When I started this blog good six years ago. The occasions like Birthday, New year etc were my favourite topics since it was very easy to write on them. Plus out then; I was very keen on planning anything and everything. I used to think that writing about the goals was a sureshot way to achieve them. I was consuming lots of self-help books and was also a member of Toastmaster Club back then which is a sort of non-profit organisation for developing your leadership and communciation skills. Gradually reality dawned on me that discipline, will power and constant, sustained efforts are more important and planning is just the first stop towards acheiving your goals.
Gradualy I came out of that vicious circle. First I let go of my reliance on self-help motivational books. Regarding toastmasters; I finally it in 2014 after crawling to clear the first level of 10 speeches( I had joined it in 2012). I wrote last blog post on my Birthay in 2015 as I could not see any positive results regarding acheiving goals. In fact, I stopped writing about so called goals on occasion of New Year too.
22 December 2020
The date stamp should give an idea about my struggle with blogging. Seemls like my birthday and new year post will be combined into single post now. I'm going to go out on a limb and after eating the humble pie; I'm inclined again to make some sort to plan with goals and milestones to follow in coming year. The next year is special and unique in more than one ways. firstly, we are well within the age of COVID virus. Secondly I have more than enough spare time on my hand right now unlike my situation some months back. Right now my challange is more on putting the spare time to good use rather than finding any time out of busy schedule. One thing I'm very sure is that I need to change the very approach from last time and it will start from the goals itself. Even though my idea remains same of personal improvement but I dont want to rely on cliche goals of reading more books, more blogs, reducing weights etc. All of these are actually a process, not the milestones I wish to pursue. Some of the goals I have in mind are as below
Learning new Language - Spanish
I always treat polyglots with admiration. In our hyper-connected world, knowing more than one languages is one of most relevants skills to gain. Its all the more relevant in my case as my current organisation has its head quarter in Spain. Moreover Spanish is one of the most widely spoken language perhaps after english and hence it makes good sense to learn it. I also found useful source in terms of YouTube channel to learn Spanish. But now I need to follow it religiously. My target is to look for any official certification course in Spanish and pass it.
Upgrading the qualification and skills - Robotics
I have been fascinated by Robotics and Simulation for quite some time now. It looks magical and appeals to my childhood sense of wonder. Fortunately both these streams are part of my job and hence I have been motivated to master these fields from a purely professional point of view too. In spur of moment at startingof year, I had enrolled into a Robotics course offered online by IIT. But it did not end well for me. From the vey beginning, I was late and not prepared for this course and was playing catch-up only for the most part. In the end, I did not appeared for the exam as there was no chance I could clear the exam and earn the certificate. The only positive gain from the exercise that I had made one small beginning into Acedemic Robotics. My target is to enrol into another course and this time, actually earn the degree.
The last thing is to ensure that I incarporate my effort toward achieving these goals in daily routine. Else this activity is limited to another blog post only. I have always been an early morning person but the unseasonal cold wave is testing my resolve to leave cosy blankets early in the day.PS : I realized that my car is also around 6 years old now. It means that I started this blog at the same time I bought my car. Just an useless trivia but I found it interesting.
I'm adding this section of blog post from my phone in the morning. It's just some edits in terms of correcting grammatical errors plus I added few lines here and there But nonetheless, it's a small step in right direction.
Hope I could continue this
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