Hello there, all you lovely people! Been a while I put my thoughts together out here and this beautiful Saturday morning in Namma Bengaluru just gave me the required inspiration to do so!
In the beginning of this New Year (2017) I came across a very interesting read on how Numerology works and when the numbers of 2017 get added up as 2+0+1+7 = 10 and this is basically 1+0= 1.
So in short the year adds up to being number 1 and hence it has been called 'The Year of Beginnings.'
6 months down 2017 and I am penning some of the most life changing decisions I have made this year. Coincidentally I have had some really interesting and positive beginnings.
For most twenty somethings its difficult to figure where life is headed and what they are making of their lives. It's been 9 years now, since I moved out of my hometown, making through the regular academia and deciding options on what's probably best for my career. I was always called a rebellious kid, possibly because I fiercely disagreed on things I was not convinced on. I chose to make a career of something I enjoy doing - Communicating. In time I realized I can get myself to be social around anyone, easily and hence I wanted to be part of a world where expressing the right thing at the right time made all the difference. I thrive on ideating, networking and exploring new avenues in storytelling. In January this year, I made a major career shift from a Corp Comm. role and went back to joining the agency side of the the comms fraternity. The Best Part - I am currently working with the world's number one Communications Firm, which has an unparalleled credible reputation for what they do. My work gives me the freedom to try something different and allows me the required support for it as well.
For someone like me who led an overprotective life back in my small hometown, it was initially quite intimidating to live by myself, without my family, chasing new dreams in new cities, taking care of the basics, being away from family and getting on with life. But then life is what you allow to happen to you, what you allow to affect you and how you deal with it. I wear my heart on my sleeve and quite a few times I encountered situations which shook me up. However all these situations only gave me another perspective to think from and opened a side to me I never knew existed. I am blessed by the One above truly and the wishes of my family and loved ones keeps me going when things get tough.
When I was approaching the so called marriageable age, my parents decided to understand my plans of settling down. They wanted me to settle down with someone within my own community to help me be comfortable within a similar culture of lifestyle. North Indians take extreme pride in ensuring that a Punjabi Kudi settles down with the Punjabi Munda. And me being me, always landing in some twisted phase, decided to get adventurous about this phase of my life as well, the worst thing was that I had not decided a Plan B for this. It was an All or Nothing affair - quite literally. I was seeing someone then who though was from my hometown happened to be a South Indian and you can only imagine the hell that broke loose after I told the folks at home about this. But we weren't ready to give up on each other and after some great teamwork by me and my boy, our folks gave us the green signal. We got engaged this year and I am only counting days now to get married to the love of my life. This would make an interesting story to tell our kids eh? Yeh we feel the same way!
What a year this has been so far! 'The Year of Beginnings' has been absolutely great and I can barely wait to see what the second half of the year has in store! I hope all of you reading this have a great year as well.
Lots of love, S.
