#166: My Empowering Takeaway

Before the year 2023 ends, I learned to never ever be too complacent in any area of my life–career, relationship, and growth. Yes I had reliable work, and was even promoted. However, I thought I could rely on my colleagues because it will be my first time to handle people older than me. I was wrong. When I thought that my bestfriend who I shared my broken relationship moments with, for a year, about my recent ex. I believed that she would also help me lift myself up from that fall. I guess bestfriends are the scariest ones; ended our nine years of friendship, I should never share my weakest point. Talking about growth, I thought that when I went out of my comfort zone to pursue a different path of life, I would be happier but I was wrong for the third time. It took months of crying every night, motivating yourself to get through the day, missing home and your loved ones that you can talk to anything. I believed that leaving my country would lead me to a different kind of happiness. Perhaps this could be possible if I concentrated on my goal and did not push things too fast. I honestly got over confidence and made it as a tool for me to be back on track that it also became my lesson. I really considered everything as a lesson for me to know more about myself and to harness my inner strength to help me become a stronger, more determined version that is ready to rule the world.

For the year 2024, I will dig deep. I will look at the bigger picture as much as possible, and consider weighing things that are beneficial, of course to me and to my environment. I will be more thoughtful about every choice I will make and the consequences it may have. I can say that I am more mature than last year. I now know how to say “yes” and “no”, and am able to explain to people the definition of 'limitation’ without even having to look on Google. There is nothing wrong with being cautious nowadays, especially people who are adding up for not being trustworthy; and it is not our fault. On a friendly note, if I never learned from the experiences and lessons I had in the past, then I will only be accountable to myself.

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