#whatididthisyear

As we approach the end of this year I thought I will sit down and write things I did this year that I'm happy about, in no particular order 1- Having a gastric sleeve surgery and losing 45 kgs till now 2- Passing the Musculoskeletal System Committee Exam (which is one of the hardest committee exams) 3- Actually going to the FRP (fantasy roleplay) club I'm a member of and making awesome friends as well as getting to spend time with an old friend from highschool. And thus having a group of friends who will encourage me to go out and have fun instead of hiding away at my dorm room all the time.

4- Making a new friend from my actual class at summer and thus getting out of my comfort zone through her. Now I have good relations with my classmates unlike last year, and since I have friends I'm rarely out of the loop with what's going on in class

5- Learning to sit down and study, doesn't matter what, but just sitting down to study before it is actually a week before an exam

6- Having better relations with my mother

7- Working at a job and earning my own money no matter how little it is

8- Learning that ideally it is good to always speak up about something you don't agree with but in practice you might not want to do that if you want to allow people in a group to get to know you without being intimidated 

9- Realizing that my parents are people with their own personal problems and flaws and I shouldn't burden them with all of my problems, but at the same time I should start speaking up when they start loading their problems onto me whenever I get home from a tiring week.

10- Getting a steam account and learning that sometimes a 10 bucks game might be more entertaining than a 100 bucks one

11- Listening to the same friend who got me out of my comfort zone and ignoring my bias about a particular teacher (I always thought she didn't like me). According to my post-graduation plans, the only research topic which will benefit me belongs to the said teacher and if it was left to my anxious and insecure self I would have not joined that research group. But she convinced me that I was being prejudiced and even if she was as bad as I said I shouldn't let that stand in the way of my academic life.