When I turned 30

[Something I wrote when I turned 30 late last year]

This is a blog I was waiting to write for past few months, but time as always has beaten me.
Anyways here it goes ...

Yes!! I am 30. I guess I am now among the very few people who admit the entry to 30s with excitement.I feel like finally I got rid of something I never liked being.

Life - Now looking back(or down?) through the years I have lived, I think I learned a lot from the mistakes. I repeated most of them multiple times to check if they happen on all circumstances. And yeah!, then do.I don't think life has to be perfect to be wonderful. I have a pretty messed up life and I wouldn't have been what I am today without all those mistakes.

Choices - Choices and options are different. Most people I have known choose out of the options available. But I tend to think differently. Ignore the options and look for what you need. May be your choice is way out of your league, but still worth a chase.

Role play - I am on okay husband, a pretty good dad, a nice brother, cranky son and best buddy of many. Will people miss me if I suddenly disappear one day? Yeah, they will. :)

Effort - I invented procrastination by the way. I use only minimal potential on anything I do. I tend to preserve my energy by sitting idle and acting tired. Recently I have started whining about low blood sugar as the medical reason. My wife believes it. :))

Love and life - Falling in love is easy. Many people fall, bump their head, shake it off and move on. I didn't, because the one I have fallen for was worth dying for.The resistance to win my love was THE toughest thing that I have ever faced in my entire life. If I have to write a book about our love story, I need to publish in at least two volumes. Now when I think about it, Randy Pausch was absolutely right. Brick walls are there for a reason. They are there to show how badly you need someone.

Money - A sophisticated tool that humans invented to make transactions easier. That's exactly money is for me too. I am not going live or die for money.

Ideology - When I was at school I used to admire SFI activists. Oh, what a fun it is to beat others for selfish interests. Establishing anarchy would really relax lifes!!! brake.. sorry, that was the dark side of me.I am more inclined to socialism and have acute disrespect for the typical Indian nature of "I don't bother what's happening next door".I believe in GOD, but not in religion. My daughter's last name is Nair, only because that went well with her first name. And I don't gauge people by caste or colour. (But I still ask my mom why am I darker than her).

Finally - I am really happy to be here today with you all.