First thing first!
Before I start boring you all with my verbose, I want to thank @anomadsoul for creating this contest. Pardon me @anomadsoul, I don’t see this as a contest. In fact it is a great opportunity for everyone of us to irrationally analyse the whole year of our life and learn something from every achievement, every accolade & every failure we have been through.
As I started brainstorming for my spent year, with every achievement thought came a sense of gratitude and with every failure remembered came determination.
Starting days of 2017 were a period of great uncertainty for me. I was planning to get married and set up my new home. Nothing was in place, my life was chaotic and future seemed uncertain but I got through all of this unscathed and triumphed. So here is the recap of my 2017 :
The Achievements
Philanthropy
For me, the most comforting achievement of this year has been the philanthropic work that I got involved into. I am not a big fan of self bolstering when it comes to philanthropy so I will keep a lid on the details. The only thing I would say is that "I did my best to help those who needed my help and still feels that I could have done more".
Falling in Love and Getting Married
When it comes to my love life, the year 2017 have been great. I fell in love with this amazing girl and got married. It has been great ever since and I feel blessed all the time.
Steemit
This is where 2017 gets most exciting for me!. I discovered an amazing platform called STEEMIT and started steeming. Its was like I was born new and finally my voice was accorded with audience. On steemit it felt great to connect with other fellow steemians (divergents and castaways) like me.
Blood Donation
I have been a constant blood donor for Fatimid Foundation ( a non profit organization helping patients with Thalassaemia & Hematological disorders) for around 8 years. My blood type is B- and it is unique as only 1 in 67 people (approx. 1.5%) have B-blood. I feel with this rarity comes the responsibility of helping those who are in need. Just think every single drop of your blood giving a struggling life some fighting chance.
The Failures
No Reconciliation with My Father
For year 2017 my biggest failure is, not being able to make peace with my father. I am not proud of it but I just can't let go of his betrayal to my family. This doesn't mean that I don't love him but sometimes things aren't as simple as sound. Intricacies of human emotions are yet a bit undiscovered.
Not Enough Family Time
I have not been able to spend the amount of time with my family that they deserve and consider this a failure on my part. The nature of my job doesn't allow me enough spare time but still I could have done better.
Not Investing in Bitcoin
A friend of mine advised me of buying bitcoin three months ago but I didn't listened to him (BTC was around 3500$ at that time). And now here I am writing and regretting about it!
Goals for 2018
- To be a better human being.
- To learn something new everyday.
- To get 1000 Steempower.
- To buy a new car.
- To visit a foreign country.
So that was all about my 2017 and it felt great to share with you all. I will also love to read about how your year went so feel free to drop your links below in comments section.
PS:
I want to pay my regards to @ilyastarar for his continuous support and guidance.
A wonderful read bro. Thanks for mentioning me at the ends. Regards acknowledged and likewise for your kindness.
We all that one bitter spot left hanging each year. Mine was love life and marriage. Happy for you in that department. Next year can be the year of peace. I hope...
My best wishes and prayers are with you, my friend.
May Allah make you the happiest person on planet and grant you the enduring peace. Ameen
Keep it up
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Thanks:)
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Thanks my friend
I love the stance you take on not revealing your philanthropic actions. Cheers to a great 2018.
Yeah Cheers:)
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Cheers!
@mitneb
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Cheers!
@mitneb
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Thanks very much, @feyrdauze88! I will take a look at it soon.
Cheers!
@mitneb
Thanks for cosideration
Great post my friend.. about one of the failures you mentioned when you said you couldn't give time to your family..
thats part of professional life.. i regret that too.. even 365 days in a year are not enough for that.. so chin up and try to find ways in 2018 to spend more time with them..
One suggestion : change your topic to "My 2017 : Achievements and Failures" because the contest demands that this should be the title.. anything you want to add in title must be put after the above mentioned line..
Blessings...
Thanks for pointing out....and you are right even 365 days are not enough.!
Just read this and feeling happy that I did finally read your post. So happy to learn about all your achievements. You did really well and I am sure your wife is lucky to have you.
Thank you @sharoonyasir
awww congratulations on your marriage this year and love that you did some philanthropic work!!
Thanks you very much for kind words...
I've been planning to sit down soon and think about my 2017 year. It was a big year for me, full of accomplishments and failures. Reading your post reminded me that it is important to reflect.
If you write do send me a link. I would love to read...Cheers
I just started! Here is something I wrote today. I think it's a good philosophy to take into 2018. ;) Please let me know what you think.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@chrismccron/steemit-is-like-a-potluck
Excellent post, you're so talented!
Thanks
I love how you have great goals for 2018. I feel like looking at our achievements is great so that we can achieve even more in the future.
Thanks my friend...
that's really great man keep it up :)
Thanks
i so love your roller coaster ride in 2017.. have a blessed 2018 ahead!
Appreciated
Great article reflecting on your year, @xabi! I have B- blood also, and I didn't realize it was so rare. Now you have inspired me to donate blood. I used to do it regularly, but have not done so for quite a few years. Now I have a reason to start donating again.
And congratulations on your new marriage. I wish you a lifetime of blessing in it.
I've upvoted and resteemed this article as my daily post promotion for people whom I have previously curated.
Cheers!
@mitneb
Thanks for kind consideration...
And about blood please donate, it can regenerate...ask your doctor for complete guide...
Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks, @xabi. We have a blood donation bus that comes to our church periodically. I will make sure to give the next time it comes.
Cheers!
@mitneb
beautiful touching story:):)
God bless your famiy my friend:)
And goodluck and all the best in the future!
cheers!
Thanks my friend...!!Appreciated
Hats off to you! You have blood donation in your achievement. ^_^
Thanks man.
Thanks man.
Congratulations on getting married !
And good luck for your goals.
Thanks for the best wishes...
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It takes 3 months to completely recover after a blood donations....
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