Bitter Sweet Moments of 2021

And just like that the year comes to an end. The past 25 years brought different experiences in my life but particularly this year has been so different for many reasons. I got to experience the real things in life for the first time such as working, living on my own, meeting a diverse people. 

I started working for the first time this year and I must admit it was not easy. It challenged me with new task everyday. It made me cry with disappointment, fulfillment and gratitude. Very often it made me question my decision of joining the civil service but at the end of the day it always made me happy and contended when my service brought a smile on the other person's face. Despite the ups and downs of my work, one thing is sure that is I really want to make a difference in a person and  community though it might be small and not magnifiable in media. I want to do things my way so that my future me can be proud of the work I am doing today.

For the first time, I stayed on my own where I had to do everything on my own. There was no longer the mother to help you out, cook for you or be by your side when you were ill. Through this course of living alone I learnt so many things starting from basic household chores, taking care of myself, managing work and personal time and importantly money. I have realized a shitty fact, that I was no longer able to afford my own lifestyle with my pay. The lifestyle which I got so used to it and the lifestyle which was afforded by my parents till now. I always thought that things were easy until I had to do all those on my own. 
I met a lot of people both professionally and personally and each of them gave me something different to learn from. Never have I ever known that humans could be that complicated. Every person I met always amused me in various ways. I am just grateful to have met all these people this year. 

And at the last day of 2021, I am just here stuck in snow at Lawala, bidding farewell to a great year. 

Self-growth

 

Hiking has become a trend these days and I am also one of those trying to keep up with the trend. More importantly, I hike because the destination is very clear yet simple. There are no external factors changing the path to the hiking destination. All we need is a destination and the drive to reach the destination. At times little motivation helps when we are on the verge of giving up. So, if the goals in our life is also as clear and specific as the hiking destination, I think we will be little lost more focused. I know I know you all must be thinking that I am crazy if you have read my previous blog for there, I wrote not setting goals and going with the flow. However, few people (specifically mentioning Ma’am Charming Socho) changed my perspective on this and I felt that goals in life does not really have to be ambitious and big if it is what you want to. Even if we have those small goals for short or long term, I think it will keep us going especially when we are at our lowest point.  

 Way towards Lungchu tse