Looking back (An annual review – 2015) – Part 2

1. Writing –
   

   

   
   2015 was not a good year from writing perspective, I published just 8 posts on my Blog. Though I worked on many creative things like photo journalism and photography itself. Also a few random writing pieces. But i couldn’t publish because they were way too private for a public blog.

   So it was not a fulfilling year for writing, even though it was one of the most amazing years of my life in many other ways.

   In 2016, I’ll try to work more on it. I have promised myself to publish at least 2 posts every month so eventually i should write 24 pieces (at least!). But ‘my’ experience with writing has been like – You don’t write, It comes to you. Meaning, words find their way out just when it’s the right time. You are just a medium for the universe. But as i said, it’s just ‘my’ experience, I’m not generalizing this condition.

2. Entrepreneurial efforts –
   

   

   
   Even though this year 2015 was better than the last one. But still, it wasn’t as fulfilling as I wanted it to be. With my efforts and some luck, things started to stir in the right direction. In 2016, I’ll look forward for more movement here. Just to mention, In 2015, almost 2 quarters I didn’t anything about starting up something. In the 3rd quarter i did and put many efforts to give shape to two of my entrepreneurial acts. One failed badly, the other one also didn’t make much of a fuss, but still it was not as bad failure as the first one.

   I learned a lot from these two failures in 2015 and I’m looking forward to 2016 to make corrections there and start over again. This time with more insight and appropriate help*.

3. Finance –
   

   

   
   In my last year’s Annual Review,  I wrote about the journey to the private island (of course it was delusional then). But yes, this year the travel bug has really bit me and to fund my travels i need strong finances. Not only travels; family, routines, lifestyle, businesses; all of it requires money. Personal finances matter. I always care about the personal finances and want to see it grow in an appropriate manner. As I’ve mentioned many times, I’m not one of the kinds who runs after money. But boy! you require money for everything, unless you are not living in the stone age where a good meal costs just few hours of effort to get some fruits down from a tree or chase down a meaty bounty. Yes you need money in this era of human race.

   So this year, I’ve done good in the investment part, cut down some loose ends and tried to make some good calls which are now starting to turn into meaningful values. Even though, the private island is still far, but at least now it’s not a hallucination.

If i don’t in this new year, I’ll definitely give it away to someone who really needs it and will be able to do justice to it. Only time will tell.