Dear Irfana,
As I write this to the younger version of myself, I can’t feel reminiscence about how time has flown by, before I want to tell you things that I could have done, first I need to appreciate myself for coming a long way, because if I don’t appreciate myself, who will?
I truly believe, I’m my biggest supporter, cheerleader, and critic. As a small girl, who studied in a not so cool school back then, in plaits and white ribbons, now I feel I have reached a long way.
I was confident in school and was always a leader. I was told I had a certain attitude, (thankfully, it wasn’t a bad attitude) , I was always a rebel ,who thought outside the box and liked to do different things . whatever I did was always different, while many didn’t understand or maybe it didn’t succeed, I truly enjoyed, I never regretted the fact that I did things differently even if they didn’t work out many times, because I was very passionate about my work.
When people asked me after college, what my 5-year plan was, i thought it was the most stupid question, and often thought how someone could makes a 5-year plan, if we don’t know if one s alive next day or not, I never took it seriously. Also, I’m the first doctor in my entire clan (wow, just realising this), so no one could give me a direction in medical field. My family had humble beginnings and were into business, I have business genome in every DNA of my body.
The only thing I would tell myself was I should have made that 5-year plan, be it business or medicine. there is a reason why these methods are time tested, it may be gives you direction and focus into where you want to be.
But I still don’t regret (coz I love myself so much) , I feel had I made a 5 year plan , life would have been different . The choices and decisions which I make now are much more suited to what I want to be, rather than what I should have been! (We all know, nykaa was founded at 40 years)
So, be it the 5-year plan or no, there is learning everyday and there is a new opportunity every day.
So let time not deter you and not to be hard about choices you did not make , because I believe, today is the beginning of everything .
Remember, Life chooses you!
