2020 - Year of Learnings and Reflections

On the new year’s evening last year, I was sitting peacefully by the sea at one of the places in Coastal Karnataka thinking how my year “2020” would look like. The year started on a good note with small Surfing Vacation. Words like “Pandemic “,” Covid 19”, “Lockdown” had not entered my dictionary by then. After such a nice peaceful start of the year who had thought that this year will be a roller coaster ride of uncertainty, anxiety, chaos and disruption in the daily life.

On the other hand, it brought up many positive sides of Life. One of the most important being valuing our own Life. How important it is to slow down at times while on our way to chase those “Goals”. This pandemic also awakened the cooks, dancers, writers, singers and sportsmen amongst us. It definitely taught us to live in the moment and enjoy each moment of our life. It introduced us to “Social Distancing” but brought the families closer.

Few things which 2020 taught me.

·        Self-care is not a luxury but a necessity of Life

·        End of the day “Happiness” is all that matters. Your happiness should be your responsibility and not anyone else’s.

·        You are your own competitor. The only record which you need to break is your own record.

·        Change is inevitable part of life

·        Being Grateful to what we have with us already like healthy food, family, not worrying about next meal, job and good health.

·        You are the owner and creator of your life. Your actions today will determine your future tomorrow.

·        Things get much easier if you allow to let go of unwanted things and emotions easily.

·        Practicing mindfulness.

·        In this world of social media, connecting with your own self is very important.

·        Plan changes and we can be more flexible than we think.

As today I am writing this reflecting on the year gone by and looking forward to the season of festivities and new year 2021, I will be definitely taking all these learnings with me and enter the new year 2021. We all cannot forget the pandemic for sure but at the same time we must not forget how this year gave us an opportunity to evolve as a wonderful human being.

Wishing everyone a great Christmas and happy new year 2021 J