Sunday, March 10, 2019

Made in March 1979!!


Well, as the clock ticks 12 tonight, I’ll turn 40 (and my daughter 11!!) and will get into the new rush hour of life!! It feels great and the anxiety is building up. Hopefully I’ll survive and get over it J

I’ve read that this is a juncture where one’s career and child rearing collides and undoubtedly, I’m also witness to the same; recently shifted to a new job, planning to get into a new home, trying to get our daughter into a new school and so on and so forth. Life is jam-packed with lot of “new” and definitely this new age syndrome as well J

Life so far has been pretty good – definitely not everything went as per the plan, but still managed a lot of 'AHA' moments. I had a good childhood with good grades and lot of sports and music in my life. I did lot of mischief and I repent quite a few thinking of them now. We as a family traveled a lot and saw lot of new places and cultures. Owing to father’s transferable job, I never had one set of close friends till I landed at college and then rest is history. First job was great and then married to a lovely lady and blessed with a fantastic energetic daughter. As part of the job, got multiple chances to travel out of country and made friends across the globe.

All this while, I definitely have wasted hours where I could have learnt new stuff. I would have loved to play more and travel more. One thing which always hovers in mind and want to pursue big time is reading books – but so far very limited.

At this transition period, I wish to focus more on the below key aspects of life -
  • Taking better care of myself and my family
  • Strengthen the friendship
  • Appreciate things more - Worry less and Be Happy more
  • Forgive all
  • Play and read more

I’ve always believed in the gesture of attitude of gratitude and to surround myself with happy people. I’ll continue to do so in the next leg of my journey J Happy 40th!!!