For those who know me, easily point out the basic flaw I have- I tend to overdo things as a habit. Just the other day I was telling somebody that the first thing I remember learning in life was not to worry about what others thought about anything. As is usual with me though, I overdid this and stopped giving a damn altogether. Although this outlook usually served me well, the ability to listen to the actual ‘well-wisher’ was lost, which did not end up the way it was intended to. At the ripe old age of 30, it was discovered that I had diabetes, while I was in a hospital getting ‘treated’ for a fever which wouldn’t subside. There was no real family history until you skipped a generation, and looked really hard. I was shocked out of the stupor in which my life was being lived and decided to change things for once.
This was June 3rd, today is December 6th. In the preceding 6 months, I have beaten diabetes (HbA1c within normal range for the first time), lost 14 kilograms of flab, completed a 5k in 31 minutes (not great I know, but I had never run more than 500 meters in the preceding 10 years), dropped 2 sizes, got a 730 on the GMAT, applied for (and got rejected) for a PhD program in Marketing, gave up alcohol completely, and for the first time in my life sleeping for lesser than 8 hours a day and not using an alarm clock.
Almost everything in the above list was a dream, but I never had the courage to go through with it. When I think, it wasn’t tough at all. Am I ready to face life head on? You bet I am.
