Somewhere as I grow more older, a gnawing need to be able to experience life for what it can offer has also grown stronger. So that is where, I feel that as an individual it is important to
grow yourself in multiple dimensions that would ultimately converge to
provide you with all the happiness you can feel. Keeping your 8 to 5 job
aside, what are the other activities you potentially pursue to make
existence more meaningful? Are we ever utilizing ourselves to our
fullest potential? Have we really asked ourselves what truly makes us
click?
These are some of the questions which have plagued me for sometime now. So I decided and that instead of constantly thinking each Sunday evening what I should be doing, why not start with creating a to do list ! I know I know many of you will roll your eyes and say! Man after all this she says the most obvious thing that can come to anybody’s mind! But hey! I am a common person with common sense like many of you and that in itself is very uncommon ;)! So in a way unique !!
So here goes nothing:
- Travel as much as I can in these few awesome years before the third phase of life sets in. Yes yes, I have my own classification of the phases of life and in an another blog post hopefully I can enlighten myself and you with it! To achieve this, with the limited time and money that also accompanies these few awesome years, I set modest goals. Explore at least 2-3 new places every year. And in the meantime, see what the local places have to offer.
I have actually started working on this with 2 new places already thought of for this year. But it’s the
“meantime” experience that I have really started to enjoy. I am truly surprised by what local Austin and San Antonio have to offer once you start exploring. Hidden trails, parks, lakes, festivals, … List goes on and truly you just have to get yourself out there!
- Learn a musical instrument: first step done! I bought myself a Keyboard but have never really been using it :(! First time i got it, I was like the small kid unwrapping my present to myself and trying on the few notes I know. But soon! Alas! It lies there gathering dust. So yes, for this year, one of my goals is to go find myself an 20 above class for keyboard beginners. I use the word 20 above, because there are so many child prodigy’s nowadays! Man, it’s hard to keep up!
- Read at least 100 books this year! Don’t ask me how I came up with 100! I just needed a good enough round number! But while on this, reading has been my hobby for some time now but I had given it up for some years. I recently picked it up and truly, reading keeps me so occupied that look forward to it each time I come home from work.
- Finally, learn a new language. For some time now, being in San Antonio, I have felt the gap of not knowing Spanish! So I decided that anyways I have been trying to figure which new language do I want to know and there it was staring right in my face in the form of the many Hispanics I meet in my daily work life!
So there it is! The multiple dimensions of life that I want to embrace! Seems like a small list for now ;) but if I complete even one, I would be partially happy at least :D
These are some of the questions which have plagued me for sometime now. So I decided and that instead of constantly thinking each Sunday evening what I should be doing, why not start with creating a to do list ! I know I know many of you will roll your eyes and say! Man after all this she says the most obvious thing that can come to anybody’s mind! But hey! I am a common person with common sense like many of you and that in itself is very uncommon ;)! So in a way unique !!
So here goes nothing:
- Travel as much as I can in these few awesome years before the third phase of life sets in. Yes yes, I have my own classification of the phases of life and in an another blog post hopefully I can enlighten myself and you with it! To achieve this, with the limited time and money that also accompanies these few awesome years, I set modest goals. Explore at least 2-3 new places every year. And in the meantime, see what the local places have to offer.
I have actually started working on this with 2 new places already thought of for this year. But it’s the
“meantime” experience that I have really started to enjoy. I am truly surprised by what local Austin and San Antonio have to offer once you start exploring. Hidden trails, parks, lakes, festivals, … List goes on and truly you just have to get yourself out there!
- Learn a musical instrument: first step done! I bought myself a Keyboard but have never really been using it :(! First time i got it, I was like the small kid unwrapping my present to myself and trying on the few notes I know. But soon! Alas! It lies there gathering dust. So yes, for this year, one of my goals is to go find myself an 20 above class for keyboard beginners. I use the word 20 above, because there are so many child prodigy’s nowadays! Man, it’s hard to keep up!
- Read at least 100 books this year! Don’t ask me how I came up with 100! I just needed a good enough round number! But while on this, reading has been my hobby for some time now but I had given it up for some years. I recently picked it up and truly, reading keeps me so occupied that look forward to it each time I come home from work.
- Finally, learn a new language. For some time now, being in San Antonio, I have felt the gap of not knowing Spanish! So I decided that anyways I have been trying to figure which new language do I want to know and there it was staring right in my face in the form of the many Hispanics I meet in my daily work life!
So there it is! The multiple dimensions of life that I want to embrace! Seems like a small list for now ;) but if I complete even one, I would be partially happy at least :D
