Would this have been any better than this January. I doubt!. This January as I recollect had been one of the best January so far in my life in terms of keeping me busy in both personal and professional front (mostly on the professional front though). I believe I personally felt that I'm able to challenge myself and keep myself busy with official work, MOOC's and Mastering Cooking (leftover inspiration from my US trip :-))
Wish List and accomplishments :-)
As it used be year-on-year, this year also started with a lot of items in wishlist some I have been dragging by convincing myself the best possible way. But this time the desire of buying a bike is accomplished. Due to the heavy price of automobiles, I decided to go with a second-hand bike. Having roamed along with my friend Srinivasan, I finally found a Honda CB Shine 125CC (3yrs old, had surpassed 29K kms while buying). The other wish of buying a smartphone is also accomplished. I had partially accomplished this desire by taking a Nexus 7 tablet when in Andover last year but have ordered (yet to receive it) Nexus 5, 32GB, White this year.
Personal commitment
I desired that I should write diary on a daily basis to preserve the memories for future. I had heard from from friends and relatives who dairy daily as they cherish saying how they feel by doing so. But seeing my work schedule I believe I might not be able to do so. Hence decided to write it on a monthly basis of all the good things that had happened.
I had decided to blog things I like (be it technical, things that impacted, things that I came across which ought to be documented etc.). The start is good and will have more blogs in the forthcoming months.
Android and MOOC
Coursera had been my online learning site in the last year. I had taken good amount of courses but many of which I had dropped-out due to fear, not keeping up with deadlines and what not. But this year decided to be on top of it and had registered for the courses on Android. I had committed myself to spare atleast 2 hrs of my time for Android on a daily basis and to be on top of the assignments. I was so crazy to even do the assignment when travelling back by train for keep up with the deadline. I now have some comfort in understand the basics of android. In the coming months, I will explore more and with more dedication. The feel of keeping myself updated is so good and want to enjoy more.
Crazy Explorations
This pongal has been very special as my attempt on Sweet Pongal and Puja had worked out well. Infact I shared the same with my colleagues at office and received good comments. With the same aspiration and interest on exploration, I had ended up booking for a HP Gas connection.
Work Life
With the satisfaction of keeping up with the personal commitments, the work life had been satisfying. It gave me a lot of hope to explore on things that I feared doing the last year. The exploration has yielded good results and give good hope to take up more such challenges.
What has left me with these changes
The habit of reading books while travelling is not there anymore after the arrival of bike and reading list is becoming a backlog. In the coming months, I have to devise a way to read.
Overall this January had been amazing with lot of positives to carry. The confidence it has imparted is good.
