2020: An year to remember

2020 will be a year to remember for most of mankind, thanks to COVID19.

The tiny tiny virus made us realize that we are even smaller entities in the universe’s scheme of things. It probably made us go back to things that we had taken for granted. From something as ignored as the value of freedom (read lockdown, curfews, curbs) to something as transactional as the availability of food, water, and livelihood.

To me personally, it was more than COVID19. I left an organization after 12 long years. A part of what I am today is also because of the organization and the amazing mentors I had there.

To me it means a lot of things, as thoughts crisscross my mind, I am just penning them down here unfiltered

1. I could finally break the shackles of my comfort zone professionally and financially.
2. I moved to a function, industry, setup which was completely alien to me. And as I just finish 6 months in it, I am proud of myself that I could not only sustain but deliver good results as well.
3. It brought a lifestyle change in me. From someone who was in the leadership team of a large team setting with so many people in and around the office, I now lead a remote team sitting alone in my office in Noida. From lunching with 3 tables joined to lunching with a youtube video. From having 5 tea at Tapris a day to sipping 1 coffee from the vending machine, the circumstances brought in a lot of change
4. I managed to keep in touch with a lot of my ex-colleagues even the ones who are not in India. I have come to the realization that staying in touch requires effort. If you put in, you will stay in touch.
5. My family and especially my son supported me to make this transition. Sans their support, it would not have been possible at all to make that transition and move towards my long term goals

I have learned a thing from all this, that human power is limitless. We need to be persistent with dedication and it will pay off.

Ending this with a quote which one of my dear friends wrote on my whiteboard once “To get something you have never had, you should be willing to do something you have never done”