2020 has come to an end and yet, there is not a tat bit of relief in this sentence. What we’re bringing along in the new year is an unfinished battle, perhaps leading into a kind of war we’re yet to discover about. Excuse my blatant or rather, unprofessional reference to made-up analogies whenever I describe something. But if there’s one thing I’ve learnt, in all these years, is how life is composed of certain affairs that may not necessarily respect the schedules of a fiscal year or a five-year plan. The fact that we’re cautiously looking forward to 2021 as possibly a better year is something only determinable by our own actions.

My point is, that our optimism is only justifiable by the might of our efforts. There’s luck too, but the ship of an evolved mankind relying on something as wavery as luck, I think, is lunacy. I believe that we’re much more capable in this far evolved era, to account for crises such as the pandemic in smart and measurable ways. We have probably spent 2020 cursing on the ambiguity of situations that interfered in almost everything we do. Worse, I think we’ve had too much time to criticize on the actions being taken while having only little or no time to actually do something about it. What a sad truth on the part of being an evolved race.

It’s almost a week into 2021 now. After a gloomy New Year’s Eve in a place that was practically a lone hotel room, I realized how close I was to an emotional washout. Not only at that instant, but probably for a long time. One might find it relatable to be resentful about having too much on the plate and yet finding no purpose in it. Especially in a transition phase from school to work, I feel that we go through an enormous shift that faintly discerns the environment we actually get into. But I think that is sort of given. We tend to ask questions that are probably answered in haze and often not answered at all. It’s silly to realize how emotional we can get over things that are so monotonous or seem to be. I for one, feel that most of our institutions overlook the unfailing decency and rationale in the questions we ask. This may have something to do with our work culture-the habit of leaving things how they are. In short, most of us fear change or perhaps, it is an excuse for being a bit lazy. I don’t know.

So, may be from this year, we can get rid of the idea of avoiding something whenever we find it conflicted. It’s nothing new actually, only rare that we practice it. I’m ambivalent about it too, but I’m down for anything that serves the purpose for discovery. Laugh.

Happy New Years