2020 and what I have learnt from it

No intro needed so let’s just hop into what I have leant from this beautiful year.

1. What A Wonderful World
   I’ve always been in a hurry growing up. I spend probably 80% of my time thinking inside my head and do things alone. I always focus on everything I do and barely appreciate anything else around me. But to be locked-down for several months changed my perspective. I have spent my energy more on surrounded things and people. I decided to grow in-house plants and gradually watch them grow. I have learnt how to bake and cook the meals I’d never tried before. And for the first time in 6 years, I just realised my balcony has such a great view. So, if you find yourself on a bad day, maybe just look around.
2. Suck It and See
   “We decide our own future” This is perhaps the most common sentence I always tell my friends. I always am very determined when I make a decision to go for one path. I was always worried if the decision I made was the right one. I always thought we all should have a goal for our lives and don’t just flow along with the wind and let it take us somewhere that won’t worth our times. But I guess 2020 just taught me otherwise. It taught me that it’s actually (even more than)okay to be chill when you don’t know how to solve problems or the exact way to go forward. It taught me to make peace with the uncertainty and go with the flow. I have made such a big decision in December and still don’t know where this will lead me. But I guess…let’s just suck it and see.
3. Love Will Keep Us Alive
   Being independent is what I have become so professional. I’ve been telling people how I’m so good at it and how I like living on my own. I wake up alone, eat alone, watch movies alone, shopping alone, sleep alone and see no problem doing any of those things. But when I think back of the moments that I remember being happy and joyful, it’s those moments that involved other people. It’s the moment I share laughs, feelings and time with my loved ones. We might think it’s so comfortable living alone and have no responsibility to care for anyone else, but that’s not what drives you forward. To me, I only go forward because I have such great backups and be surrounded by amazing people. I‘m so forever grateful for those who stay. I surely cannot make it through 2020 without you.

New Year Resolution for 2021: Be more extrovert.