It’s been a year since university, a year since the Cambridge dream.
Looking back, an epiphany hits.
Life will pass by before your eyes if you don’t make a conscious effort to make the most out of every minute at present.
Work. One year ago, never in my wildest thoughts that I’ll work in an Ed Tech company. It’s easily one of the easiest years I’ve experienced since high school (or maybe even kindergarten). With a job I can keep a work-life balance, I get to do many things I didn’t have time for back then. I’m grateful that I can come home by 8 pm on most days to spend a couple of hours listening to the parents’ little rants about their day. I’m glad I am able to spare some time to work on my fitness in hope to realise the Everest dream some day. I’m thankful to be paid enough to maintain a comfortable lifestyle and at the same time have savings for rainy days. I’m blessed to have bosses who gives you room to make mistakes and opportunities to learn endlessly. I guess some things are always meant to be.
Family. They say family is by default not by choice. Given a choice at birth, I wouldn’t change what I have now given all the flaws in the household. My parents may not be the best examplary couple or one that could possibly be my relationship goal but they taught me how to be a good parent and how raise my future children. Given the opportunities to kickstart my career out of the country, I chose to come home for them. And it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made in life
Fitness. Ultimately, I want to achieve my Everest dream by age of 28. So this year, I aimed to finish my marathon journey which is to complete at least a full marathon. During a run training one day with a friend, she told me she finally understands why people run. It’s not about finishing the race, it’s not about winning a medal. It’s about pushing yourself to your limits when no one else can. With that, I completed a 21 km run during SCKLM in 2 hours 50 minutes.
Life. Life hits you just like that, sometimes. I learn that age is not determined by the numbers but the wisdom. The only difference I felt being 25 is the time I had to learn more, seek more, and to absorb more life lessons. I used to dread adding numbers to the age but now, I look forward to the many more things I’ve yet to learn in life.
Relationship. I’m blessed enough to have met someone who will give in many things just to make me smile. It’s not easy to learn to live with a person. Given what I deem to be normal in many aspects, I would find them strange how the other individual doesn’t operate like the “norm”. I used to think relationship is all about the big things, the “right” feeling, the spark you get when you look him in the eyes and love at first sight. Then I learned a relationship is actually all about the little things. It’s about being non-judgemental when he picks his nose infront of you, it’s about tolerating all the differences, it’s about learning to accept him as who is. After all the guys I’ve dated, I’ve learned that love is an overrated feeling. Love doesn’t happen at first sight, love is grown over time. Love is when you ask yourself if you would still be together with the person if one day, he has become bedridden and has to be fully reliant on you for a lifetime. Without hesitation, if you say yes, that is love.
Close to 9 months into the year, 3 more months to fight for my new year resolutions.
And I won’t lose the battle with time.
P/S: Thank you for the timely reminder to pen down my life instead of watching it pass by before me.
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