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Happy 2013! New year, new beginnings.

Blogging and writing are definitely a secret past-time of mine, but among many of the challenges I have, finishing something <for example... my food, movies, blog posts, books... you name it> is up there on things i need to work on.

I wrote this post sometime in early January and I had a problem with finishing it, so I didn't get to post it. But because of a kind comment on my blog, I was drawn back to it. So here goes:

                                                                                                                                             January 2013


With the welcoming of 2013, I feel the need to have an obligatory new year's post.

So here it is. The end of a wonderful year full of adventures, food, friends, life long memories.

It's crazy to think how different of a year 2012 was for me. I began it, celebrating with friends in Seoul and ended it, celebrating with friends in London.

Undoubtedly 2011 was a monumental year for me, and 2012 definitely rivaled it, in terms of the explorations, chances, and experiences that I had -- a traditional Nepali wedding in Kathmandu, one last eye-opening semester and summer in Berkeley, sky-diving, a spring break road trip to LA and Disneyland, first adventure in Las Vegas, another mini-holiday in LA, and of course, a ridiculously life-changing 5 months in Europe, jumping across numerous national borders.

With every year, I hope to become a little more wise and mature, appreciative of what I have, and more knowledgeable about the world and what it is that I want in life and who it is that I want to be. 

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I am not going to say I have New Year's resolutions, because those are often temporary, but I do have personal goals that I would like to achieve and maintain during this new year.


[Edit 4/5/2013: These weren't exactly the goals that I had in mind when I first wrote this post, but I left it unfinished, so here, I am inputting the goals that I have at the current time]
-- I would like to refocus on myself and continually improve on myself, in all aspects -- as in my health and wellness to become more fit and healthy, continuing to learn and absorb knowledge, and working specifically on my confidence
-- I would like to find my passion and what it is that drives me and be able to develop a 5-year if not 10-year plan for myself
-- Be happy
-- Finish things, be they movies, books, my food, my daily goals - Commit to things and see them to their completion without giving up 


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