Earlier this year, I was part of a workshop which was about social styles in the work environment. The assessment of my style and what was said about it was not just accurate, but also a little amusing. Well, amusing because people make fun of some things I do, but then it really is very satisfying and fun. Like making pretty Excel sheets. Won’t you agree that they can be efficient and presentable, at the same time? I certainly believe so.
So, apart from work-related Excel sheets, I made two personal ones which made me very happy.
The first was some scenario planning I did before heading out to Goa. I usually do not do this when travelling, but I was a little confused about how I should spend my time there. After all, even though I would have had company there, I was travelling alone.
How it finally shaped up was very close to Scenario 4. *grins*
The other was a direct consequence of having a full time job and living with family. I feel the need to do something new and exciting very often. So I started maintaining a sheet with records of something new that I did every month.
Something New: an occurrence or an event that has never been experienced before
Most of it was fun, some embarrassing, some inconsequential, and some not worth sharing, but I am glad to tell you that I did have a fair amount of data for this file. 🙂
The list itself was a first. I am hoping to scale this to something better and bigger next year.
And since this is directly related to my customary year-end post, I’m clubbing the content below.
# For a fear of drowning in water, I went scuba diving and 30 feet deep into the ocean
# Went to watch the Beating Retreat live at Raisina Hill
# Backpacked in the mountains
# Started wearing contact lenses
# Regularly did yoga for six months
# Drove up till 16,500 feet
# For a fear of being at a height of even two feet, I sat on a camel and moved through the desert at 10 feet above ground
# Slept in the open in the desert
# Went for a rather disappointing sufi music concert at Humayun’s Tomb
# Bought my highest heels
# Bought my highest heels
# Became an aunt (I know I didn’t have a role to play there). But walking with him in my arms and managing
to entertain him is big enough!
# Had a lot to drink – tried a lot of new drinks and found a new favourite
# Thought that I did not need to be rushed to an ER this year, had this latest accident, and felt royally idiotic!
# I did have more than my share of health-related pain and depression this year too
# Broke a heart
# Had my heart broken (Yes, again!)
# Watched a lot of stand-up comedy, didn’t miss any show that came to Delhi from The Comedy Store, Mumbai
# Figured the difference between being short tempered and angry. I used to be short tempered. What I now experience is a calm exterior and a lot of anger inside.
# Declined a rishta only by looking at a guy’s pictures
# Started thinking about getting married
# Made two drastic changes in the hairstyle. Loved one more than the other, got a LOT of compliments for the other.
# Experienced a first real ‘happy anniversary’
# Splurged a LOT!
# Sat on a ghoda gaadi late on a cold winter night. It was one of those *silly grin* moments.
# I listened to the entire Budget Speech of the FM, live
# Started going to a spa
# Stayed at the Taj in Mumbai
# Did a speed tour of the Sun Temple at Konark. The place reminded of history textbooks from school.
# Got promoted
# Went on a blind date for the sheer thrill of the experience
# Made my first real online purchase (not books or movie/travel tickets)
# Cut my own hair
# Watched and loved Sherlock Holmes
I worried about whether 2012 was going to last. I think it was a fairly good year. I don’t know what to expect from 2013. At all. It feels like I am approaching a blind turn. But I do not know if I should be slowing down.
Too many question marks. Too much blank space. Very unsure.
Fuchsia 
Such an exciting list!Most proud of you for the scuba, yoga and the extensive travel. And I couldn't agree more on the Sherlock bit.PS: Excel sheets are very cool. Now if you get a rishta from a boy who makes one as diligently as you do, consider it 🙂
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🙂 Hehee…but there are too many men who do that. I think I would like to meet that guy who is thinking of getting 'helvetica' tattooed in arial and waiting for a girl to spot it. 😛
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Haha, you and your font obsession 🙂
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Of course! 😀
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