2021 Recap: What Did I Even Do Last Year?

2021 ended 10 days ago, and I planned to write this 20 days ago.

But 2021 was unpredictable, and so was my life that year.

But are we surprised at anything after 2020? No.

So here I am summarizing my highlights from last year. Enjoy!

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আমি যেভাবে ১০টি ধাপে বাংলাদেশী পাসপোর্ট পেলাম

এ বছরের ফেব্রুয়ারীতে অনলাইন অ্যাপ্লিকেশনে বাংলাদেশী পাসপোর্ট পাওয়ার ধাপ নিয়ে বানানো অনেক ভিডিও এবং অনলাইন লেখা পড়ার পরেও আমি সঠিক তথ্য পাচ্ছিলাম না। মূলত সেগুলোতে দেওয়া প্রায় সব তথ্যই পুরনো হয়ে গিয়েছিল যা আমি বুঝতে পেরেছি প্রথম ধাপে ভুল করেই।

মার্চের শেষে এসে সফলভাবে পাসপোর্ট হাতে পাবার পর মনে হলো, নতুন যারা পাসপোর্ট নিতে চান তাদের জন্য আমার নিজের অভিজ্ঞতা-টুকু ছবি-সহ ধাপে ধাপে বর্ণনা করলে ভালো হয়। তাই আমি পুরো প্রক্রিয়াটি যতটুকু বিস্তারিত-ভাবে বলা যায় এখানে বলছিঃ

My First Year of Bullet Journaling: Structure & Lessons

Bullet Journaling, or BuJo for short, is something I didn’t even hear of until the end of 2020! However, since I was already quite anxious about the future in the middle of a global pandemic, I decided to try it out in the then-upcoming year. And, thankfully, I am very glad I tried out bullet journaling in 2021 because it was a very important year for me and it helped me to reach some of my goals this year.

Eight More Months in Hell… or Longer

It’s been a while since I felt so trapped, and cursed. There is pressure from every possible direction, and no one is seeing me getting crushed by it.

My 3-Week IELTS Academic Preparation: 8.0 on First Attempt!

Miraculously, I somehow managed to get an 8.0 on my first attempt at the IELTS Academic exam with just three weeks of preparation! I had such little time to prepare because I registered for it around that time and didn’t realize it is going to be a difficult test. So many people told me that it is not so hard of an exam and anyone can get a 7 in it. Believing them, I didn’t bother that much initially.

However, when I started to find out more information about the exam formats and their scoring methods, I did get a little intimidated. Even then, I could not start studying right away because of some work pressure. So I eventually started the preparation around 7th August when the exam was going to be held on 1st-4th September!

Here are the steps I followed even though there wasn’t much planning involved.