As I look back at the year gone by, I realize that it was a year which saw me repress many of my goals and ideals that I had been thinking about for a long time, just to see the year through till the end, waiting for the completion of one year of father’s death.
I just went about my daily tasks, the routine life, not really trying to make the changes that I actually had in mind. My work took away the lion’s share of my time, effort, and attention. I couldn’t make much headway in that area as well. Various reasons converging to result in that state of stasis.
I have a brand new year to try and make things happen, to move myself out of this stasis and dust off the cobwebs of inertia and indolence and keep myself focused on the goals that I have had for years now. Just do it.
Here’s a wish list for bonny 2009.
- Get my fitness regime back on track. Regain my fitness that I have lost over the last couple of years of leading a largely sedentary lifestyle.
- Get the education that I so deserve :)……Last year saw me doing nothing in this regard, I just let things remain status quo, making no efforts to make any changes there.
- Make some positive changes in my lifestyle with regards to diet and hygiene……cut down on junk food that has nourished me for the last couple of years….its almost second nature for me now, but habits can be changed and it’s time now I change some of mine.
- Get that motorbike that I have dreamt about for so long……after almost two years of postponing and re-postponing.
- Learn to play the guitar…..
- Read more……..there are so many books I bought last year that have been lying on the shelf crying out to be read, ignored but not forgotten….I have to give them the respect they deserve…….
- Write more…….I don’t have a very high opinion of myself as a writer but this is something that I think I want to do…….I am a bit confused in this regards, but I still think this is something that I would like to do…..am I deluding myself?? I don’t really know, but lets find out this year………so lets write more!!
- Travel to the places that have remained on my travel list, unchecked, for years. Delhi being on top of my list.
- Save more money and build up a fortune!! Okay, I know one year is just not enough with the kind of income that my work generates but it’s never too late to make a beginning…..start contributing to the PPF account that I have ignored for the last year and a half, invest in mutual funds, etc……more detailed thinking later on……
There are other things that I would have liked to add to that wish list for 2009, but for now, I think the above is just good enough.
So here’s wishing myself all the best for fulfilling at least some of the goals on my wish list if not all……Cheers!!!
