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balance brought forward: lessons from 09
posted January 1, 2010 1:03 am
There were many things I have learned during the past 12 months.
As many would know from my stories and personal experiences, I have always been thrown into the deep blue sea to learn how to swim for myself when it comes to work. Past few years I learned many things by getting my hands dirty rather than observing someone else – how to edit/manage a magazine, pull together two Conventions, etc. This year, I learned what preference shares vs ordinary shares were, and what authorized capital vs paid up capital meant. I came from a Communications background – all they taught were Foucault and Freud and subjectivity and the forshizzles like that. Learning the basic-est of the basics of a company’s legal/administrative/secretarial jazz was an eye opener.
I learned that though I am clumsy, my falls are graceful. They usually end in a soft, unpainful-sounding thud. Not very good, because people tend to either laugh, or comment on the falling that they completely forgot the end product of the fall: pain. My ego can also bruise one okay.
Best things come to those who wait. I learned this from Hollywood; the best films of the year only seemed to show up during mid December or so. IMHO only, really.
The other compelling lesson in life I’ve gathered this year is rather recent. Rejection is painful, even if you’re not on the receiving end. The guilt which comes thereafter is like a hangover; though shortlived, you can’t help but wallow in that brief moment, thinking, ‘what if?’ What if that was your last window of opportunity to a lifetime of being genuinely loved and cherished? What if you the methods you employed during the course of rejection were not the best at hand, and you have possibly damaged more than just the other party’s ego? What if – just what if, and this is the most affective one of all – karma was real, and you have just stacked up a whole lot of point deductions on your book that one day you’ll get the same (or worse) treatment from someone you’re completely head over heels with? Romance is beautiful, but at the very same time it can turn out to be the next most atrocious event of your life. Your choice.
I have also discovered, above all that, how important it is for me to break away from being lulled into the complacency of familiarity, and how fond I have grown to be of the many adventures life’s thrown my way, be it small or big – so long as they’re shared with my favorite people in the whole wide world.
Happy new year, all. May the coming year drop onto your unknowing lap the many awesome adventures due for your embarkment.
Much love.
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