In 2020, t he world saw nature take over its power and tried to reset the balance. I will stop here instead of repeating what everyone has been already saying.
2020 for me was, “ When you can’t go outside, go inside “. I couldn’t go around the world to experience new things, I went inside my body to discover the wonderful meditation experiences. I found a safe place inside me to go to when there is turmoil around. This one choice alone has made a huge difference and made 2020 a life changing year for me.
2020 Review
January started with a challenging new job. While I enjoyed my work and constant appreciation from the Product Manager, I always had the doubt that am I doing well. Little did I know that I am going to spend the rest of the year working with the most amazing Manager I ever worked with. It gave me faith in humanity and good people still exist. For the first time in my corporate life, I experienced working with a manager who cared for me as a person and for my personal goals and skill set and always made me feel cared for. The best habit which I picked up this month but became more serious about only in the next month was gratitude. The one thing which set me up for the beautiful day was gratitude diary.
June was for a breakthrough in Kapalbhati. I just increased it by one minute daily by starting it at 3 minutes a day. I initially thought it was an impossible task but definitely learnt a perfect example of moving just a little everyday. I also started hip opening yoga. I really loved the way I was feeling more flexible.
November was about getting back to morning pages. I brought out so many of my limiting beliefs just through my morning pages. This in turn helped me cry a little and let go of long held resentments. I liked the joy of healing. Another best thing was buying a piano which I had wanted since ages and I started growing vegetables in my balcony.
As the year ended, it felt nothing special. It was just a date which we humans make as special. But it is not a bad thing to make it a milestone, to reflect on the time passed and make new goals for the future. The one regret I have about 2020 is that I could have written more and better.
Plan for 2021
Moving forward to 2021, some of the broad goals I have are
1.Physical health
Weight loss has been really tough for me. I have tried a lot of different alternates but nothing worked. But I am grateful for not putting on any new weight. Sometimes, we just need to keep working on what is right and not control the results. That is the exact plan for weight loss this year. I will keep doing what I consider good for my health. Grow my own organic food, eat more raw food, keep doing yoga daily. Sleep on time. Work on limiting beliefs on weight loss.
2.Mental health
2020 was excellent for mental health. I need to put in extra efforts and plan well to make 2021 as better than 2020 for mental health. The brief goals I have are
- Spend less time on worrying
- Hold no resentment
- Learn self compassion
- Write about everyday miracles
- Attend vipassana retreat
- Learn to breathe from belly
- Do 30 minutes of kapalbhati daily
- Learn to look at every problem as an opportunity for growth
3.Hobbies and skills — I don’t have a Netflix subscription. Nor do I plan on taking one. I use my free time in getting better at my hobbies.
I will create time for this through
- Don’t check phone the first thing in morning
- Limit whatsapp and instagram time to 30 minutes a day
- Check whatsapp notifications only twice a day
4.Learning a new language — Learning a new language expands your vocabulary. I want to learn a local language — Kannada, a national language — Bahasa and an international language — Spanish.
5.Academics — I want to publish 2 research papers based on the study I have done this year.
6.Career goals — Most of my work experience in machine learning has been about text mining. I want to work more intensively on this and become a Natural Language Processing expert.
How was your 2020? What are your plans for 2021?
Happy 2021!
Originally published at http://lensq.com on January 1, 2021.