I am in the process of getting my 3rd passport as the 2nd one is about to expire. I got my first passport issued in '95 & 2nd in '06 & my 3rd should be issued in a month's time in '16. While waiting for my appointment in passport office i thought about how much life has changed during the time my last passport was issued and now when it is about to expire.
Firstly in purely travel terms , i have been to 10 countries on this passport (first passport had 5 Visas on it). More importantly, i had been to 3 continents by '06 & now have added 3 more to it.
Professionally, i had not started working when my last passoprt was issued. Now i am almost 10 years old in my work life and have worked for 2 companies.
Personally, i was a bachelor in '06 and i met a girl 2 years later, got married in '10 & got the best moment of my life when Myra was born in '14. As of now even she has travelled to 3 countries :). Also, I have made my best friends i guess in last 10 years during and after my MBA and they are the one i count on if there is anything to be sorted out in my life.
Also, in the last decade i have changed homes 6 times though all of it has been in Mumbai. More Strikingly, all the 6 homes have been within a distance of 500 Meters. The last one i have moved into a month back is a place that i have bought & am extremely content that i have been able to give a permanent roof to my family in Mumbai.
Altogether, its been a satisfying decade personally & travel wise. work wise i am not where i want to be but still in a better position that i had hoped to be 10 years back.
So, what now for next decade before i move to my 4th passport? I am never the one for goals since i firmly believe that we control a very small fraction of what happens in our lives. Still, in next decade i want to travel to 10 new countries with my daughter and wife and also want to arrange a euro trip for my parents. Personally, i hope to be debt free in next 10 years and own 4 properties which i earn rent out of. Professionally i still dont know where i would want to be but if i am employable after 10 years and able to fend for my family, i would be content.
looking forward to my 3rd passport...
Firstly in purely travel terms , i have been to 10 countries on this passport (first passport had 5 Visas on it). More importantly, i had been to 3 continents by '06 & now have added 3 more to it.
Professionally, i had not started working when my last passoprt was issued. Now i am almost 10 years old in my work life and have worked for 2 companies.
Personally, i was a bachelor in '06 and i met a girl 2 years later, got married in '10 & got the best moment of my life when Myra was born in '14. As of now even she has travelled to 3 countries :). Also, I have made my best friends i guess in last 10 years during and after my MBA and they are the one i count on if there is anything to be sorted out in my life.
Also, in the last decade i have changed homes 6 times though all of it has been in Mumbai. More Strikingly, all the 6 homes have been within a distance of 500 Meters. The last one i have moved into a month back is a place that i have bought & am extremely content that i have been able to give a permanent roof to my family in Mumbai.
Altogether, its been a satisfying decade personally & travel wise. work wise i am not where i want to be but still in a better position that i had hoped to be 10 years back.
So, what now for next decade before i move to my 4th passport? I am never the one for goals since i firmly believe that we control a very small fraction of what happens in our lives. Still, in next decade i want to travel to 10 new countries with my daughter and wife and also want to arrange a euro trip for my parents. Personally, i hope to be debt free in next 10 years and own 4 properties which i earn rent out of. Professionally i still dont know where i would want to be but if i am employable after 10 years and able to fend for my family, i would be content.
looking forward to my 3rd passport...
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