At the beginning of this year, I had made a few resolutions. Eight of them to be exact. Lets see how I have fared on all of them…
1. Drink Water - I must've been a camel in the last birth, coz I can survive even the hottest summer days on 2-3 glasses of water! But the point is I'm human in this birth and humans need to drink water. So there...
Yay, I did well on this one! I now have at least a litre of water everyday, and at times even more… pat on your back Anks!
2. Blog More - The last year has been really slow. So I'll try and put up more posts. Complete the pending Goa travelogue and put that up (along with some awesome pics!) Watch out for this one...
Ouch, this was a bad one… even gave up blogging this year. But I have been fairly regular since my comeback… whaddaya think?
3. Complete my stories - This one has to be done. There are not one, not two but three half written stories with me right now. I gotta complete all of them! And Progati was a long long time ago!
Oops! A complete goner on this one… except for one hastily written short story, this section has been completely dry this year…. Hmmm, lemme move this to the next year’s resolution bucket! ;)
4. Try poetry again - I must admit I enjoyed writing the poems I did. Have you read them? No. Well, you can do that here, here and here. But I'll write more poetry, for sure!
Now this, I did! Mrigtrishna, Ek Mutthi Aasmaan & Uljhan were all put back to back on this blog!
5. Take care of myself - Something I tend to neglect at times....
I have been decently regular on this one… so no sweat!
6. Spend time with loved ones - Will kickstart this from end of the week!
Not bad on this one either! Given the hours and hours of traveling to work everyday!
7. Not fake smiles - My cheeks have begun to hurt doing this now. Need to stop it!!!
Yes! I did this too… No more faking smiles…! I say it as it is…
8. Do things on time - Anyone offering courses on time management???
Anyone offering courses on time management???
So there, my score is 5 / 8. Yipeeeeee Do! So Anks can keep a few promises! Now for next year’s resolutions? Nah, not this time… Am gonna take things as they come… Coz I have really begun to believe in this statement authored by yours truly
“Life has a way, of making even the best laid plans awry..... so why plan?”
What do you think ppl?
Thursday, December 27, 2007
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Self analysis... a difficult but quite needed task..
Waise 8 papers mein se 5 paper clear..Is Baki papers moved to next year...:)
Hmmm...Achieved the target of around 1 Liter ! Seems like save water mission :p
Here is thoda borrowed gyan
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/NU/00283.html
In my experience, around 2-3 litres of daily water intake and plenty of fruit/juice keeps me fit :)
Wish you a very very happy and prosperous new year.
Nice! Yes, drinking water is of utmost importance; even I had similar agenda in my list of things, I now keep a 1L bottle of water on my desk and objective is to finish it before I finish with days work.
Not clear about "take care of myself" point?! well since you are already on to the job, I guess we can leave it to that!
Time management hhhmmmm.... well after years of putting TM on top priority, I think I am quite decent at managing time.. In my perspective the key is to keep calm, make plan/things to do list and write them in a diary and tick them when done; in fact i use my cell fone alarms amply to keep track of things and of course to remind myself of things to do.
One more pointer on TM, remember the Zen mantra 'this too shall pass' ... so be ready to handle failure at certain to do. It is OKAY if you miss a flight, know before hand what to do if it happens. Its okay to be late for a meeting, know how to handle awkward stares [just keep an apologetic smile ready], its okay to miss a deadline provided you've raised alarm flag well in advance that it couldn't be done... I think it finally boils down to knowing how to handle upset people [boss/ colleagues/ parents/ siblings etc].. Skill is handle upset people WITHOUT yourself getting upset.. [your heart NOT racing]
I felt this has helped me tremendously to keep calm at difficult situations life and time threw at me... and the calm helped me think much more clearly!
oh well my two pence of unsolicited advice ha ha ha ha :D
...and I thought resolutions are meant to be broken ;)
I read somewhere that its a medical myth to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Actually drinking any kind of fluid is good, like juices, wine etc. but in moderation.
I hope you carry on your...
(oops, my friends are here, I will continue par ek chote se break ke baad...ting tong)
(contd.)
...blog journey with regular posts on the way.
Yea, this is my complain that there were no significant stories this year which is your USP. Although, this year we saw poetess in you, which is great.
I got some great tips about time management from Moonie's comment :P
Nice year-end post :-)
Wow thats quite a list you have...and double wow that you did manage to keep a few!
I dont even remember if I ever made any resolution last year. This year's is a simple one for me....to lose weight. Simple to say/write/think about...but how difficult it'll be to keep....I'll get back to you on that one!
Wish you all the best for ur resolution for this year (I already feel like 2008)
Oye, you are back, aur bataya bhi nahi :(
BTW, didn't your resolutions include to keep in touch with ol' friends (and perhaps call them too :P) :|
Anyways, A VERY VERY HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU :)
Nice look, btw...
