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The Importance of Slowing Down

Isn’t it crazy that we used to think that after growing up, getting a job, life would be perfect? Every day will be spent peacefully doing what we love. And it doesn’t come to an extent. However, at a certain point, a sudden realization occurs that we are working in a loop: the demands of the job and life are getting bigger and bigger, rather than feeling content. Isn’t it crazy that this growing world is taking a toll on everyone, leaving us without time to celebrate our achievements because there is a constant urge to do better? I used to think that now I have to work, and then I will relax, but still today I wonder when the relaxation part will come? It’s just work and work. I have experienced that doing work but pushing myself overboard brings me nothing but stress that makes me feel the worst version of myself. I need space to breathe, to step back and enjoy how far I have come. The world never really teaches us the importance of slowing down, but instead, it makes us feel guilty for not working hard.

All of our adult life, we work day and night, which is not good at all. There needs to be time taken to just relax and breathe in a moment. Exhausting ourselves physically and mentally is the worst we could do. Nothing is more important than ourselves; remember that. Your body speaks to you. If it needs rest, shut down everything and slow down. Health is wealth. We need to understand the importance of slowing down, to enjoy the peace of life, to sometimes let our mind free, to not exhaust our body, to enjoy the day without logging to the world, and just be ourselves. Take the trip that you are postponing, eat the dessert you want, dance your heart out, log out of the world and enjoy being yourself, pause your worry about work and understand the importance of slowing down.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost

As a literature student, my world revolves around poetry, and I live in it. And I have read some of the amazing poetry and was always amazed by how wonderful a poet thinks. Among them, one of my utmost favourites is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I still remember how many perspectives I came up with while listening to it. And here I am sharing one of my perspectives on the same. So basically this poem, as the title suggests, is about two roads where the traveller is confused which to take, the one which is the most travelled by or the one which is left unvisited. From this perspective of mine, I am writing about the road that we don’t take, the choice that is left untouched. I always wonder if I would have taken that road where I would be, and if I would be happy. It’s always about the unseen things that we care more about and wonder about. The choice or the decision I made on that day is what I am living now, but I always wonder if maybe I took that road, where would I be today? How would that road treat me? Would I be able to find a better version of myself on that road or at that choice? I always think that both choices can be right; however, we have to find the courage to choose one and move forward with it. In life, every choice comes with challenges that teach us why we chose that path and even make us question why we didn’t choose the other. We always think that maybe that choice would have opened more roads, and so many things go through our minds. I guess thats the nature of our lives, and the choice we make. We always have to look back and wonder about all the choices and the possible outcomes from them.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.n

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Don’t wait, just do it!

Don’t wait, just do it! That’s the motto I have been using for my adult life. From my experience, I am talking about how waiting brings nothing but anxiety because we don’t know how it will work out if we don’t try. I was always the one to be scared of doing anything, and still am, but I have adopted the mindset that I will know if I won’t try. Still today, I am scared, but the excitement to learn more about things and gain new experiences has outweighed my disbelief in myself. If I hadn’t started blogging almost five years ago, I don’t know what I would be doing now. Would I still be having this much confidence? Would I have the experience? And so many possibilities would not be coming true. Sometimes things work out in our favour, and sometimes we learn a lesson; there is no in between. There is nothing like bad, it’s all about experience that once we move forward, we understand how strong it made us to handle things. Waiting for things and time to be right and thinking that then you will start is an absolutely bizarre way of thinking to have. Because it’s you who will make the things and time right, but actually indulging in it.

So if you are waiting for the perfect time, it is now and right now! Time waits for no one, so thinking that you will do it later will make a huge difference in your life, and I am not writing in a good way. You need to develop your mindset on how strong and capable you are. And it doesn’t come easily; by facing challenges in your life, you learn about yourself and your strength. Remember, there is absolutely nothing you can’t do if you have set your mind on it.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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And maybe we complicate life too much – Part 2

I have already written a post on this topic, and here I am again to write in this. We do indeed complicate life too much, don’t we? Maybe it’s just a matter of time, maybe we just need to have a walk alone with earphones. Maybe we need to let go and actually think about what is happening, and maybe life is not as much how we make it. I am afraid that time is running out and I won’t be able to do things; however, I realised it’s me who made it complicated by overthinking everything. If I take everything slowly, then life will go accordingly and in the end, everything will fit in the right spot. I never really knew how much I love to admire things slowly so that I can truly enjoy them. It should not always be about deadlines; sometimes it’s just about ourselves living the life rather than surviving it. I love to spend time with myself, which, by the way, made no sense to me as a child, but here I am learning this with so many things as an adult. Maybe life is all about slowly living the moment rather than learning how to survive every second. As adults, what can we even do? The world never taught us to slow down, take time, but always rush to do things quickly and move on to the next. But we learned as adults how much it’s more than that. It’s all in our minds, how we possess things and how we react to them. I was one such person as well, but I realised that things work out in the end, so why am I taking so much tension and putting stress on my health? And then I stopped. I slowed down, analysed the situation and made it right, and sometimes I even let it go. Nothing in the world you can’t handle, if it’s your capability, its all going to work out, so yes, maybe we complicate life too much. So slow down, think, keep your emotions in check and boom, everything will be okay.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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Sometimes (Poem)

Sometimes life is a river

But not with water, but our tears.

Sometimes failure is what we need

to make success our deed.

Sometimes we don’t need a bed of roses

But thorns to get picked.

Sometimes nothing makes sense

But it’s okay, because eventually everything is worth it.

Sometimes life tests our patience to see us fall

But we stand tall as a dancing tree, making everything worth the fall.

