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2024 was by far the craziest year yet. I felt so much and so differently throughout the different phases of my life.
Moved on from my ex, worked on myself, studied the hell out of myself, got a high SGPA, and became the leader of a very big society in my college.
Smoothened my intellect, changed my hedonistic mindset to a more mature and real mindset.
Lived happily by myself, started ventures, worked on them, and earned small achievements. Gained my long-lost confidence back, hosted events, and interviewed big people.
Partied a lot, made core memories, made a lot of friends, and a lot of good connections. Helped people, didn't help people knowing I could have helped.
Found fake friends, found real friends, found selfish people, and found selfless people.
Gained different perspectives on life, saw people cheating, going against, backstabbing. Saw deaths in close people, and realized the true meaning of life.
Got betrayed, took revenge, made a lot of people cry, became a villain in a lot of people's lives, and became the main character in some's life.
Made my parents proud, made them cry. Got stuck in bad situations without doing anything, escaped situations after doing everything.
Made mistakes, a lot of mistakes. Failed at handling situations, failed at getting an internship, failed as a friend, failed as a leader, failed as a son, failed as a brother. Failed a lot.
But did learn a lot. Started things, was consistent in them, didn’t give up despite not getting results, hustled. Hustled a lot, hustled beyond my power, hustled beyond my capabilities.
Managed a lot of things, a lot of things at once. Learned a lot of new skills, learned new horizons of communication, learned to make peace with my feelings, and learned to be courageous.
Felt both hatred and love toward people, courageously accepted the feeling of liking, made clarity with this thought, wasn’t afraid to accept it, and healed some amount of childhood trauma.
In short, 2024 taught me to be myself. It taught me that this world and these people are temporary and will keep on changing. Depending on others for your happiness will only give you misery. To be happy everywhere, you need to be happy with yourself. People will change, situations will change, difficulties and times will change—you are the only one who will be with you throughout this journey.
To end, I would like to mention a few quotes that changed my perspective, changed my thoughts and mindset, and opened up new horizons for me:
“No honest man can become great; there has to be a devil inside of you.”
“Life looks like a race, life feels like a race, but it is not actually a race; it's a journey you take isolated, with people around you.” - Prakhar
“Banna nahi legend, banani bas apni jagah, 100% nahi, 200 tu power laga.” - Ajey Nagar
“Mera kaam, mera shauq, mere khwab to dekh, kaise rokoge mujhe, ye saj-e-bagh to dekh.” - Talha Yunus, Me & You
“Dance in your darkest moments.”
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