Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts

Monday, December 6, 2021

At 35 - Replying to a post from 10 years ago

 Hellos! 

Is anyone interested anymore? Is anyone reading other people's lives or has Twitter taken over? Is anyone blogging? Is it still a "thing"? 

I dont know anymore. As much as I dont know the lingos of the Net, prices of so many things or different shades of green colour. Mobiles have been replaced, books dont smell the same and there is no calm in my mornings. But life drifts obsequiously.  It did. It peaked, plummeted at so many places, but it moved forward. Way too fast than required.

I can feel life in my head that once had so many dreams. Dreams still exist in random neurons , but not the same ones.

I can feel life in my bones. Fragile and pops at different places. It is not dangerous yet, but it is scary. I am not old, just careful to not to be old too soon.

I can feel life in my people. From the notion that everyone around me was supposed to be aligned to now, each to their own. Empathy occupies and inebriates in every whiff of my sentence. It is necessary to keep my sanity. and my personal space. 


So, here is a comparison from what I wrote 10 years ago, to what I am. 

In bold- what I wrote at 26 - 

1. Life planned will always remain in blueprint. It takes a dedication to make it come true. Don’t try too hard, move with the flow 

 At 35, I am still moving with the flow, though I am bit aware where the flow has taken me over the years. I have done a lot over my years in terms of travel and finances, and quite proud of it. Most of them wasnt planned to the nit grit. 

2. Relationships are important but make a point to understand if you mean anything to them

Nothing is more important than me. My thoughts, feelings and certain state of being. Nothing. No one.

3. People no longer lie at your back; they lie at your face

Doesnt matter. I dont pick any calls from anyone. You can whatsapp me the lies, or whatever. I dont think anyone cares about these cheesy stupid sentences.

4. There is competition only if you think so. Everyone has his own audience

There is a mad mad mad competition out there. Everyone's audience is overlapping. But, to be genuine and have close set of people is enough as audience. I am still running the rat race, but it is ok. I am ok running the race. I am not different or unique in terms of talent, but I have made peace with that.

5.  Stereotypes will strike when you thought you broke them all

Oh man! I have no idea what stereotypes I was talking about. But, I know I had my personal opinions aligned at 20. People are still throwing their personal experiences as the way of living, and I dont agree with that. However, I am not telling anyone anything . I made lot of personal resolutions in 2016-2017, and I want to stick to them. They are definitely not in the norms of the society that I spend my everyday with, but I am not voicing out. I am not anyone's favourite or being admired, but I know that I am trying very hard to be the nice person.

6. Love has become more of convenience. If not for yourself, it is for someone

For my own peace, I have stopped to define what love is. 

7. Hobbies will be capitalized

Tried and it didnt work. Gave up. But I took up many many hobbies along the way, and I was doing fine.

8. Balancing out has become a task in itself

I just want inner peace. It can be balanced out with Broccoli or Burgers.

9. Friends matter a lot. More than I expected

I dont know anyone way too much anymore. No one knows me either. We are good in the current space. 

10. Who cares and who doesn’t is all in your head. 

Care for myself, and that is enough. Please get those million thoughts out of the head. Live in the moment. Look after health, avoid sugar and meditate.


Friday, March 9, 2012

The day that passed

“Anna!”


He didn’t look up but gestured that it would take him few seconds.


I let out a sigh, obviously to show him that I was irritated.


“Sorry, sorry. I was just in middle of the sum”


He marked my mess card and I just left the place scorning.


This story repeated every day, every meal and every five hours. Our college had 2 food messes

and I never changed my eating place even once.

I saw this particular mess guy who was always involved in some book. He took some time to

mark our mess cards. I didn’t bother to ask him what he was doing.

I studied, did projects, presented papers, wrote tests and even got through a job in the final year

but the mess anna didn’t change a bit.

He sat in the corner, busy with books, scribbling small numbers with his short pencil and smiling

apologetically at everyone who waited for him to mark the mess card.

Time flew and it was last before day of college life when I saw him. He was counting the coupons

of the mess.

I didn’t know why but a feeling inside me pushed to ask him questions.


“Hi, I am leaving college tomorrow”, I told him to start the conversation.


“Nice ji, all the best. Placements ho gaya?”, he asked. (Are you done with placements?)


“Ya, mostly I would be joining in Bangalore. What about you? What were you doing all these

days?, I asked in curiosity.

“Nothing ma’am. Looking at so many people studying MBA travelling from all over country, I

felt I must also study”, he replied.

“Oh! Wow! What course? Why didn’t your parents send you to study?”, I added more questions.


“I don’t have parents. And I need to earn to study. Two reasons”, he gestured smiling at me.


My heart melted and filled with guilt at same time.


“Why are you glum? Come on! They are more under privileged people than me. Feel sorry for

them, not me”, he smiled again

“Take my number”, I told him pulling out my mobile.


“What?”, he asked in confusion.


“Take my number and let me know what books you need. I will courier it. Let me know of you

need something else too”, I explained.

He looked reluctantly and then punched my number in his phone.


“What should I store as your name?”, I asked.


“Yadav, ma’am. Yadav. And thanks. I don’t know what to say…”, he controlled his emotions.


I smiled and joined my friends in the mess. I am to educate one Indian.


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At 35 - Replying to a post from 10 years ago

 Hellos!  Is anyone interested anymore? Is anyone reading other people's lives or has Twitter taken over? Is anyone blogging? Is it stil...