Lessons of 2018

Dated: 12th Jan 2019

12 days late, but better now then never!

It has been a muddled year. 2018 was a painful year both professionally and personally. But it was the kind of pain that pushes your limits of courage and strength. And although I would choose to forget much of it; a lot that happened during the year was essential. Like derailing yourself and getting on to the right track.

I've quit Winny - which means I have time to do and be so much more. I feel blessed to have multiple amazing opportunities spread out before me that I'll be working on simultaneously.

All is well that ends well.

Lessons of 2018

- In retrospection, the past 5 years have felt like a steep uphill climb. With triumph over every challenge successfully accomplished, there is a greater challenge that is lurking. Whoever designed this course on Life Progression is really darn good with it!

- You will face people and circumstances in life, where being honest is the hardest thing you'd ever have to do.

- Life can get a lot messier than you expected. And yet your overly optimistic gutt will unmistakable help you get through it.

- All meaningful questions, you ought to be asking, begin with Why?

- Your time is the only currency you have in this lifetime. Spend it wisely.

- Even in the darkest of hours, you will always have a choice. You are a consequence of your choices.

- We are all spinning around every day,

on a land that spins around a ball of fire every year.

For a moment - just a brief moment,

Stop spinning.

Take a deep breath and

Hold your ground.

See things for how they are.

Be with yourself.

- Morality best be taught in early years. There isn’t any scope of learning it later.

- What is rightfully yours will find its way to you.

- Everyone should have multiple ambitions. To become a successful entrepreneur, a caring daughter, a strong leader, a humble citizen, a supportive friend…

- But before you aspire to become any one of those, become a Better Human Being.

- To be Creative means to be able to Create. Feed that beautiful mind of your's with skills. Then allow your mind to be manoeuvred by your free soul. There are no limits to what you can create or build - from strength in your people to empires; all it requires is an ambition to create.

- Finally 2018 brought me abundant help from my spiritual guides. I'd find messages and affirmations from unknown sources, right when I needed them the most. Living consciously is the only way to thrive.

I feel blessed that all the people I really care about have transitioned into 2019 with me. I wish you've all had a beautiful year yourself and hope 2019 unfolds new significant learnings.

Lessons of 2014

 

* I have no clue what I am doing with my life. Then again, to this day, I haven't met anyone who does.

* The ability to love your job and to work hard consistently, is a source of indescribable amount of satisfaction. * No matter how petty or great a fear is, it can be overcome.

* "What is the worse that can happen?!" can happen.

* And that you shall still survive through it.

* Nothing can supersede the importance of a family. Regardless of how you think of them individually or wound up together, you will feel differently about them when their well being is at stake.

* While you, yourself are stuck on the ladder of life, the least you can do is help others move up.

* Finally learnt to say "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"!!! And saying it does make you feel good.

* People respect you for what you do, not what you say.

* A job is not worth selling your soul for.

* Even though you are the same person, your value in the world would vary based on the need of the hour.

* Before you set out to love someone else, you must muster the courage to love yourself.

* It may be better to have a rare complex disease with a cure; rather than a common disorder with no specific remedy.

* You shouldn't listen to the same song 573 times over and over again, unless you want to hate it.

* Life doesn't seem as atrocious if your mind, body and soul are in harmony. Embracing life as it comes is the most resilient way to survive it.

* Contrary to what I thought, I may not be able to agree marrying someone I do not love. Its equivalent to shopping for a ditch and willingly agreeing to jump into it. I believe it is better to blindfold yourself with 'Love' and pretend 'falling' into it.

* Baking is the sweetest therapy.

* Sometimes having a friend who can sit with you and stare at the stars, is better than sitting by yourself and staring at the stars. Sometimes.

* Witnessing the magic of maestros perform is a phenomenal spiritual experience.

* Hitting rock bottom isn't as terrifying as the minutes you spend there.

* The generous may go to bed hungry, but they sleep better.

* Remember your deeds, only the bad ones. Undo them and move on. There will come a point when you won't remember a thing you have done. Others, however, would.

Dated: 1 Jan 2015

Lessons of 2010

Dated: 11th June 2021

Time is a construct. 

Count your age by the number of lessons and memories - not days and years. Motivated by the same idea, I am here to submit a personal log of "Lessons of the year" which I've scribbled inconsistently over the past decade or so. 

By doing so I have learnt a lot about myself and although sharing it publicly is not what I intended to do in the first place - but this is a part of my learning journey. 

Dated: 1st Jan 2011

Lessons of 2010

* Know as many people as you can. It makes you realise that it is Normal to be Weird.

* Even though everyone goes through most of the stages in life, individual experience counts. Graduating for instance, felt like an honourable milestone, despite of the fact that it was a Series of unprepared exam answers well written.

* Not getting into the best university of the world is okay.

* Everything comes to those who wait.

* Throughout life you are hanging by a thread. Be well prepared for a fall.

* Rejecting someone hurts more than being rejected by someone.

* Helping someone selflessly makes you feel darn good about yourself.

* That I have the Best Parents in the World :)

* I was lucky enough to gain Friends for a lifetime.

* That I can't cook!

* If you drench your laundry in soap water and leave it for more than 2 days, it smells of a dead clan of rats.

* Doing dishes isn't Fun!!!

* You can never stop trying to become a better person due to your goof ups.

* Stick to your gut feeling.

* I am not as lazy as 'most' people thought. :P

* That the best company you can ever afford is your own.

* Home is never too far away.

* That an addition to the family can change the way you see life.

* Talking to strangers can be fun, and yet mysteriously educating.

* I like to spoil myself.

* Being alone is much better than letting someone fiddle with your emotions and screw your brains out.

* People who hate me Do exist. :P

* I love England. :)

Each day, if one must fear, they should fear the consequences of their choices and wrong doings.

Trust no one but the courage in your soul.

You have everything you need, within yourself.

The only way to preserve romance in a relationship, is to leave it unfinished.

Flaunt, but only after knowing the true value of modesty

You don't always have to turn right to arrive at success. But you have to make the right turns.

Unlike Intelligence that prefers being disguised; Stupidity is nude and running about in the open!

People respect you for what you do, not what you say.