Alright so I disappeared there for a bit! So much has happened since my last post way back in September, and planning the move for INSEAD has just been one of them. After a very tiring October (and moving from 1 country to another), a fun and Life-Changing November (with yet another move from 1 country to another), I’ve finally had a relaxing December (with more travelling!). All in all, it’s been 14 cities in 4 countries over 2 months and it’s been good to finally have the time to relax, reflect and spend some quality time with the people who matter.
2009 has been a pivotal year for me – so much has happened this year (that has been so different from previous years). Work seems so far away – and I think that’s the best way to enter b-school – with a fresh and clear mind! I’ve enjoyed my ‘little piece of heaven’ for the last 2 months. For now, I’m looking forward to ending the year on a perfect note – with family :) My sister and I were discussing the other day how different our lives would have been had our Dad not decided to go back to his home country from the UK about 20 years ago. The bottomline is he did, and we always wondered if and when we would come back to the UK. For me the year ahead is an opportunity to try and make that happen. Well it’s an opportunity to make anything happen really.
My Mom sent me a new year’s forward of things to do in 2010 and somehow, after reading the many blogs about b-school, they seem like simple yet very important reminders of things I have to make sure I do in the coming year regardless of how busy INSEAD gets – here they are:
- Practice a new sport
- Accept new challenges
- Dare to be different
- Freshen up your ideas
- Take care of your looks
- Learn another language
- Forget your troubles
- Make peace with life and people
- Fall in love
- Enjoy nature
- Make new friends
- Learn new things
- Dream!
- Update your wardrobe
- Listen to your elders
- Laugh a lot and smile at life
- Sing from the heart
- Be curious
- Kiss like you mean it
- Joke with your friends
- Send emails to your friends
- Relax and enjoy yourself after a hard day’s work
Bring on 2010!
