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There are some quotes which are
etched in your mind & one of them “What
seems to be an end is the beginning of something new!” I have quoted this
to many of friends when they are in between relationships / jobs etc. As a new
year dawns this quote came into my mind as I booted up for my morning run on
Christmas eve. At 45, what new can happen? Can one start something new? Why do I
need to start something new anyway – life is good?
Some time back I had read Mark
Zuckerberg learns 1 thing new every year, it was an interesting thought which
stayed with me like the quote above. It’s challenging yet simple. It’s one
thing to make a resolution of ten things & another to say “I will master
this 1 thing” so in 50 year I will be master of 50 things.
There are lots of things I want
to do in life. Difficulty (for people like us) is to choose & then dedicate
ourselves to it. My guitar sojourn ended 3 years back when the guitar which
Pawan my boss lovingly bought in 92 broke in pieces in 2012 after travelling
with me for 20 years. There are 3 blogs many half written stories/blog posts /
poetries / memoirs strewn over my hard disk. While my heart beats for education
I haven’t stepped into a class to teach those who need it the most but cannot
get it. While I run daily the thought of marathon looks a daunting task.
How long do we live? No one knows
– there are so many deaths around me & that the law of probability does not
hold good. Pessimistically maybe 75 years. So, that’s 30 years ahead for me. As
my nieces who were born this year will step out of their college I step into
another world.
As I reflected on that – I
thought with Mark’s logic I can do at least 30 things. But then I am not Mark.
So I choose to do 3 things for next year. Running, Volunteering & Writing.
End Goal – Half Marathon before end of the year, 100 hrs of Volunteering, 200 Blogs.
Today’s score – 55 mnts,0 hrs,1
Blog post. Cheers! Happy New Year. (30/12/14)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Is the King of New Year's Resolutions (Inspiration for all those who are making /discussing / reviewing / writing their new year resolutions)
