My fight with my mind is constant but I’ve figured it out; ✨Focusing on myself helps me✨ If you know me, you know I love to read. This week I bought about six books and oh the joy! I love romance. I love short stories. I love a little fiction. I love magic. I love poems. Anything that helps me take my mind off of things and bring me sanity, is reading📚 For the past year I’ve started these Mandala colouring and let me tell you, I ENJOY IT. I don’t think I work for the aesthetics; (clearly if you see the video😂) but whatever color comes to my mind, I’d do it and I find it pretty- so that’s a win🧟‍♀ Journaling has been my #1 take my mind off, vent and my gratitude machine. I journal every night; sometimes throughout the day. And this year I’m journaling in my book, my journal app and an audio tape. And omg, there’s three different emotions mapped to it📝 Working out; or at-least showing up at the gym🤸 Accepting myself the way that I am irrespective of the insecurities I battle w...

For almost three years now, our family has gotten used to visiting Mahabaleshwar once, every year; to spend a little extra time than we do at home. Before I started with my new workspace here, we took a two day trip. This time, with a detour. A detour via Konkan. Actually, Mahad. From here, Kadwai, our native is about 3 hours away. We took a halt at Visava - a place we consider our “Tea Time Halt”. It’s funny how I pictured my entire family sitting on this big table, chatting about what vegetables we have to buy in sangmeshwar for the dinner we’re about to cook at night once we reach but even funnier, when the snap of - “aaj jevan karaila jauya ka ratri Bagicha madhe” hit me.  Simultaneously picturing two scenarios in my head, I forgot about reality. The reality being: I’ve not been here in the past four years since Appa. And every emotion ran through. BEAUTIFULLY.  I had forgotten how Konkan really is. How beautiful it is right now in Monsoon. How it is full of greenery and s...

“Your teenage years are the years you’ll forever cherish” HELL NO. All that I’ve learnt from my teen years is this. 1. You’re never, I mean it, NEVER ALONE. In many ways, it’s great but now that I’ve grown a little ( I feel ) too much is too much. Literally. You’re constantly surrounded with people you’ve considered friends, family, they bring out versions of yours that may silently fade away with your growing up - and that’s okay! 2. All the friends that you make in those years, will slowly start to grow apart from you and so would you, but that is okay; as long as there’s respect and love from a distance. 3. You’ll have to ask for a lot more permissions from your parents when it comes to “taking a trip”. You’re young and innocent, likely with that special someone by your side, though you can't mention their name because your parents are, understandably, suspicious.  4. You may end up doing wrong to some people out of your own irritability / insecurities but you’ll have learn...

 Few “somethings” I’ve unknowingly adapted/learnt from Baba  :  1. He’s the only empathetic person that I know. When I say, “the only” I mean it. Moments where one would expect a reaction built around anger, this man simply tends to replace it with calm; responding with an alternate of letting the situation go, building it with solutions.  2. He’s built our home. They say that the people who live in a house, a home (I AGREE) but here all the credit goes to Baba. He’s built it with immense efforts ensuring all our needs (Aai’s, my sister’s and mine) are brought together even if it meant he’s had to extend the expenditures. Without a single “NO”.  3. Along with being an empath, the power of selflessness is also something he possesses heavily. As much as I like to believe that I would want to inculcate it within me, I doubt if I will ever match his.  4. He’s one mad mad hard working man. He’s retired for about two years now but it just seems like he’s loved wo...

  January has been so sweet by far🤍 Let me take you through the 25 days that I spent with the people I love and most importantly, myself✨ 1. I celebrated three years. Three years of discovering the side I never knew I had - apart from the ounces of forgiveness I’ve given around under the granted-ness that people showed me. I celebrated it with someone who heavily plays the role of being the one to push me till here.🍰 2. My beautiful cousin got married to the man of her dreams. Growing up, I remember us, back when we were young, talking about getting married and seeing her up there, at her happiest felt amazing.💒 3. I started focusing on my workouts. Consistently, working out for atleast 5 days in a week - I had started with, but I’m doing great, feeling energetic. (Going to wish that I go for 7 day workout v soon) OH! A major win was the fact that I was able to do my release in Chakrasan, whilst ensuring I did not hurt my back or bump my back in pain.💪 4. We celebrated my siste...

 #11   You’re willing to cross mountains; or as they say, “bridges” but have you wondered what those bridges are like?  To me, they’re a compilation of trust, empathy, security, love and above all? Friendship.  Friendships are so special. You give your heart to the people who invest themselves into you, their time, conversations, who invest love; or in many cases, rather, you’re investing yourself a lot more than you’ve thought. You start to believe that one conversation with them will fix you. You believe that they’re the serotonin you need. Everything becomes a universe, a universe you build with them. You’re able to do certain things only around them; such as I, I can only dance in front of two people I’ve grown up with. You start your days, missing them so you give them a call and just let them know. Friendships to me, are so intimately beautiful.  You’re able to forgive them irrespective of the damage they may have caused to you; and you’re going to meet, a...