2015 marked an important year for me, it was the year of the 10’s as I called it…on November 2015 was my 10th wedding anniversary, and in March 2015 was the completion of the 10th year of my career…to sum up my feeling I can not be more content with what I accomplished on the personal and professional front in those 10 years. Been an absolute blessing…
Through out 2015 I was always on the search of what the next decade would be about, what will I stand for, what will I aim to achieve, accomplish or even create? Just the thought of the next 10 years being like the previous 10 is in itself discouraging…all of sudden sometime in October everything started to fall in place with a rush of thoughts and wishes.
First move came on the 1st of November, decided it was time I delivered to myself, my health and my family something that I have for a long time wished for, being fit. Dropped the cigarettes smoking and dragged my legs into a neat new gym close to where I live, and the first thing that struck me there was their slogan “ This is where we belong”…it was different, never thought a gym would be a place I would belong too, so was really curious to know more, is it just a slogan or something that they deliver on. Not a big fan of weight lifting machines nor the dreaded treadmill, I signed up for CrossFit classes and oh boy did I do the right doing that. Two months have passed since then and one of the most magnificent and enlightening experiences of my life. Not just from a fitness point of view, but from a whole experience, revelation and inner change of human soul.
I found myself actually belonging, actually looking forward to it , it hurt too much , but I have learned to love the pain and enjoy it . The feeling of accomplishment after every work out , was enough fuel to get me to progress much more in all other parts of my life unlike ever before. Its then that I realised what the next 10 years are going to be about, they are going to be about my WILL to do things and accomplish long parked goals and objectives that span from family to silliest of things like my long lasting wish to learn to play the piano. So be it, a new year is coming 2016, and I will not list my new year resolutions for the first time in my life , but I will list my promises to transform and get on doing things I have ignored for a long time , so here goes some of what I would do :
- Continue with my fitness transformation along the CrossFit track and not just that, a journey in cycling is about to begin. More on my cycling challenge to self soon…
- Bring to light something I am very passionate about, working in corporates! How is that I actually wrote a book J …Very very soon I will publish it online. Here you go a life long dream about to come true. Will share the details very very soon
- Increase the time I spend with my family, each member of them but not just in quantity but in what they like spending time on, not what I like spending time on.
- I have found my passion for technology at a new intersection between human life and the internet, or what is called IoT ( Internet of things) . I will learn, learn and learn, till I can influence, create and advance that domain.
Finally, I have also decided to challenge myself to share more about the transformation journey aiming to inspire if at all possible..