11 lessons I've learned in the last 10 years

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It never occurred to me that with a new year comes a new decade. Maybe because the end of the year means nothing to me except the beginning of a new year, and I never mark it with celebrations, lists, and crazy promises to myself that I then stop keeping after I realize I've set myself overly ambitious goals.

It didn't occur to me that a new decade was coming until I was scrolling bangladesh whatsapp list Flipboard and came across an article about how a new decade was coming. Of course, like any confused person anxiously waiting for their coffee to cool enough to function semi-normally and hopefully survive the day without major injuries, I grabbed my phone and shouted "Hey Siri, open calendar" because ever since I started using virtual assistants, I can't find anything on my phone on my own even if my life depended on it.

Siri obediently opened the phone (Siri is great even though it hasn't learned to cool my coffee yet) and at that moment I said to myself: "Look, look... a new decade is really coming. And where did the last one go?"

Since math is not my strong suit, I started counting on the fingers of both hands and both feet decades, years, millennium anniversaries and similar overcomplicated details that just, without the first cup of coffee, burned out my brain. From that day, which wasn't that long ago, I became obsessed with the new decade and, like any other obsessed person, I started thinking about what I did smart in the last decade, where I am now compared to then and similar topics that become depressing when you realize that maybe 10 whole years have passed but that you are more or less where you were.

Is that good or bad? I have no idea, but it can quickly depress you when you realize that you still don't have a chauffeur-driven Aston Martin, you don't live in New York, you don't have a separate room for your shoes (you barely have one to yourself), and you're not an internationally known business person, celebrity, motivational speaker, astronaut, chef, or whatever else crossed your mind 10 or so years ago when you were young, stupid, and full of energy.

After I decided that I shouldn't bother with such thoughts and gave (over)ambitious goals another 10 years, I decided to move on to happier topics. And all this before the first coffee, which was still steaming, just like it was steaming from my brain, while Siri stubbornly refused to blow on the coffee to cool it down faster.

What are some happier topics that a sleep-deprived introvert can address in the early hours of the morning, before their first cup of coffee, and after experiencing an epiphany that a new decade is coming? Of course, these are the lessons I've learned over the past 10 years.

If I can't count international recognition, stocks in Swiss banks, real estate around the world, and famous friends like Branson and Cook, then I guess I can list 10 or so (minimum) lessons I've learned in 10 years.