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Sometimes I get happy with good things happening.
Sometimes I get upset with not-so-good things happening.
Don’t like this contingent part of mine.
Will get there soon. To be at ease.
I am, btw, at ease for most things that used to disturb me, and that’s an achievement.
You are a rockstar NG, and keep that up 🙂
1. Taking no breaks
2. Taking others’ PoVs seriously
3. Not taking time to reflect
Even though you love your work,
Even though you feel energised,
Even though your boss is super-supportive by not micromanaging you
You must take an off on the weekends and on the festivals.
Because things that are meant to be enjoyed and relished are the things that are meant to be enjoyed and relished.
There is no substitute to not spending time with yourself and reflecting, because only in emptiness you get to understand yourself.
Which makes you all the more productive when you return to work.
Before you decide to keep someone happy, make sure your happiness is aligned…
Before you decide to get angry at someone, make sure you have let go of your anger on yourself…
Before you choose to judge someone, make sure you are understanding that you aren’t doing a right thing either, by putting yourself on a higher pedestal…
Before you decide to eat one more mithai, make sure you are living a healthy lifestyle already…
Before you decide to stay up late, make sure this is a rarity…
Your parents do not give you time as a kid, and want you to return that vacuum with heart full of love.
Your tears lay the foundation of your highest successess.
The most important journey you will ever take, is to be in a good mood.
The reason for getting sad is never the real reason.
The loss.
The no.
The rejection.
The lack.
The “never”.
These are not the real reasons. They are just drapes to cover up the original reasons.
The real reason is we are crying for something deeper.
We believe we don’t matter.
We think that our work doesn’t make an impact.
Or our presence doesn’t make anyone happy.
Or that everything will be happy even if we left.
Or perhaps that there will never be a tomorrow.
That is the real thing that makes us sad.
Think through it about what made you sad recently.
The reason was one of these.
However, the truth of life is this:
YOU matter.
YOU are important.
YOUR work makes a difference.
YOUR absence would make things difficult.
YOU are needed.
This holds true irrespective of what ANYONE tells you.
Pause for a moment to read this.
1. Never touch their nerves. Just listen.
2. Do your own thing. Even if they aren’t happy, you can never make anyone happy if you aren’t.
3. Don’t tell them your struggles. While you will move on, they will stay married to it.
Though most people won’t agree to it, if their parents won’t see them, they would still be agreeing to it.
Went to Bahari Sons (Saket) today. Masttt mazaa aa gaya. Bought 7 out of 20 books I picked.
This is the shopping from today. Ok bye 🙂
There are 4 stages of making money:
Stage 1:
Have no money, use your time to make more money.
Stage 2:
Have good enough money, where you don’t know what to do with it.
Still using your time to make more money.
Stage 3:
You pause from using your time to make more money.
Learn to make the best use of your free time.
And are still enjoying the more money that comes in.
Stage 4:
You do less, and you make more.
More than you could imagine.
Also, you have as much free time as you want!
One of the things I’m proud of, is I keep giving updates of my work to my boss.
Without him asking.
Because he ought to know of stuff.
Yet, at the same time, he loves not following up.
So I share.
Because it is right.
On the other hand, I followed up with a team member who is running late with her work.
Sure, I am telling you so that “tu aaraam se reh sake”
What?
Is that not your work?
I just wish…
I just wish!
First day of offsite.
Life lessons learnt:
Also, did I mention – how to find solace in your own company 🙂
1. Staring out of the balcony
2. Writing without editing (this blog is the only place where I write without editing)
3. Blessing those who hurt you
I returned to Delhi yesterday.
Was waiting for this for long.
Still, I miss Mom. And Papa. And kids. And the drama 🙂
Change is hard. However, change is what we must.
Maybe I will go back. Maybe I won’t.
Not pronouncing any decision as of now.
But really trying to spend time with myself.
And telling myself, “It’s okay. You will get through this.”
A 20 year old kid asked me what life lessons I would want to download to her?
Here’s just 3 of them:
– Say yes to opportunities more often
– Say NO to people more often
– Never miss out on workouts, meditation and 20 mins of reading
Have a rocking decade (and life)!
We both used to be friends once, to the extent that we used to ask each other “kya delete kiya”?
Things change, we change.
Even if we don’t want, we move on.
I wish I could give you a happy ending, but I myself don’t have any. Sorry 🙁
Last week, I wrote an email to a year-old client, asking for revision in prices.
However, I was shivering 🙂
I’m a content writer, I happen to write the most effective emails, and I am on very good terms with the client.
However, I was still shivering because subconsciously we have been taught that money is evil, and asking for what you truly deserve is filthy.
I finally googled 2-3 formats of price raise, and sent him the email.
“Noted with thanks” was the response.
That’s it!
That’s it?
That’s the beauty of working with clients who care – that they really care for you as well 🙂
It turns out, the only person standing in our way is us.
Think of an unhappy person around you.
Most probably, they would have a constant reason for unhappiness in their life – a job, a relationship, anything they hate.
Then, go back to the time when that relationship / job didn’t exist. Before that, there was something else that kept them unhappy.
It turns out, being unhappy is never dependent on life situations. It is always a factor of how you deal with life situations.
I have seen happy people boldly get out of jobs they didn’t like. Meanwhile, they still made sure to be happy at it.
I have seen happy people be happy despite the pay cuts during the pandemic. Because they chose to be happy.
Also, I have seen unhappy people get more dissatisfied by the day, despite all they needed was there and was getting bigger.
The more we realise happiness is a choice, the more will we be able to make the choice of being happy.