On Saturday, I turned twenty-three. I worked for the first half then treated myself Biryani and two breezers. I saw The Dark Knight on my way back home and slept. I got up and headed for family dinner. I came back home and before my big day ended, I looked back at my past year. I flipped through my journal entries, my blog posts. I smiled.
I lived my embarrassing moments, my sad moments, my most loved moments, everything in glimpses like a movie replaying in my head. The moral of this movie was -growth. I saw how piece by piece I have managed to reach where I am today and I should continue to grow.
There are a few things I wish to do differently this year. There are a few goals I have already started working towards since the start of 2019. I have written targets down to be achieved before I am twenty-four. I had done so last year but failed. Why?
I wrote down targets that were unrealistic and I didn’t have enough faith in what I wished to do either. This time, I have made more realistic goals and have involved my loved ones too for proper execution.
For example, it has been two years I wish to learn Telegu language but failed. This year, I convinced mom to teach me. Before I am twenty-four I’ll know the language is our little target set together.
Like the above, I have set a few more ‘before twenty-four’ targets for myself and have requested help from my dear ones. I am not sure how much will this succeed but I am glad to have a plan. I can manage failures but I can’t deal with the anxiety of no plans!
So, the year ahead of me is mapped out. I have targets set. Personal and professional both, how I’ll go about achieving them, everything is penned down in my journal. I don’t have answers to how I will deal sudden anxiety attacks, how I’ll become a better social person, stronger mentally and physically but I hope I figure it out on the way.
I am not sure which year or month you are born in. I don’t know on which festival you celebrate new years’ but I hope you look back at what you do at least once a year. It is important to appreciate yourself too.
Start of this month I realized, I am been writing weekly for a year and a half now. A feat, I never thought I would achieve. Now, I have plans of what I’ll do when I finish two years of weekly blogging…
Past two years I added quite some feathers to my travel hat. I explored places and learned from the many trips I had. This is a part of me I hope never sees an end, I hope there never comes a day when I have to stop travelling.
Apart from what I wish to achieve professionally, I know that I’ll never let go of the writing and travelling side of me. If you are reading this and come to know that I have stopped travelling or writing, just know that I need help.
Any ‘before twenty-four’ goal suggestion for me?
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