2018 was a very busy year for me. The first half of the year, I spent in finding the right job for me. It felt tough because it was new, exhausting and needed a lot of patience. I did not have much clarity on what I wanted and I trust me I still don’t have even after working full-time for 6 months now. There were nights I cried pointlessly because of the job rejections. During these six months, I was interning, it was my first proper job and I did learn a lot of things and it was quite different from the things we do in college and one important thing the internship taught me is that “conditions you work in” actually matters. You need to be surrounded with a right set of people who motivate you and bring the best out of you. I would like to take this moment to acknowledge my heartfelt thanks to two people who were by my side during difficult times. I find it very awkward to generally say thanks to people close to me. But I did thank them in my Masters’ thesis acknowledgment if that counts. So, MnJ and Mycroft I owe you guys big time.
This year was the first time I had an actual roommate in my life. ( Excluding the spiderman in my room. Hell yeah, I share my room with Spiderman ! ) . We had become roommates in a sudden change of events but I was so overjoyed to have her as my roommate. Initially I was skeptical that she would spend hours on phone with her fiancé, but in the end, she did spend time on the phone, not in talking but watching the TV series I got her addicted to. Our wavelengths matched flawlessly. Huge thanks to her fish pickle which kept us sane during those days of awful food at the place we were staying.
And on July 8th, I graduated together with my friends whose friendship I am going to cherish for years to go. This was my first graduation ceremony. I had very low expectations. I do not remember much of what happened that day. Except that we all made a mistake while saying the pledge and just that I was the last one in the line during the graduation parade. I had many perfect Kodak moments that day which I framed and preserved. So, right after my graduation, I landed in my new office. I was kinda outlier here and had to lot of things alone as I had joined late. But in a month, I ended up finding a good company of colleagues to help me out with work and crack nonsensical jokes during tea break. Somewhere in mid-August on a busy working day, I had a calling for a new hobby. So, I bought a DSLR for myself. (Thanks to my employer here !).
And then came November, where I got a chance to visit UK (All thanks to my employer here again :D). I got to visit Scotland and London. I saw so many breeds of cute dogs including husky. Sadly I couldn’t find any good handsome men around. (I was counting on seeing handsome folks like Benedict, Eddie, Martin Freeman, Ed Sheeran etc or at least look-alikes). So, if there is an analogy we can find here between men and dogs, I won’t say anything explicitly but I will leave it to readers (winking). I never even dreamt of traveling to the UK but then the universe had made plans for me and I happily obliged and now I am praying that the universe should have more surprises like these in store for me next year.
I do have a few regrets this year. I regret not showing up for a Ph.D. admission interview as I chickened out. I regret that I did not show up on the day of my first marathon event. I do have a little regret for choosing a job in MNC than a startup. I regret not trying Haggis dish in Scotland, the regret of having that haircut which nobody noticed, the regret of cutting my hair in first place, reget of consulting the pricy dermatologist, regret of buying the expensive shampoo and regret of writing so much about my hair and a few more things I could have done better. But, in the end, regrets and mistakes are the memories made. I still have a chance to make up for these mistakes this year.
So, 2018 in a nutshell
- Got a master’s degree
- Got a new job
- Out of parents nest: Paying my rent and bills
- Traveled out of the country
I am fully ready for you 2019! Suprise me more!
Deep In Reverie 