Sunday, January 6, 2013

From Doomsday, We March On..

Well, after the much hyped Dec 21, 2012 passed rather peacefully, I'm still very much alive a fortnight after the supposed Doomsday.
And with this fortuitous existence comes the responsibility of living the life ahead. What better a timing than NYE.
I wouldn't really term my To dos as a bucket list nor would these be bracketed under resolutions, but i would really want to make these happen. If not this year, then never, may be my response to a deadline per say.

1. Driving- A two wheeler and four wheeler licenses are a must! I have been admonished very much for the lack of these but never gave it a serious thought until I landed in Goa with my girl and had to embarrass myself when nobody would rent their bikes to me since I didn't have a license at all. And yes, all my Friday nights have been mostly spent in my friend's car travelling to Rasta cafes or places no lesser than 20 kms from work and the poor chap whining that he couldn't drink because he was driving. Not to mention my recent trip to Chennai(my Uncle expired) where I was the butt of most jokes around not being able to assist in the daily chores due to my lack of driving skills.
For now, I have joined a driving class and hopefully soon, I shall chip in with my help whenever, wherever required.

2. Guitar- To demonstrate my woes, Quicker- the e commerce site, has an ad out on TV. It shows the wife taunting the husband that he has hung his guitar just as an exhibit as he doesn't know how to play it. He succumbs and sells it off. I'm not giving up yet but not learning it is still haunting me.

3. Career/Study- A career move to a different firm/location along with a certification is the need of the hour. For one, I just cant stand my current boss. That would be too stupid an excuse to be a driving force. Not to worry, it isn't. The drive to study has always been inherent. The ordeal lies in keeping up the effort focused towards getting a certification. My study on the other hand ended up like a light newspaper reading very soon after the initial enthusiasm doused.

4. Reading- I have moved to good reads site now! That's helping me a bit in keeping track of my to-read list. My Nexus tab is helping me as well. E-books are pretty easy to read from a tab as opposed to a laptop I think. I had completed Life of Pi e book in a fortnight, which was a week after the movie released in India and felt blessed to catch the best of both worlds when I treated myself to an amazing 3d experience of the movie. I haven't mentally set any book count as a goal for the year until I came across someone on twitter who set 200 as his goal. I was blown away. I felt insulted. I envied him. I pitied the degree of respect I gave my time. How much I wasted in trivialities. That said, the goal stands at 25 I believe.

5. Tattoo- The desire to get inked is stronger than ever now. It is being finalised as to whats best suited to represent me. Something that 5 years down the lane, even if I don't feel the same way that do now, I still shouldn't regret. I do live by the philosophy of do and regret rather than regret not doing. One of the 3 shall be finally inked onto me- Nothing Else Matters, Carpe Diem, Taurus- Bring it On.

As the year 2013 zooms ahead, of all things, I shall touch 25- the age of quarter life crisis, my relationship shall hopefully stabilize and materialise may be! I shall hopefully encounter newer challenges and take learning out of them.
When I look back at the just concluded 2012, I realise to let bygones be bygones. I have learnt a lot.
I have learnt how not to study, how not to play around with people, how hard life is when you break trust, how valuable love is, how easy hatred is, how nearly Utopian it is be truthful, how to break the shackles of laziness and travel, how not to be possessive..
As Pi Patel says, Life is all about letting go..

I shall endeavour to keep learning new things everyday.. Whats life worth if you didn't learn a new thing each day.
From History to Spiritualism, I'm all ears, Ladies and Gents.
Let the knowledge flow.
Wishing a great year ahead to you and me.
Cheerio!

PS - All that the Judgement Day robbed us off was a part of Sachin..