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Ironic, isn't it? We spend about twenty/twenty five years of our lives trying to complete our education, aim for a Master's or a PGDM, etc. only to realize that we're never to use it again when we hunt for a job. Okay, let me give you a little backstory about why I have brought this up. With all that I  have grown up learning, I have ended up working in places I'd barely known of- companies with backgrounds I'd never thought I'd be working for.  For example - Last year, I joined this Sports Agency- where I worked as a Marketing Manager who ended up loving on-field executions. I'd travelled to cities where I'd worked on-ground, making sure; along with my team, we'd rule the event out with success. As much as I'm grateful to that agency for trusting me with the roles I'd worked there - I was incredibly sad when it shut down recently.  While I'm writing this and simultaneously am looking for an opportunity that's going to let me pave the...

  ✨What my week 2 of January looked like✨ 1. Consistent workouts. I may not have worked out for all the six days this week but I did work out for five & that’s a win🤸 2. I drove. I’ve not been driving our car so much lately but this week I drove to work almost every day. And mind I tell you, all my anger towards auto walas just came to life😩 3. Dressed up to work in my favourite suit on Makar Sankrant. Didn’t eat TilGul but definitely spoke sweet things🥰 4. Just a lil office girly with her tiffin bag👽 5,6. Mended & Celebrated one of my closest people for her birthdays🤍 - SK

  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...