The journey from making a living to making a life
When I last “let go” of something major in my life, I was walking away from my office after returning my work laptop, almost giddy with excitement and wondering wide-eyed about the possibilities in my future. My sister, who is one of my close confidants, role model and best friend rolled into one, had repeatedly […]
I notice how every post of mine on this blog begins with a lukewarm apology for my procrastination. Before I quit my busy job in November 2013, I’d follow a number of blogs and wish I had the free time to sit down and write something because I knew I had a lot to say. […]
I realize it has been way too long since I wrote my monthly summary of how the month went by – It has honestly been a chaotic couple of months in India to put it very mildly. Chaos is always something I resist and struggle with and then reflect on it as being very beneficial […]
This long overdue post has been residing in my head in bits and pieces for the last 3 weeks – For the three people who are still reading my blog – I apologize for the delay. 🙂 You will hear about what a whirlwind my month of April has been but for now let me […]
A wise person (who I respect very much) told me when I shared my blog with him – Don’t let perfectionism get in between you and writing. I read his words and silently agreed. While I did that, I must confess I did let perfectionism creep in and prevent me from writing anything after that […]
It took me forever to get myself to write this blog post because I knew that it was time for me to share this blog with everyone I know – a feeling that made me rue the day I decided to tell folks that I plan to blog. Sharing one’s writing is a very vulnerable […]
Whenever I imagined my post-cubicle life, I always imagined that I’d wake up at 6:00 AM, be a productive, efficient machine knocking away one task after another from my massive to-do list and enjoying planned slots of time to read a book or learn something new. Not so much – I woke up at 10:00 […]