The Year that Was

It might seem like an offbeat topic to start a personal blog with, but the reason why I am actually writing and posting this is because of all that happened this past year. Trust me, there wouldn't be any better way to get started with this blog .

The past year had so much to teach me, owing to the fact that it was the "transition year" of my life, when we were supposed to leave the comfort zones of our schools and enter a completely new,different and unknown phase of our lives. As cliched as the previous sentence might have sounded, it is completely true !
It is one thing to sit in the comfortable classrooms under the extensive care and guidance of your high school teachers and hear them talk of all the difficulties that one might face in the years ahead and a completely different thing to find yourself amidst all those difficulties with just a person or two by your side.

Aah no, I am not trying to scare anyone off ! These are just the bag of emotions that I feel when I think of what all we were going through during this time, just an year back. The feeling of graduating from the place we called "home" for fourteen years of our lives hasn't even sunk in yet and we're already running the rat-race of securing ourselves a seat in a college which would soon become our life for the coming few years.
Entrances, exams, tensions, results, excitements, counselling, insomnia, confusions, what have we not gone through during this "transition period" !

However, all of this seems completely justified when finally you get accepted by a college which seems great (maybe not initially, but later definitely !) pursuing a course of your choice. For me, the happiness was doubled to have with me a dear friend, a source of strength, someone whose mere presence ensures that despite the difficulties, the coming four years would be completely amazing.

When I try to remember the happenings of the past year, I just can't seem to remember much except the initial week of college ! The anxiety and excitement of meeting new people, getting used to a new atmosphere and most importantly the new schedule which needed to be followed.
Yes, IIITD was what had happened. Yes, it is one of the best things to have happened to me ! Not only did it bring with itself truckloads of work and deadlines but also enriched my life with some absolutely amazing people, people who make me wonder how my life seemed complete prior to the past year.

The year brought me the realization that regardless of whatever people might say about "friends after school", those who are meant to be, you'll still find them by your side.
Seen in retrospect, everything that happened then, makes complete sense now. If nothing else, I now know that whatever happens, happens for a reason.

Just give time a chance. Let the bigger picture unfold.