It has been an amazing journey so far and after almost 3 months it’s time to take the next step.
With a heavy heart, I bid goodbye to London and make my way back to the current homeland Dubai for a fresh start with new opportunities and a completely new profile – as a certified Personal Trainer. Not just any PT, one who has dreams, aspirations and blessings of family & friends who believe in her. Will I miss my new den where I spent the last great 3 months? Yes I will. Will I come back? For sure I will. How do I know that? Coz my visa is still valid and I surely want to spend some more valuable days here, feels like I know this city so well! Once you miss that one bus, one tube, are low on your oyster card and know where to fill it from, find ways to get to new places, go home in a cab / uber, know the shortcuts to the regular places on foot, you know the place already, that’s London for anyone. It has been an amazing journey and the fact that I have no idea what the next step holds and no expectations from anyone but myself, it opens avenues for me to learn with an open mind and make the most of this new professional career that I have chosen, which some can’t still believe while the others always knew this is for me.
Sitting in the flight waiting for it to take off, am thinking of all the moments spent with strangers who are now good friends, teachers who will keep teaching with the same interest and even random people whom I met at the gym where I signed up for 10 days, spending 2-3 hours each day. Interesting fact was that it impressed me how much they were ccurious to know about the status of my visa, ticket and interviews, they kept asking me everyday in my last few visits and listened with full interest, wishing me luck. It’s all coming back, more importantly; I feel like I have re-discovered myself, by being open to trying new things, trusting life and it’s instincts as well as believing that in the end, it all works out for the best.
Process is key, believing in the process means you trust the result and believing in yourself means you are willing to do what it takes, to get where you want to be. To challenge myself, I tried a 30-day challenge with one of the fitness experts at home and am now am on day 23, how these days passed spending or rather sweating for 15 minutes every day, I don’t even recall. All I know is that she shared her vision, her target that I made mine and we together, made it happen. Everyday it took a bit more of hard work, focusing at the core to upper body, lower body, yoga and stretches… it was all a process, I just had to show up (ok, more than that, I had to do the exercises with her) and we were sweating, me in the comfort of the living room while the sun was shining brightly, even on days when the rain and clouds overshadowed the place. The target was… keep calm and carry on!
What’s next? Got some opportunities with the job as I have received some amazing feedback on my application and I can’t wait to meet the leaders of the fitness industry, and see what works best for both sides. Soon, I shall know what lies ahead and soon I shall get to that gym which shall be my ‘happy place’ for the days to follow.
I am so looking forward to reconnecting with the people that were and are an important part of my years in Dubai, who stayed in touch in their own ways and made me feel special even while I was not with them in the past 3 months. Can’t wait to go on our usual long runs again, can’t wait to chat with them and share my experience, can’t wait to have our traditional South Indian breakfast together on a weekend after the group run and can’t wait for them to tell me how I should start working on my next marathon that’s coming up in November. ‘Yes sir’ as I would say to my coach and other running buddies who like to pass their wisdom and share my vision.
Cheers to the next chapter of life as it unfolds!
