ExpertDabbler

Come december and the mainstream media majors would sure have a special coverage of the year that’s drawing to a close. It would be ‘A year that was’ covering all major events and happenings at the international level, national level, the great movies, the best-selling books, the remarkable personalities, great discoveries, war and suffering, major setbacks and disappointments and how this would all impact the common man in the coming year.

When I think about 2006 on the personal front, the only underlying theme that creeps up is ‘Confusion and Dilemma’. Never in my life have I looked so confused and bereft of clarity for life’s questions. A person who almost did not bat an eyelid before dropping out of college, a guy who had on the spur of the moment decided to venture out to a strange city on his own, the guy who has made major investment decisions in a flash and one who never looks back at his decisions is suddenly feeling the pinch of ‘paradox of choices’ phenomenon.

I think it was Bill G who said ‘some amount of confusion is healthy’ or something like that. Going by his yardstick, I think it’s been quite a healthy year for me :). Talking about health, 2006 is also the year when I overcame GERD – something that literally made me lose sleep for sometime last year.

All this confusion implies that I’m no more the careless/carefree youth that I was. I’m beginning to think more for myself, my career, my personal growth, and my responsibilities, which is good. But sometimes I also feel I’m getting old, and analyzing too much.

Let’s see how 2007 goes as I am in the process of making some decisions which could potentially change the course of my life.

For now, i just keep telling myself that no decision on its own is lifechanging. It’s how we act based on the decision which determines the success or failure.

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