May has always been a month of transformation for me. In my life-story, it deserves a special mention. The thing with my life-story is, it oscillates between extremes, and the month of May has always added the maximum swing to it.
Till few years ago, I used to intentionally try to spice up my days. Now I don’t even try. Still from nowhere I am in the middle of some high-voltage action, which, I must admit, is fun but tiring too. I had done a post on May at the starting of the month in 2019 to commemorate the positive impact it has had on me. I felt it’s befitting to call out those major events that have happened in this particular month.
The good part of it…
It was in one hot and humid May of 2009 that I first left my home to start a journey, which has recently touched the ten-year milestone of me being totally on my own, traversing through cities, jobs, and stays. And, witnessing incredible experiences and life lessons!
It was in another hot summery May of 2008 that I graduated with a gold medal, topping my college and getting a very good seat for a Masters degree, only to leave all of those and go for an MBA in an out-and-out unknown quarter.
If that sounded exciting, then May of 2011 was even more as that’s when I started my career – my first step toward being an independent and self-sustained person. There was no looking back after that.
Wait… there was! In the same month of 2014, I had to restart my career after bringing it down to zero. May of 2016 saw me making a major move, something which I had never imagined. I moved to Delhi to charter a new chapter of my life and hopefully add some more!
The other part…
But, life is not so hunky-dory. When I had written that post, I had consciously skipped some of the other events. Positive or negative, I am nobody to comment, but they were eye-openers.
In May of 2010, I stumbled on the reality of someone, who had purposefully hidden it from me. It broke me down, as by that time he was already an integral part of my routine. When I come to think of it now, I feel he had his reasons.
When I was restarting my career in May 2014, I was also falling apart from someone who was undeniably one of the best inclusions to my being. We both were facing the discomforting truth of life together and it wasn’t a nice feeling. We knew a day would come when things would end, and I don’t know about him, but it scared me out of my sleep.
Now this one may sound silly but it was an ordeal for me. People who know me are also aware that my phone is my personal assistant. I can’t do anything without it. In May of 2017, it conked off after it fell into a sink for a split second. It could have been repaired with much less hassle, but instead of that, I went to all the wrong people who robbed me off thousands of money. Finally, it did get fixed, after two months of utmost chaos. In those two months, I had categorically told people not to expect anything from me as I didn’t have my phone.
Coming to a more recent May and what triggered me to write the not-so-good part of it. At the starting of May 2019, with no prior intimation, I was dragged into an uncalled-for drama, which lasted for two weeks (and from what I have understood, it could spur again). In the end of the month, I was part of a called-for one – partly known, partly unknown – but nevertheless, histrionics do attract me.
Having said all these, May is also the month in which some of my very good friends were born. So, I have some beautiful birthday memories as well. I had launched this website in May too. Not so bad, is it?!
To end it, I don’t want May to be any more spectacular, but I know somehow every year it will surprise me. Going by my birthday cycle, it’s a mid-year reality check for me, and I am prepared for it. May the force be with me!
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