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2007 - A personal retrospective

The year 2007 was quite a change.. some might call it a refreshing change but I call it just a change which made me undergo self-realization and brought about a lot of changes in me.

My thinking became more matured which startled quite some people and am sure this would startle more people this year! My first feeling was that I'd give a Month on Month analysis of stuff that happened but then, Month on Month analysis is impossible coz there were so many events that took place and I am sure I do not remember every event!

Lemme categorize this into a few headers:

1. Responsibility:

Became a good son.. took more responsibility of taking care of my family and catered to mom's needs, guessed mom's wishes and took her out on trips, started socializing with people whom I felt I could socialize coz that was one huge complaint of mom that I was always into a recluse, Took care of mom's Osteoporosis, at the same time, managing to spend time my way and managed to walk the thin line between taking care and forcing myself upon her to go to the doc's without her interest, Did all those things that mom wanted me to do except maintaining a cordial relationship with my sis! ;o) Me and sis went apart multiple times and came close all the time due to mom's efforts...

2. Love:

Fell in love all over again and decided that In case I enter a long term relationship, it should be with this girl and none else, Saw a close friend go and knock the doors of depression due to his relationship with his GF crashing, Came really close to satisfying lusty desires but chickened out at the last minute coz of my inherent reservedness.

3. Socialization:

Probably, this was the field which saw the most change in me.. From being a very reserved person, I have taken steps to become a normal guy and socialized with quite a few people, attended meetings, went out on trips, interacted with a lot of people, observed their views of life, drew a line between official and personal domains @ workplace, ensured that I work for my salary and did not sit musing over anything that happened in life or at office for a long time.

4. Self:

Had a lot of self realization... Knew exactly what I am and what I want to become in life, Realized my potential and my strong points, posted better blogposts, Showed to the world that even I have EGO, Stayed with myself for quite a long time, Experimented with myself and the world, all in all had quite a lot of fun, and finally, decided to take up reading more seriously than ever! ;-)

Since there were quite a lot of happenings in the previous year, have decided to start afresh this year and try to ensure that I am happy and also that I am what I want and not what someone else wants me to be!

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V said…
hey .. i bumped onto ur blog thru some google search ... and loved it. keep going dude!
Sukumar said…
Thanks V,

Keep bumping in! :)

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