Summer Self-Reflection

As I look back in the last 1 ½ years, it’s been a tremendous personal and professional growth. I’m about to complete my joint Executive MBA from the Washington University in St Louis and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and am the Board President for the upcoming school year at an international school in Mumbai.  I would have never predicted how this opportunity to live in India would re-shape and re-vitalize my life. Spending a few weeks back in the US, it feels good to “re-charge”, eat comfort foods, and see my friends again. It’s like I never Colorado open spaceleft, but it’s a little different. I feel and think differently and definitely appreciate the small things in life I used to take for granted – life is slower, choices are plentiful (I forgot how overwhelming going to the local grocery store can be), and there is space – lots of it!

 

With July 4 around the corner, I feel thankful that as an American, we have access to anything and everything we need and then some…But, it’s still not same. I do miss seeing the global nature of Mumbai (Indian, British, Japanese, Koreans, etc.) and sometimes the craziness, a love-hate between something uniquely powerful but equally maddening.  In the end, I wouldn’t trade it for anything and look forward to our last scheduled year in Mumbai to make the most of it.  It’s hard to convey this perspective if you haven’t experienced it but you become a better person for it.  Who knows what the future may bring and as they say in India, “Anything is possible”.  It certainly is.

Diwali Celebration

(Diwali celebration in Mumbai)

 

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