What is like to be 25?

A casual scribe on my facebook wall, set me thinking for the last few weeks way after my 25th birthday.

(I spent my 25th birthday in a classroom, whilst preparing for an exam..)

What does it mean to be 25 years on earth? ~~ has my existence had any significance ???

Quite honestly, I don't feel 25.. maybe since most people presume that I'm in my later 20s. In fact, majority of my colleagues at Nike didn't believe my age even on my birthday itself :)

At age 25, I'm no longer a baby, child, teen, .....youth.. but slowly embracing adulthood and its responsibilities.
But in career terms, despite dabbling in active employment for nearly 4 years, I feel I'm only at best a toddler in my career development growth.
In fact, one my search these days is to find a career coach/mentor. That story in itself would have to be another posting altogether.

However, I've never based my existence primarily on achievements but instead relationships past or present ranked closer to my heart...

It was indeed heart-warming to receive many well-wishes over facebook on my birthday; however, the reality was that in the next couple of days, I was back spending my weekends alone, in my own thoughts and filling it with fillers such as work and work-0ut sessions.

Work has been such a good excuse and distraction from my abysmal social life. With it, my ability to connect people with me in a personal level has diminished. Work has taught me to be professional and keep my emotions detached; being detached for most of the times has left me a little empty in my tank.

I tried desperately to re-connect / re-engage recently with a lady that I wanted to share more of my life with; but at the very best, I've come to know that I've become a even more difficult person to be with than a year ago.

What does it mean to be 25?

To me, it means ... the best is yet to be

Moving forward.... requires no excuses.

Critically Examin..

The British Uni exams love to start off all our 1 line exam questions with this simply phrase, " Critically examin...."

And flowing with this theme, let me introduce this simple 5 self-reflection ~ meme

Critically examin ...

1. your overall satisfaction with life
2. the success of resolutions made this year
3. what you've done well this year
4. what you wish you can do better
5. what needs to be done to reach those goals