2020.. what a year it has been so far! All my school life, I always imagined the 2020 era. I received APJ Abdul Kalam's "Vision 2020" as a prize during school. Thats what kept me obsessed with 2020 and the developed India, apparently developed and beautiful world. 2020 would have been a normal year, may be getting us one step closer to the beautiful world, until came the notorious invisible enemy of the mankind.. The Coronavius. Well, I am not dedicating this blog to the effects and after effects of the virus,as there are millions of articles floating around covering that. I dedicate this blog to the special year of my life, the special people in my life, my another milestone. I am going to be 35 soon!
So, why would being 35 matter so much? Assuming I am going to make it to atleast 70 years, I have already lived half my life, had an amazing childhood, blessed with a wonderful school life, made awesome friends and met tons of people from whom I have learnt so much. Well, it was not only good things I am grateful for. You see, life is like a production environment and we are constantly on on-job training. Any mistakes or wrong decisions we make, alter the production course. Though we dont get a chance to mend them, we always have a chance not to redo the same mistakes. And I have made plenty of such mistakes and learnt so much that I feel (i think so) I am ready for second half of my life. That is why I think being 35 is important to me and is a milestone.
By this age, we have unknowingly grown to be very important to many loved ones around us, especially the little humans who hang around us. They love us the most, under any circumstances. May be this love may fade away in a decade, but right now its the best. Years ago, i wondered why my parents paid so much attention to detail to almost everything(all petty ones!) and always worried about the after effects. I just wished if they could say let it go. At 35, I am exactly like them. Me and my husband are obsessed with cleanup, step wise tasks being run etc. May be thats just supposed to happen. The wave of perfectionism takes over and you have no choice but succumb to it.
Our 35 means, our parents are growing old too and we have reached a stage where we are completely independent and seek very little guidance from parents than before. We are completely occupied with our family and work that we have little to no time for them at all. Its weird but true, that we are still their world but our world seems to have moved on. The empty nesters long for our attention, seek our love like a small kid longing for a piece of cake, but we miss those signals! A part of us keeps wishing and praying for them, missing them but yet we dont say how much we love them. Very tricky this 35 is!
Gray hair have been multiplying.Fear not, because with it has come with fair share of wisdom. At 35, we keep gleaming with pride and sharing those of mostly unwelcome words of wisdom. We consider ourselves masters at everything(at most of them, we are), be it cooking, parenting, travelling, moving, shopping and everything else. I also have noticed, the rush of warm blood to my head during arguments or something that I dont like, has slowed down. May be, we are entering the cold blood phase where we deal the matters with wisdom. Or are we just being cautious about the gray hair? In anyway, this is a good achievement.
At 35, you almost have everything you wished to have and dreamed about it all the time. I consider this the peak in life and after this, we never know, it may be a down hill where we start to let go. Life's not always a smooth sail. Would that be an adventure you would enjoy without some rough waters? The best lessons here are brought by hard times. I would not have written these lines ten years ago. I was so skeptical and anxious about life then. Surely 35 has made me more brave. It has brought more colours with it, to be fearless and to enjoy the life in its raw form.
So, all you 35ers, be thankful for having made it to the wonderful phase of life. Do not hesitate to shout out your age, because it is special. It is not just a number, it is a certificate of the meticulous achievement. Its time to celebrate, so hang in there, feel it, live it and love it! Happy 35!!!
So, why would being 35 matter so much? Assuming I am going to make it to atleast 70 years, I have already lived half my life, had an amazing childhood, blessed with a wonderful school life, made awesome friends and met tons of people from whom I have learnt so much. Well, it was not only good things I am grateful for. You see, life is like a production environment and we are constantly on on-job training. Any mistakes or wrong decisions we make, alter the production course. Though we dont get a chance to mend them, we always have a chance not to redo the same mistakes. And I have made plenty of such mistakes and learnt so much that I feel (i think so) I am ready for second half of my life. That is why I think being 35 is important to me and is a milestone.
By this age, we have unknowingly grown to be very important to many loved ones around us, especially the little humans who hang around us. They love us the most, under any circumstances. May be this love may fade away in a decade, but right now its the best. Years ago, i wondered why my parents paid so much attention to detail to almost everything(all petty ones!) and always worried about the after effects. I just wished if they could say let it go. At 35, I am exactly like them. Me and my husband are obsessed with cleanup, step wise tasks being run etc. May be thats just supposed to happen. The wave of perfectionism takes over and you have no choice but succumb to it.
Our 35 means, our parents are growing old too and we have reached a stage where we are completely independent and seek very little guidance from parents than before. We are completely occupied with our family and work that we have little to no time for them at all. Its weird but true, that we are still their world but our world seems to have moved on. The empty nesters long for our attention, seek our love like a small kid longing for a piece of cake, but we miss those signals! A part of us keeps wishing and praying for them, missing them but yet we dont say how much we love them. Very tricky this 35 is!
Gray hair have been multiplying.Fear not, because with it has come with fair share of wisdom. At 35, we keep gleaming with pride and sharing those of mostly unwelcome words of wisdom. We consider ourselves masters at everything(at most of them, we are), be it cooking, parenting, travelling, moving, shopping and everything else. I also have noticed, the rush of warm blood to my head during arguments or something that I dont like, has slowed down. May be, we are entering the cold blood phase where we deal the matters with wisdom. Or are we just being cautious about the gray hair? In anyway, this is a good achievement.
At 35, you almost have everything you wished to have and dreamed about it all the time. I consider this the peak in life and after this, we never know, it may be a down hill where we start to let go. Life's not always a smooth sail. Would that be an adventure you would enjoy without some rough waters? The best lessons here are brought by hard times. I would not have written these lines ten years ago. I was so skeptical and anxious about life then. Surely 35 has made me more brave. It has brought more colours with it, to be fearless and to enjoy the life in its raw form.
So, all you 35ers, be thankful for having made it to the wonderful phase of life. Do not hesitate to shout out your age, because it is special. It is not just a number, it is a certificate of the meticulous achievement. Its time to celebrate, so hang in there, feel it, live it and love it! Happy 35!!!
Happy 35 to you too ! Excellent article , I could connect to every single line in this.
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