Embarrassing Reality Checks

This is easily the most embarassing post on my blog, till date. But I guess, most reality checks are.

So, when I was 24, I wrote out a list of things I wish to do by the time I am 30. I don't know what I was thinking, clearly, not about being realistic.

I turn 30 in 10 days. Time to take a look at the list and hide in shame.

• First the unavoidables, lets get done with them first - Fall in love, get married. :P - DONE. Thank God for that.
• Travel. A lot. Europe, South America, New Zealand, South East Asia, South Africa, who knows maybe US also! - Well. I traveled a lot to Europe. Again and again to Europe. That does not count, does it? I did not cover any of the other places on the list. And I thought I traveled well.
• Visit all the major cities - New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Chicago, Berlin, Sydney. - Fail. Again. Done with London and Berlin.
• Travel. A Lot. In India. - Not much, again. The standards. Goa, Mumbai.
• Seriously start thinking about writing a book. - I seriously thought about this last year. And then I stopped thinking. Not sure if I should continue the list. Too much red.
• Watch Wimbledon live, in the stadium and see Federer squash Nadal. If this doesn't happen in the next couple of years, I might have to change the Federer to Djokovic. - Most definitely no. They will all stop playing soon.
• Go to Brazil to see 2014 Football World Cup. Nope, I am not a football fan otherwise. But I love the World Cup! - Nope. Did not go. Watched it on TV.
• Go for a live in concert of atleast 2 or 3 favorite bands - Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Eagles. Any of these will do! - Sigh. I have not lived the last 6 years. My list of to-attend concerts has increased with Adele. And no, I have not seen even one performance so far.
• Dance. Atleast once. - In the confines of my living room counts, ok. Let's not be too strict.
• Fall in love with a city that is not Delhi. #UncharacteristicShowOfMaturity #Turning24 - I like Bangalore. Despite all its mayhem, I think it's good. I also loved Prague. I don't think I can go back to Delhi any more. Definitely grew up.
• Career! I forgot about that one! :P I don't want to be CEO when I'm 30. I think I found my calling and that's Marketing. I'm good at it, and that's what I want to do for a long time to come. But by the time I'm 30, I hope I'm good enough for people to start wanting to hear me talk about marketing. That'd be more than enough for me! - Brace for the red. I quit my job, for God's sake. So I am not CEO for sure. I did Marketing. I do love it. But, I have no idea what my career is any more. I can answer this better next year. For now, its a red.
• Disney Land. #Turning24ButStillAChild - More red.
• Own a house that looks as homely as Konkana Sen's in Wake Up Sid and as classy as Farhan Akhtar's in Rock On! :D - Well, I don't own a house. But I like our house. It's homely and airy. Classy and all is too much. I don't know what I was thinking.
• Honda CRV. That'll be *my* car and I'll be driving it. - Cannot stop laughing for this one. What dreams. I own a tiny Hyundai i10. The smallest possible car. It's good looking though, despite the dents and scratches I keep supplying it with.
• Formally learn to play guitar. I am done fiddling with it! - Proudly green on this - Not guitar, but Piano. And how I love it.
• Upgrade my reading list to more mature books - Maybe non-fiction? *shudder* We'll keep this for the later years. I can start when I'm 29, read one non fiction and cut it off the list! #Turning24 #BecomingSmarter - Again, proud green. Last year, I read more non-fiction than fiction. Agreed it's for the course. But, non-fiction, nonetheless.
• I hope I continue my blog till I'm 30 so I can cross stuff off this list! - Sigh. Blog continued - yes. Strike things off - No. It's a green, nonetheless. The idea was to continue the blog.

So how did we fare?

Greens - 7 out of 17

Reds - 10 out of 17

I am a little embarassed, but also amused. How cute and unassuming was I. 

Maybe, for the 30th birthday, I will make a new list - for when I turn 35. I will be more realistic this time.

Cheers!