Milestones

Rose Kennedy said: Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Well, I wish to disagree with her. I believe if I had no milestones, I would not have enjoyed my life the way I have for the past 30 years. These milestones got designed when the realization hit me that I would not be allowed to pursue my choice of subjects. I was being indulged academically but the end goal was marriage (yeah, I know I belong to that era). This activity was looming heavily like a water-filled balloon over my head ever since I turned 18- tsk tsk. Never to say no to disappointments, I discarded the milestone I had curated as a teenager and formulated new milestones. 

Work+studies, marriage, kids, work in that order were my goals for the next 25years age-wise. I had curated a way of living my mind, how it would look to the outside world and how it would pan out socially/ materialistically in those 25 years. I am a proud milestone achiever, have enjoyed every bit of the journey, even though there were buckets full of ups and downs in certain aspects of my life. I've enjoyed my pregnancy, my crazy work-life balance that never got balanced, meeting accomplished humans who helped me grow as an individual while in the back of my mind I wondered most days if I had put the gas stove off.  Of course, in my pursuit of meeting my milestones, I did make many mistakes, I created loads of ruckus and drove humans mad. Hahaha, the pleasures are all mine cause I am a human too!

Are Milestones required in pursuit of a fulfilling life? Yes, they are very much required. The purpose of life is to live it to the fullest and milestones aid us in reaching that goal. Spoiler alert, when pursuing your milestones, make sure you have listed down the pros and cons, factored in heartbreaks and setbacks and have got your emotional intelligence in order.

Once done, go ahead like a galloping horse.