29 and feeling fine!!

 As the 21st March snuck up on me again and I turned 29, I wanted to take time to reflect on what I have accomplished during the past decade and the lessons I have learnt and also, what I look forward to accomplish. Well, tbh, I do feel it to be a little bit odd to have a birthday in a pandemic. It, kind of, takes away the spirit of the traditional sense of celebrating one.

And… I have been “blessed” to celebrate my birthday twice in confinement, THAT TOO, when both times, my birthday happened during the weekend. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH FUN I HAVE JUST MISSED? Seriously…Uggh! But that’s fine.

I guess that the lockdown just gave me all the time I needed to do as much reflection as I wish to do.

BUT I still cannot get over the fact that an entire 12 months have lapsed since my last birthday. I feel like the days tend to drag on when we’re in them but when I look back, it’s as if no time has passed at all. And it already feels like the countdown to my thirtieth has already started.

A 29th birthday is as special as any birthday as it marks the end of a great chapter and the fresh beginning of new one.

A few of the important lessons I’ve learned in my 29 years of existence

·        Do what you love to do, what you want to do because life is too short for you to just live a life of going to work and come back home to do cleaning and washing.

·        It’s great to be disciplined and organized. However, do not set invisible deadlines for everything because you might just be adding unnecessary pressure on yourself.

·        If eating healthy and working out makes you happy, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

·        It’s okay to mess up. It’s okay to fail. You just have to find that silver lining and not sulk for too long.

·        There is nothing wrong with crying. It’s not a sign of weakness.

·        You do not have to have it all figured out. It’s okay to change your mind and you are allowed to say “No”.

·      Always be surrounded by the people who make you laugh, who value you, who are not afraid to stand by your side openly in tough times and who makes you feel loved.

While 29 seems to be a little bittersweet, I am looking forward to embrace every second of the upcoming year and do as much as I can to enjoy every moment, for one should not take for granted the life that we have got to live. And wherever I’ll go, I’ll just leave a little sparkle.

 Until next post,