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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.