living our lives, perhaps focus a little less on ourselves and more on the people that are around us. This may sound like a cliché but it's still my wish and I know many more people's, nowadays.

Not only we can help during this season but throughout the whole year of 2011. Help someone close to us, either a member of the family, a friend or even strangers in need.

Perhaps we should become more aware of the world we live in and the scarcity of natural resources. In heaven they recycle (Nespresso commercial) and on Earth I recycle too. I do what's in my power to separate the different types of materials and put them into good and new use.

I wish all my friends and loved ones receive what they're asking for for Christmas. I wish they can see beyond their own needs and material desires and all of them try to become better, improve their own ways and become even greater. I also wish they value what they have and don't complain about not having one thing or another because I know we're all blessed with good things.

When somebody complains it makes me think of all the things one has and many people don't; so... please, stop it. If you want something don't complain but act in order to have or solve it.

For me.. I also wish I can become a better person with time.

Meanwhile..

It's been a long while but I've finished my bachelor's degree. It pleases me to say I was the best student in my class with an average of 15 out of 20 and the first to have completed this phase.

I recognize it could have been a lot better but I also have to admit I didn't make my best during these 3 years.

Fortunately for me I believe I have gathered some knowledge of the economic world and the desire I had before - knowing how things work - regarding the mechanisms of everything are now less blur.

What follows? I've been accepted in a master's degree of Monetary and Financial Economics in a nice University nearby and during the next two years I have to - really - do my best.

Still uncertain about what the future will be like but I have my own goals to try to achieve.

Will I achieve them? I'm 100% sure I will do my best, at the very least!

Myself

Hello.

My name is Fábio Pinto and I'm 24 years old. I currently reside in Cascais, Portugal. For those who don't know Cascais, it's a beautiful village near the capital city, Lisbon.

I haven't travelled much in my life, I hope to do so in the future but I like living here. It can be a quite peaceful environment but still with many people on the streets, malls and beaches during the summer season. It's a very nice place to visit if you're planning on coming to Portugal.

I'm studying Economics at the moment, in Universidade Lusíada, in Lisbon and I'm enjoying it quite a while. Too bad it's a private institution, because every month I'm paying a little fortune to keep myself closer to my dream of becoming a successful person (and closer to being broke as well).

I don't want to be successful only in my professional career. I want to be successful on everything. I want to have a family, be healthy, enjoy life but in order to do so I must work towards that goal. Nothing comes easy in this life and I'm not hoping this will be any different.

So far, I think I'm doing a good job, but I know I have potential and will try to be the best!

I love playing football (even though I'm a lousy player, I enjoy it so much), I love cats and other felines (I have one awesome and beautiful siamese cat named Nemesis), Fortunately I've been around very nice people and it makes me glad.

I can be stubborn at times, I can be joyful, I can be boring and annoying, I can be responsible and a whole lot of other qualities and flaws every human has, so that makes me a normal person, I guess.