10th November 2014 is a date I'll always remember because it reminded me once again that good is never really enough. People aspire for better things and always want better things than they've already gotten, but this is just a part of human nature.
So we learn to accept. We learn to take a step back and think about things in the perspective of an overall view and I realise, 'what's there to be sad about?' I got what I expected and predicted exactly what would come out of it, and I've completed the project in its entirety without any regrets.
For someone who started this project, absolutely clueless about what direction to take with it, and finally completing it with considerably good marks - why am I still feeling like I've lost when I've won more than I'll ever know?
This year has been extremely rewarding. It's taught me so many facets to writing a good paper, to being a better person, to reading countless interesting articles and in a sense, it has altered the way I look at things. As they say, the biggest takeaways are not in the ending point - it's always in the process.
Ask me to do it over, and I wouldn't have done it much differently. And why do I say that? Because everything happens for a reason. At least now I know not to take the little things for granted, and I have, in a way, paid the price for it.
Other things aside, I knew from the outset that this was a mountain to climb and I launched into it with barely enough oxygen to take me to the top, but I went ahead anyway. And I made it.
Three years ago I asked myself what I would get out of embarking on a degree like this. Three years later, I've attained it. What matters is never really in the present frame, but the goals you look forward to checking off in the future and the things you hope to achieve in a year, in two years, maybe even three.
So, where do you see yourself in one year?
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