2015 in Retrospect!

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Till evening, I didn’t have any plan of writing a blog on how the year went by! But when I was leaving office for the day, my friend Manu asked me what I am writing today. I told him I didn’t have any plan but insisted me on writing the reflections of the year going by! I told I couldn’t promise but here I am sharing my thoughts on the year 2015 in retrospect! (This is the side effect of being a writer, as you need to heed to the requests of readers J).

 2015 if I look back was really an eventful year! Professionally it began with a bang bringing my second Award for Excellence in Most Valuable Contributor category! But later the fortunes changed drastically bringing one challenge after another at workplace. There was really a frustrating phase when I felt like giving up! But somehow off late I have developed a forte to stick to my stand and principles and not giving up easily! But there were things which were not in my control and I was finding hard to change them! Hence I chose to change myself a bit, diverting my mind in doing something useful and different. I tried my hands in event management along with few friends organizing a Cricket tournament from scratch in our unit! Since cricket tournaments are common in our organization, we wanted to make our tournament a different which can stand apart! We spent lot of time and effort and gave utmost attention to each and every aspect of tournament, and despite rain intervention we were able to succeed in our mission and gaining lot of accolades for the entire organizing team! This induced new vigor in the sagging spirit of mine and topped it up with few more successful ventures in event management! This year also gave me the first opportunity to compete in 35+ year category events in our annual sports meet. I participated in almost all the events getting gold medal in three events. Also in the same event, I got to play an all important role of the team owner. Though in core area of my work the challenges continued but I could pull off one more award in recently concluded MyDC excellence award ceremony in MyDC Sparklers category ending the year on high note! Hoping for a better year at workplace in 2016J

In contrast the personal life was more fruitful and joyful! The long wait ended towards the end of first half of 2015 with my marriage getting fixed with Savita with whom I entered into the nuptial knot in the last month of the year! With this my long stretched bachelor life ended ;) and I had mixed feelings for that, but I am really excited with my new role of husband and looking forward for a fruitful married life. Hold on! 2015 witnessed few more memorable moments in which I enjoyed the fullest! Those moments came in between June and September when I single mindedly prepared for my first full marathon! In the mid of June 2015 I made up my mind of trying my legs in a full marathon. The target was Kaveri Trail Marathon which was scheduled on September 20, 2015. I spent almost every weekend between June 20 and September 20 in practicing long distance running increasing the distance with every run. Finally the day arrived and the time spent running from 6 AM to 11:14 AM was one of the best in my life! Each and every minute was filled with an amazing experience as it was just me, my body, my mind, my endurance and the blessings of Almighty. Hoping the year 2016 brings even better memories!

With this I conclude my reflections of the year 2015, as I enter into the new year 2016 I wish all the reader friends a very Happy and Prosperous 2016 with peace, prosperity, good health and lots of happiness in your lives!

Happy New Year 2016!

Thanks and Regards,

Chetan