That's good that your score is 5/8. I hope you will get 100/100 :).
No any added resolution this year??!!!
I'm here to wish you Happy New Year.
J
Happy New Year Anks..
5/8 is a decent score, actually!
For me, I have stopped making resolutions. I am too lazy or pre-occupied to do be resolute enough :-)
Read your politeness post. Politeness is not considered a virtue these days.
While you did a good thing to help the old man, but it was really some unexpected sequence of events.
It also depends upon which part of the world we are coming from. We have been programmed differently, and here the programming is different.
Like you said different rules.
Wish you a very Happy New Year !!
Happy New Year to you too Anks jee :D
5 out of 8 - sounds cool ;)
me never able to stick on to any resolutions.
Have a wonderful year full of love, care, hope and fulfilled promises :)
Lovely thoughts for the new year. I hope u get to fulfil em as u expect to.
Having said that, I never plan anything. :) I dun even hv NY resolutions. Cos I live one day at a time and take it as it comes. But that doesnt mean everyone else should be like that...this is just me :). Cos I hv planned before and life has thrown me huge shockwaves...so now I dun PLAN at all.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ANKS!
U TC and HUGGGGGGGGGZ!
Keshi.
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Anks
Happy Birthday to You
:)
Happy Birthday Anks,
From an old Caferati buddy - manager of the Dubai chapter.
I did a 100-point list for the New Year, might get 5 out of that like you... :-)
farrukh
http://whowrotethat
hey belated Happy Birthday Anks!! tum jiyo hazaaron saal aur saal mein din ho pacchaas hazaar :) :D
next post please :D :)
Hey! long time!
Happy New year! :)
Hey Happy New Year! And belated Happy Birthday as well! :)
ah! 5/8 is an awesome score..
I made three resolutions this year, and I've been partly successful at one, and the other two have been flushed down the toilet..
i guess coming too comment practically a month after u posted isnt a great idea, i know i shud'v visited much sooner.. but ohh well!
5/8 is prettyy good, so wat're this years resolutions?! blog more should be one for both of us..
i quit making resolutions cuz i jus cud never stick to them :p
drink more water is something iv been tring to implement though, instead of going for more harmful alternatives.. in my case, coke :S
wtite soon, ill come visit quicker this time! :)
@ Prem,
Thanks for the advice... will surely read up and follow the tips...
well, one litre water a day for me is a big huge thing!!! :)
@ Mooie,
OMG, I do all that... love striking off things from a list... and cell phone alarms is something I just can not do without...
Still terrible at managing time!!! thanks for the tips though... :)
@ Ricky,
Regular posts this year... you must be kidding... right???
Oh well, I wish I could do the 8 glasses.... *sigh*
I still don't get enough time to sit and write the stories with a calm mind... poems are much quicker na! ;)
But I would continue the blog... :)
@ Colours,
Thanks!!!
Lose weight is the most common one na... but I guess with all the skiing and all that u've been doing lately, weight mein farak pada hoga na...
@ DJ,
Aapki shikayat fauran door kadi thee humne!!
Hope abhi tak house hunting khatam ho gayee hogi..
@ J,
Thanks dear... pichle saal ki teen resolutions with all the added responsibility this year will be quite a handful na...
so no new resolutions :)
thanks for the wishes dearie...
@ Hope,
Thanks...
@ Manish,
Yeah... different rules.... but our city is like that... the other day there was a heavily pregrant lady on the bus along with a toddler too... and nobody offered her a seat... when she asked one of the gentlemen to get up, he said, "ladies seat pe kisi ko uthao"
Can you believe the disgusting levels to which ppl have fallen?
@ Lena,
Thanks... and wish you the same :)
@ Keshi,
Well, I kind of agree with you about not planning... specially planning everything to the minutest of microdetails... coz i owe a lot in my life to serendipity...
But having said that, we can always plan a bit for improvement... what say? :)
@ Juneli,
Thank you for the b'day song!!! :)
@ Farrukh,
hey, really long time... thanks for drooping by, and the b'day wish...
100 point list!!! OMG, how long did you take to think that up?
@ Moonie,
Thanks...
hazaron saal!! baap re...
good work keep it up
@ Canary,
yup.. really long... how've you been?
@ Marlee,
Thanks dear...
@ The Shmoo,
Welcome to the blog... 33.33% is still not bad! :)
@ Reema,
Chalega... as long as you really read and comment!!! :)
I agree that blog more shud be a resolution for you too... you are way too infrequent... :)
@ Rashi,
Welcome to the blog Rashi... and thanks for the rating... 8/10 is fab! :)
lets hope i do manage to do all this year...
@ anks
lets jus call me a procrastinator.. a fancier word for my being lazy :p
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