Yet another sabbatical. Week 4 onwards is just downhill every quarter. This quarter has been particularly dramatic and I have been particularly amazed at how much can happen in one quarter (which is not even over yet) - Good and not-so-good.
Point being, I was galavanting on my old blog and found a list I wrote on July 24, 2014.
It's titled : To-Do.
Very very interesting piece about things I wanted to do once I made the big move and today as I read the list I felt awesome but at the same time horrible about myself because while there was so much done, there was also a lot left to do.
1)Drink More Water
2)Talk more, Text less.
3)Sketch a lot. Sit by the lake and sketch.
4)Organize my Desk
9)Start a new blog
10)Eat weird food
11)Wear less Makeup
12)Make a mood-board
17)Spend less on clothes and more on food
19)Design a typeface
20)Get comfortable on Skype
22)Watch foreign movies in languages that I don't understand (Work in progress)
24)Fewer emoticons :(
25)Learn to use Google Maps better (I have aced this one)
26)Learn to make really good coffee
27)Be vocal, be honest.
28)Start an online portfolio
Point being, I was galavanting on my old blog and found a list I wrote on July 24, 2014.
It's titled : To-Do.
Very very interesting piece about things I wanted to do once I made the big move and today as I read the list I felt awesome but at the same time horrible about myself because while there was so much done, there was also a lot left to do.
5)Mind-Map (Work in progress)
6)Read one good book every month
7)Be more Direct & less diplomatic
8)Create a brand
13)Sky-Dive (Summer 2015)
14)Stop dwelling , Stop worrying
15)Read about the economy and about money
16)Save (Constant work in progress)
18)Get retweeted 100 times
21)Send postcards back home
23)Learn a foreign language (Work in progress, thanks to Qiu from Ningbo)
29)Do 16 Suryanamaskars and Tibetan Yoga everyday
30)At the end of these15 months read this to-do list and feel happy about yourself (6 more to go!)
Lists make you revisit your goals and reconsider your priorities.
When you're living in a new city - you're often so consumed with so much stimuli around you. You find less time for yourself and Your thoughts revolve around people more than your goals, it's often overwhelming, sometimes lonely and sometimes you create a million problems that don't exist.
Obviously, some days are entirely spent on netflix.
Sometimes you forget to think about the present and dwell in the future. Job/No job? India/America? At such times it's so important to have an intervention with yourself, go through old lists, make a new list, take the pressure off and have a jolly good time ;)
A new spring cleaning list & more updates on this eventful quarter will be up soon!
A bright yellow spring carnation,
Juie
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