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Merry Christmas to all!

I am not very sure what I will share today because it has been a year since I wrote a blog. Last year, I wrote about all lessons I learned in 2020, but this year was a different experience.

After clearing an exam that is not so well-known among students, I joined a prestigious institution. I am glad that I gave that exam and performed well enough to get enrolled in NIT, Trichy. I never aimed for it because I never dream of things; they happen to me somehow. I want to share my past one-year journey - How it has made me what I am right now (a not best but better version of myself). I was not vociferous when I was in school. I was reticent; I used to feel for things when they didn’t happen in the right way, but I kept quiet because of two reasons. First, I lacked confidence, and second I was scared dealing with the consequences. But this version of mine was not the last one; it got several updates in the previous 4-5 years for my betterment.

I graduated from an all-girls college. I never thought of it, nor was I reluctant to get admission there because, for me, co-education was never a thing I craved for. So, I was okay with both ways. Three years of graduation taught me so many things apart from the knowledge of academics. I went through so many situations, incidents, accidents, and experiences that I would never be able to forget a single one of them. They added another dimension to my stale personality. I was not anymore that under-confident person who used to shy away, fumble when asked to speak ten words standing on the podium, get annoyed by small things or immature people, etc. I encountered some worst days, albeit I am grateful for their arrival to my life as they made me realise the importance of my own identity. All credit goes to the hostel life. I made some good friends who are still with me even though we talk very infrequently.

Coming to my present life, the experience that I have been living for the last year is different. There has been no more in-person interaction with teachers, classmates, and friends. I was happy that I didn’t have to be around anyone for some time. The journey in NITT was not at all a cakewalk. I had no idea where to direct myself, how to present, and what to do. Things were happening, and I was accepting them sometimes with carrying a scary feeling, or other times curiosity of getting a new experience. Early two-three months freaked me out; I doubted my capabilities, decisions, and everything. Each day, the sun brought new things and also sunlight for lighting the path for dealing with them. The time passed out, and the pressure started evaporating from my head gradually. Also, thanks to the online classes, I was no longer a student who sat in the front row, making notes whatever the professor was communicating to the class. Yes, a few subjects got my ninety percent attention, but others were utterly invisible to me.

I have made some friends here who are nice to me from day one till today. I am not a social person who has so many friends; I have a handful of friends and good acquaintances. And I am delighted with what I have. I will share some specific things that I came across in the recent past but not in this blog.

The only motive for writing this blog was to end this year by telling myself and others that “sometimes it is good to get ourselves updated, otherwise we’d never have true fun while living the life that God has bestowed upon us.”

I'll circle back to you shortly!

Hakuna

K.G. Hostel, IPCW, Delhi University