Steem Sri Lanka Year-End Contest | Looking Back at 2021

Happy December everyone! What a nice month full of events. So here is the flashback of my life in 2021. First of all, I should thank @randulakoralage for organizing this massive contest and hosting the party on the 31st. A wonderful day you had chosen. Bravo!! (You may understand why I'm saying so) And thank you @imanthadd for nominating me. I kindly invite @warunarukshan and @templeflower to share your 2021 with us. And why not, we love to know how 2021 was for you, @randulakoralage.

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There were lots of plans for me from the beginning of 2021. But I knew this would be a really hard year because of the pandemic. Some of my targets were not achieved. But I'm not disappointed because this is new normal.

For almost all the first five months of this year, I was busy with my internship. I had an offer from China to complete my internship in China, but because of covid, I had to turnover that offer. However, I was selected as an intern at MAS active. It was a really friendly surrounding. I met lots of people and almost all were very nice to me. I learned a lot and was able to join a department trip which was unforgettable.

I love to do charity work, because of this situation it was not that much easy than before. But I helped to build a chamber in Sri Pada, Repair a roof in Kalugala and distributed school equipment for children in Ohiya. There were some more works. I couldn't join them physically but I help them to raise funds.

In previous years I was able to travel around the country to teach maths for children in rural areas by Ganitha Saviya program. But this year I didn't get that chance. I really miss that.

Normally I travel a lot but this year there were only a few memorable trips to Haputhale, Sri pada, Katharagama, and Ohiya. According to my girlfriend, my Instagram account is covered with spider webs 😒

From May our academic works at uni started online. It was a really annoying thing to sit in front of the laptop for the whole day alone. Assignments, final year projects, other projects, quizzes, vivas... you name it.

I started an online men's clothing store last year with one of my friends. We just do it for fun, but because of my friend's great efforts and enormous dedication, it's gradually blooming from the beginning of this year. So I also had to allocate time for that too.

We lost my father's sister's husband this year, who was really close to us. I know we all lost lots of lovely Sri Lankans especially because of covid. My deepest sympathies for all those families.

I was able to win the first place in my two photography competitions organized by the University of Sri Jayawardhanapura and Rajarata University. It was a great motivation for me.

From October onwards I joined the Steemit platform. It was a great benchmark in my life. I learned a lot from others' articles and by sharing my thoughts with others I feel more energetic every day. I was very lucky to join the Steem Sri Lanka community where I learned about Steemit from zero. Thank you very much guys, for your great feedback and guidance. Within 2 and half months, I passed the 400 SP target from all your support and I do my best to reach 500 SP before December 31st, which is my birthday.

Year-end is not for making plans for the upcoming year. Make plans every day for a better future. I wish you all nothing but the best!