The year that was and some resolutions for 2013

The year that was

The year in retrospective, was great personally and professionally. Mostly high on highs.

The year started bang-off with a lovely birthday celebration with people who mattered.
February was dull and boring.
March saw me attending TW International conference and shopping away the weekday working blues in  Bangalore.
April just swooshed off with mad chaos filled all around.
May, what can I tell about this month. I made a commitment for a lifetime, rested by the Malay beaches for a while and was swept by the idea of managing a home, alone.
May opened up avenues in Bangalore , rejoined with the old gang, worked overtime to meet certain expectations only to realise later that a person can't fake for a lifetime.
June and July just hungover, cause I don't have any memories associated with em.
August: a new opportunity came in my way, grabbed it with both hands and was point of envy for many.

Septmenber, the lil one came for a visit, and the jolly ride ended with me getting admitted in Apollo hospital on our 1st onam together. Missed my dearies big day and came face to face with realities.

Working hard to keep myself under the hood, not to overspill my personality to cause further overwhelming feeling for the old ones took over as no one priority.

October marked an end of an era and beginning of a new one. Spiderman's thoughts "With more money comes more responsibility" came true and met some jhakaas people.

November proved to be a dull month with  mundanes slowly creeping over and as for December, it's full of hopes for a better next-year. Also, marked a year of our official commitment.

 

Resolutions 2013

•Drink 1 bottle of water
•Walk/dance/excercise for 30 minutes every day 

•Fit into my pre-wedding dresses
•Save atleast 20k every month (except in Jan. March and May)
•Try to reduce weekend restaurant trip to a monthly one
•Write 1 blog entry per month
•Try not to nag or fight with husband
•Go out once a week.
•Read one book a month
•Stick to the resolution for the whole year


Happy New Year people!!!



Starting Afresh

I have always wanted a new face, a new identity and a fresh lease of life. "Why!!!" asks my husband.

Why!!!I had never given it a thought until that point, but now today at this moment I have my answer.

Recently, I joined a new company and for the first time after years of passing out from college, took part in a competition conducted by the organization.Would I have taken part back in my old organization?. Certainly not, cause people don't see me as an artistic person. People see me a drab and boring married woman, who was let out from most of the conversation just cause my time was up. I couldn't dress well without raising a few eyebrows and if I tried something new people would mock cause they didn't think I was stylish.

I have the liberty to do all the above and much more in my new organization cause people aren't judgemental or atleast they have not started forming opinions. I am not perceived a 20-something boring housewife whose only worries are the evening meal and the grocery list (*Well, that I do*).
The good thing about starting fresh is you can always learn from your mistakes, you can always show shades that were hidden until that point. You can let people choose from what you want to show them. This honeymoon period gets over as soon as people are done with formulating an opinion about you. I bet, you want to show only that white shade of yours cause once opinions are formed it's hard to get off .
The feeling of moving away from your past is comforting, knowing that your past isn't gonna follow you around is ... Life has changed, the surge of confidence when you have that haircut that everyone is raving about is amazing.

 

Life...you get to live it just once so, if you have people around you holding you back move away take a short holiday, come back rejuvenated and start afresh.