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20 Things I learnt in 20 years

 Today I completed 20 years of my life. All these years thought me a lot of things. Here I am sharing 20 of those. 

  1. Peace has nothing to do with where you are or what you are doing. It is always in your head. 
  2. Be a bit scared and nervous when doing something new. You will be more careful. 
  3. Museums are underrated. 
  4. Stories of strangers are almost always more interesting than you might think. 
  5. Always have a plan. This way you get the luxury of choice, weather to follow them or throw them away. 
  6. The media you consume is food for your soul. Feed your soul clean and healthy food. 
  7. Curiosity is the key to knowledge.
  8. If something is popular that does not make it automatically good.
  9. Selfies contain more feelings than portraits. 
  10. If you can't change it, don't wish it was different. Accept it as it is.
  11. Technology is unreliable. Always keep a physical backup.
  12. Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. 
  13. Setup of a development process is almost always harder than development itself. 
  14. Mountains are way bigger than they seem in pictures. Nothing can correctly represent their colossal size. 
  15. More you read books written by humans, more you feel the superiority of The Qur'an.
  16. Addiction fuels depression. 
  17. Most friend's aren't forever. You can not hold on to everyone. Enjoy you time as long as you can and learn to let go. 
  18. Doing your best with you limited resources lead to exceptional results. 
  19. Trust people more. Trust is the rule distrust is exception. 
  20. Assumptions kill.  

I also took some photos during these years. Here are some of them...
























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