This post touches upon the way society perceives women; a woman through the eyes of a neighbour, through the eyes of colleagues and strangers to prove that women are in fact looked at differently at a micro level. When you look at something differently, you treat it differently.
I have been on a creative journey during the past few months. My focus has been on writing and painting. Creativity isn’t about what you do with your creation. It is about how you feel about the creative process. In this post, I have given 9 Ways in Which I Nurture my Creative Self in the hopes that they help anyone who is looking for tips on this. But guess what!? There are only two really important ones! Read on to know them. Happy Creating.
Artist Katie Paterson recorded a week in the erosion of the glacier by placing a waterproof microphone at the edge of the glacier and shared the gasp of the melting glacier with the rest of the world. You can listen to it in my post. If this bit of information interested you, I have so much information, stories and experiences to share from this 4 day event. But before I get to that, through this post, I will take you through the purpose and premise of The Festival of Letters (MBIFL). Think of it as you experiencing this whole new world from a beginner’s eyes.
A Post about redefining New Year Resolutions and Effectively using intent and actions to build your habits. I have been attempting to have an exercise routine since November 2017. I tried sticking to fitness in so many ways and stopped many times, but I never stopped permanently. But during 2022, I walked more frequently than ever! It took me 5 years to get here!!! So I compiled 8 unconventional thoughts/practices that helped me stick to my fitness habit.
I am happy, elated, excited! Life has not been this good and I did not expect that I would be saying it in 2022 because, Maaahn! was it a roller-coaster ride!? So before you get any ideas, let me clarify this. This post is not going to be a happy one. It is going to be a compilation of 11 real and messy moments in 2022; the good, bad and the in between:
The beauty of The Midnight Library is that it has the ability to communicate to people who think that their life is overwhelming and difficult. There is a part wherein it says that in the game of chess, even if you have one pawn standing, the game isn’t over. ‘Because pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting’. These are strong thoughts made using strong words, and this is the strength of the book.
This post is about the image that popular kids had back in our school days and how they are nothing like that now. How we all lived in a bubble and at some point, it burst and here we are. This is a heart warming post. Do read and let me know what you think.
With the advent of Netflix, Amazon prime, Disney Hotstar, Zee 5 and a hundred other streaming platforms, the series have multiplied too. You find amazing content online vying for your attention. Having watched series after series over the past 9 or so years, I’ve now settled for finding and watching feel-good web series more because of several reasons.
Over the years so many things have changed.
The way I’ve defined happiness has changed. But there are some constants that have continued to stick.
Astoundingly so.
They have dissolved into our lives like honey in milk, like milk in water;
Next time you make tea, add a dollop of yourself into the process
Have you asked yourself this question? I have! A million times or more. Some might say ‘You are what you believe’. That could be true. Perhaps if you believe that life is easy, it would just become easy. But I don’t believe so. While I am going to tell you why I believe so, I am also going to give you a purpose by the time you reach the end of the post. My reasoning is what made me believe in this purpose with a million times more conviction.
