That's how I have lived most of my life though. On-a-whim. An idea pop up into my head and I just run with it. I rarely think about the 'what if' and nor am I scared of failing. I just go for it. For as far as I can remember, it has turned out I wouldn't change a thing. Not a single thing. I like everything exactly the way it is. I like where I live. I like what I do. I love the body I am in. I love my partner-in-crime (husband). And most importantly I love myself. Now most people back home (India) would tell me not say these things out loud because I might jinx it (So even though this is not a big landmark year (like a 5th or 10th!) I am pretty psyched that I have stuck around for this long and still enjoy blogging as much as I did on
Today I compete eight years of writing this blog. It blows my mind, because I still distinctly remember the exact space and time when I wrote my first post. Where I was, what I was thinking, what time of the day it was - It was in the middle of the day and practically wrote it on-a-whim and published it without thinking twice. I had zero readers then.
just fine. For the most part at least.
And now, I can't believe I have been doing this for nazar lag jayegi) but I am not scared of that. Of course, things will change. Some might not even be in my favor and might rock my boat. They sure will bring a tsunami of emotions. But something that I have learnt in the last decade is that - soo long and actually make a living doing it. If I try and view my life as a third person it doesn't even feel real. This doesn't seem like my life (in a good way). This wasn't the path I had chosen for myself, and today I don't even remember what path was it that I had intended to take in the first place.
The other thing I am good at is telling stories and sharing my thoughts through writing. I am so grateful to have found 'my tribe' through this blog. I had gone through most of my childhood and teenage life, feeling like a misfit. Someone who never quite belonged anywhere. I never understood why people didn't "get" me? I never knew why my thoughts were so different from people around me. And had it not been for blogging I would have continued to feel that way all throughout my life. And what a pity that would have been.
I will survive. I will adapt. I am rather good at it. Adapting, that is! this exact day, eight years go.
Thanks for sticking around with me!
Blogger, Stylist, Storyteller, Fitness Enthusiast, Experimental Cook. If you have questions in any of the mentioned areas or have feedback, feel free to contact me at [email protected].
