I wasn’t feeling my usual self for these last couple of months. Reading has taken a backseat forever and lethargy seems to have taken over. I do occasionally devour some light-hearted stuff from Chetan Bhagat or Nancy Drew(I know, cringeworthy!) but the idea is to do what I like, and not what I am supposed to do. The pressure to live upto the expectations that I have set for myself is gut-wrenching at times, however, what’s life without these set of rules? I would just be an aimless soul wandering through the streets of the ‘oh-so-familiar’ life.
Speaking of wanderings, it appears that lives have resumed to normal for many. I gauge this from the general sentiment over my social media feed. Remember how each of us had turned into some sort of a social media junkie in 2020? I have lost count of the number of folks who had resolved to pick up some form of talent and monetise it over Youtube, Insta or blogger. I myself had resorted to exploring various forms of my talent like exercise, guitar, photography and thankfully landed upon some engaging interests like writing and sketching, which I intend to stick to even after our lives return to normalcy.
We have been lucky to witness a pandemic in these times when we have avenues like Netflix and Prime to fall back upon. While I stayed away from these for as long as I could, I eventually succumbed as i ran out of options to entertain myself.
I binge watched a women-centric series “The Bold Type” via which I learnt how it is imperative to be emphatic yet firm in order to be a good manager and successfully lead a team. Jacquline, the lady who runs the corporate Scarlet (a fictitious magazine company, on which the series is based) was my favourite character.
I moved onto something lighter thereafter to a romcom titled “Little things” which deals with the everyday challenges of a couple staying together in a live-in relationship, juggling their careers and aspirations in the bustling lanes of a burgeoning metro.
I even channelised my energy into following the Inktober craze, via which one should draw anything based on a theme provided for the day. This challenge runs for the entire month of October and hence the name. Over the years, I have seen people start off with alot of enthusiasm, only to give up within a week. The reason for this being, they try to chisel out their best work each time, making it difficult to stick to the challenge itself. The modus operandi that I stuck to was to treat this activity as a chore. I would be lying if I said that I enjoyed myself thoroughly everyday as I scribbled my heart out onto paper. However, that wasn’t the case. There were times when I drew just for the sake of it, and that’s ok. This isn’t a race where a winner would be declared. Today, I am on the 21st day of this challenge and they say it takes 21 days to form a habit. Now that my tiny experiment of setting a habit is successful, I want to extend it to other aspects of my life like waking up early or learning a language. Let me see how I fare at those endeavours.
As I wrap up these adventures, I feel a sense of void engulf me.The need to move onto something more important is bothering me. After all, we are in the last quarter of 2021.
I ask myself, what were my goals when i started off with this year? Have I accomplished them?
I remember I wanted to nail a pull-up and a push-up. I also wanted to get acquainted with investing and revisit Kannada and French, marking my love for learning languages.While it is easier to beat myself over what I did not manage to accomplish, I also want to look back and celebrate the tiniest of achievements that I nailed.
As I approach the end of my day, I reckon Diwali is around the corner - a festival which always fills me with pomp and enthusiasm. So let’s look forward to a fulfilling final quarter of 2021, shall we?
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