So here we are. Blogging again after a year as usual! I honestly marvel at people who are able to maintain a continuous hobby. Man, I like to write, but my lethargy and laziness are just so infinitely high, that only when life is not too busy and I am back to the place where I say to myself, " Dude, I need a hobby", that I come back to my Blog and be like " Okay, I need to start this again. This can be my Hobby ;)"!. See how it works. Why I blog once a year :P
So anyways, I was reading through my blog posts starting from 2008, and realized that there has been a common theme in all of them: I am always running behind new goals! And as the years go by, my need to chalk off items in the so called bucket list is just growing.
So all this, left me thinking, that as people grow older, do all of us go through similar motions of somehow wanting to get things done fast and cross off items in our bucket list when we "are able to!". Like taking the backpacking trip in Europe, experiencing many new cuisines, taking & retaking the yearly scuba diving or bungee jumping trip..and the list goes on.. It's as if all of us are in the rat race against time before the inevitable dawning of the "actual" adult life where, you add family members and life as we know it never stays the same again.
This year in January, I became 30! When I was 25, I used to think: "Okay I have 5 more years left to plan my life and really think about kids, house, how to invest, family, etc. So in these 5 years, I am gonna travel, have fun and just enjoy life :P". Now, when I am 30, I am still back in the same place where again, I am still contemplating the kids, house makes me feel tied down and yeah okay, I was wiser as compared to 5 years ago on investments , so yay on that at least ;)! But now I tell myself, okay you know what, maybe 35 is the new 30 ;). I still have 5 more years to make the big "adult" decisions so I am just gonna keep thinking of the next best place to travel and the next big thing to do :D
So....after this long & albeit random post, my one conclusion that ties the randomness in this post together is : Getting old sucks!. And yeah, I make no bones about it. There's only so much you can postpone in your life but eventually the big bad decisions need to be made and we all grow up :). So, let's see 2021..hopefully I am not writing then that 40 is the new 30 ;)
So anyways, I was reading through my blog posts starting from 2008, and realized that there has been a common theme in all of them: I am always running behind new goals! And as the years go by, my need to chalk off items in the so called bucket list is just growing.
So all this, left me thinking, that as people grow older, do all of us go through similar motions of somehow wanting to get things done fast and cross off items in our bucket list when we "are able to!". Like taking the backpacking trip in Europe, experiencing many new cuisines, taking & retaking the yearly scuba diving or bungee jumping trip..and the list goes on.. It's as if all of us are in the rat race against time before the inevitable dawning of the "actual" adult life where, you add family members and life as we know it never stays the same again.
This year in January, I became 30! When I was 25, I used to think: "Okay I have 5 more years left to plan my life and really think about kids, house, how to invest, family, etc. So in these 5 years, I am gonna travel, have fun and just enjoy life :P". Now, when I am 30, I am still back in the same place where again, I am still contemplating the kids, house makes me feel tied down and yeah okay, I was wiser as compared to 5 years ago on investments , so yay on that at least ;)! But now I tell myself, okay you know what, maybe 35 is the new 30 ;). I still have 5 more years to make the big "adult" decisions so I am just gonna keep thinking of the next best place to travel and the next big thing to do :D
So....after this long & albeit random post, my one conclusion that ties the randomness in this post together is : Getting old sucks!. And yeah, I make no bones about it. There's only so much you can postpone in your life but eventually the big bad decisions need to be made and we all grow up :). So, let's see 2021..hopefully I am not writing then that 40 is the new 30 ;)
