Today is my birthday - my 36th birthday. I love birthdays. For me, it is a good time to reflect on my past year, learn from my mistakes, complement myself on my achievements, make new goals and move forward.

I usually prefer a quiet celebration with my family on my birthdays - does not have to be a grand one but some good quality time with my family. And that is exactly what I am getting today - we are driving up the coast and spending a night out there. Looking forward to that.

The past few years has been quite a learning curve for me. In my twenties I had a sense of urgency about everything - ‘rush, rush rush’ was my mantra then. My outlook has changed a fair bit in the past few years - I have learned to relax.

Don’t get me wrong - I am still as driven now as I was in my twenties (if not more). But the way I approach things is very different now.

My biggest lesson has been that emotional well being is far more important than a professional one. I have learned to be happy - Previously I don’t think I ever gave myself time to be happy. For instance even when I was out jogging, I had some or the other work stuff in my mind. But now when I go out for a jog, my mind is free of work stuff and all stuff for that matter. I am much more happier now than I ever was in my twenties.

My new emotional confidence has enabled me to reach my goals much faster than I ever did in my twenties (both professional and personal). But for me it was not easy to get to this stage. It took a lot of learning and more importantly a lot of ‘unlearning’ to get to this stage.

I have a new set of goals brewing in my mind. Since my birthday is in November, I always club my birthday goals and my new year goals together. I am going to let my goals brew a little longer in my mind, and then in a couple of weeks I am going to sit down and put them all in paper - can’t wait for that.

Now I am off to enjoy my day.

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One Response to “It’s My Birthday Today”

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   December 8th, 2008 at 5:59 am

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