25*25
Jul 30, 2017 · 3 min read

2017 has not only been “interesting” so far to say the least but also marks a milestone in my 25 years of existence. And what better way to celebrate my entering into adulthood than by making a list?!
here are SOME of the things i learnt along the way, hand-picked and arranged in the order of “am 25 not 52 so just shut up and read on”.
Shall we?
- Social media status holds ZERO importance in the real world. Inarguably.
- You hardly choose your friends. You only get chosen. And if you’re lucky, you get to convince them that they’ve indeed made the right choice.
- The impact of joy or pain brought about by any incident disappears or at least starts to fade away after a maximum of 60 days.
- New is not always better. If anything, it’s just more convenient.
- Ingrid Michaelson is a grossly underrated artiste.
- You will NEVER fully understand anyone’s story and just when you begin to think you do, the narrative would’ve long been edited.
- There’s no such thing as a coincidence; what it is is a carefully pre-planned occurrence designed to blow your mind on degrees of how aware you are.
- French fries were invented by the Belgians for which the French took credit (Not cool yo!)
- Spider-Man is my favourite superhero mainly because of his ability to climb skyscrapers with ease. [And that’s never going to change]
- Talking to yourself in the mirror can prove to be extremely therapeutic; provided you like yourself at that particular moment in time.
- Scientific/academic research isn’t always about saving humanity. 70% of the time(unverified data), it’s about acquiring grants and publishing articles that may be read by literally 0 persons.
- German death metal bands speak to you on a spiritual level according to how clueless you are about the lyrics.
- The movie “Pulp Fiction” seems twice as complicated as “Inception” after a whiff of weed(or it could be just me).
- Cheesecake is similar to a lot of nice things in life. Bland yet full of little surprises with an odd sense of comforting familiarity.
- Depending on your life choices, you would encounter atleast 3 profoundly eye-opening experiences with your close ones and it would shift the way you looked at them all along, forever.
- The person whom you had a crush on at 12 would get married to someone else right in front of your eyes at 24. And you wouldn’t feel a thing. That’s the mathematical unit of measurement for “growing up”.
- Everyone craves some form of validation. Every.Single.One. And if you believe you don’t, Congratulations! you just validated your self-righteousness.
- if you’re a girl, depending on your taste in men, the memory of your first kiss will be associated either with the fragrance of a shaving cream or the prickliness of an unkempt stubble.
- The expression “dope” is derived from “Dopamine”, a neurotransmitter responsible for the mental and consequently “emotional” state of being happy/content.
- Having a support group can save your life. Even if it consists of just your mother, sister and best friend(s).
- Happiness does not always lead to peace. Just like how knowledge seldom paves way to clarity. The more you have on your plate, the less satiated is your hunger.
- True love exists; it just takes a (goddamn) while for it to find you. And by the time it does, BOY WOULD YOU FEEL FOUND!
- The amount of unwavering self-respect you have is inversely proportional to how seriously you take yourself on a daily basis.
- Drinking enough water and getting ample night’s sleep can change your entire outlook on life; scientifically and otherwise.
- By now i am open to the idea that atleast half of the things listed above is subject to change in the next 25 years.
And Am i looking forward to the next 25? Absolutely. Am i prepared for them? well, that’s another day’s list. :D
