New Year Resolutions

Over last few years, I have tried to think of “new year resolutions”, and as it typically happens, not much of those have been achieved as exactly planned. Last to last year, I wanted to start my old habit of reading again and I indeed did well in that year. Last year I wanted to improve upon it and totally failed. I would like to catch up again and I need to finish all the books I have already purchased over the past. 

Last year in 2024, I also wanted to catch up with my old practice of visiting temples and although I totally forgot about this resolution later, I think I did well on this account during the year. 

I also planned to post at least 100 blog posts in the year, and I indeed have posted exactly 100 posts during year 2024. I wanted to stop traveling much, and I have done drastically bad on this goal, and thank God for that. All through the year, I have travelled, and I loved it. 

For 2025, I want to keep up with my habits of reading, writing and visiting places – few things I love. Apart from that, my major focus will be to bring routine to my daily life, with disciplined eating and taking care of health. 

These days, I am trying to reduce my carbon footprint and to keep old world alive away from modern humdrum as much as possible. I have realized how modern lifestyle and modern businesses are destroying our nation’s health and wealth both, and we are largely unaware of it. When I visit smaller places, I realize how life there is still saner as compared to the cities. While returning to the old world may not be possible, to the extent possible, we can still “resist” the mad rush of soulless modern world. I would like to continue these explorations during this year too. 

- Rahul