-a girl who likes to write

You know what day it is, poem day. I don’t know how I feel about this poem that I wrote, but nevertheless, I loved to share it with you all. Life has been quite hectic emotionally, and only writing has been helping me, so I am glad to have some sense of it. Please, if you want to share, don’t shy away and drop some comments.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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The next journey…

I am more of a person who likes the journey more than the destination because I know the destination will be final, but the journey awaits me for something exciting. Definitely, every journey takes you to a destination. However, we have the choice to be at the destination for as long as we want, but we can’t say the same about the journey. Journey can be however long, depending on the situation, and this is what I love. I love to go on the path that will bring me to an unknown place where I can discover myself. Because it is said right, we find ourselves in the best at an unknown place, surrounded by our thoughts. It speaks to me when I am sitting and thinking about life, and I get to know myself better. It’s important to take journeys to understand what we actually want. Sometimes we are stuck in a loop of doing the same thing, and we don’t really understand what is going on. So I believe the journey gives us the answer. Sometimes it’s better to leave a destination so that the journey can be better. It’s always about growing ourselves to the best, and we need to leave and move on to another journey.

Right now, in my stage, I have completed one of the most important journeys that I will forever remember. I can see how much I have grown and so many things I have learned. But it’s time to leave this destination and move on to another unknown journey so that I can discover myself better, and I can use my capabilities for the whole. So it’s important to move on in life, taking different paths to better understand life’s aspects. As someone who used to be scared of doing anything, I now love embarking on new journeys, trying new things, and just enjoying getting to know myself better. So let’s cheer to the next journey, which might take you to the best place you have ever known.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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the book of you

Real life starts with you and ends with you. I always believe in giving yourself priority first; do what you want to do because it’s your life, and you deserve to live the way you want. Recently, it occurred to me that in our childhood, we are a canvas that everyone can come and paint on; however, as we grow up, we learn to protect our canvas. We become a fresh canvas and only allow ourselves to paint however we want. This is the metaphor of life. As adults, we come to know how much we can do. In childhood, the world points out what we are good at and what we are not, and we believe it because we have yet to develop our ability to believe in ourselves. However, as adults, we understand that nothing matters more than our own opinions and thoughts. Whatever the world says, we believe in ourselves and do what we want without anyone’s approval.

The life you have is your book, and you are the pen; fill it however you want. Paint, sketch, scratch, leave it blank, those all represent different aspects of your life, and all are totally okay. The book should represent you, what you want to fill in, because in the end, you are going to sit and grow through your book, aka your life moments. The book of you is special as it indicates how far you have come. Sometimes you have to stop writing, and it’s okay during those times you are taking time to fill up the blank pages ahead with colours.

Remember, the book is yours; never let anyone else even scratch a page in it, and if they do, just tear the page and continue. We are always taught what we have to do with respect to the world; however, we are in this life not to live according to others but to make new pages and fill them with what best describes us. So the book is yours, and you may begin inking it the way you want.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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Challenges

Life is like a game, and we have to solve a level to move forward. Each level is filled with challenges to tackle. And you know what interesting thoughts came to mind? When we are growing, we tackle challenges that come our way. But as adults, we choose our own battle. We choose what challenges to take, what to do and how to do it. That is a huge upgrade that we prepared for the future we want. As someone who was always afraid of taking the step, thinking about challenges and how I am going to do. However, after taking the first challenge, I feel like it’s just the mind that stops us from taking the first step. I now love challenges. I don’t think much before doing anything new because I know once I get the hang of it, I am going to rock it. Challenges make us strong, being able to do anything is actually a blessing, and that happens when we just trust ourselves and just do it. When the realisation happens that everything we want is on the other side of the challenges of fear. From my experience, I can tell that challenges made me so strong, and today I am in that place in my life which I never thought I would be if I had never taken the challenge. I feel like challenges excite me now, they make me go out of my comfort zone and explore what more I can do in my life. It’s the peak adulthood you reach when challenges excite you more than the fear of not being able to do it. Honestly, I would say ahead of time, there will be so many situations that need to be handled with intellect, and that can only happen when we talk about challenges that test us so much. So that we can actually stand up for ourselves and create a life that we always want.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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Be Selfish!

Why is it bad to be selfish for ourselves? Why does everyone make us feel bad for choosing ourselves? In life, we can’t have all the things. If we want something, we need to sacrifice other things. However, why does everyone in the world want us to sacrifice what we truly want so that what they want can be achieved? I never understood the concept of living our lives not in our way but in the way others want. The world makes us feel so guilty for choosing ourselves, as if we are abandoning others, which is a serious crime. Why can’t a person live their life in the way they want? The people who are close to us feel that we don’t deserve happiness or freedom. Why does everything need to be done in the comfort of others? Why can’t we just do it without thinking about what others want? Why is being selfish seen as a crime? Why do we need to think about others before making a decision? Why can’t we just make the decision and live it? Why do we have to answer to others? Why is giving freedom seen as losing dominance over us by the world? Why does everything need to be explained when it comes to us living our lives?

There are so many whys when it comes to us making decisions about the life that we are meant to live. I feel like everyone wants us to be selfless in everything, but when it comes to us, nobody wants to be selfless for us. So in the end, we are the only ones who suffer the most. So why not ignore everyone? Maybe it will hurt them, but what about our pain, our hurt? Nobody sees it. So just do the heck you want, live the life, be selfish for yourself. Do what you want to do, don’t listen to others. In the end, the only thing that will be left is the regret of not fighting or the memories that made the life worth fighting for. So be selfish, it’s your life, and believe me, doing what you love is what life is all about.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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Quietness!

As I grew older, I realised that there is noise even in quietness. The more I grew up, the more I started liking being alone. In my childhood, I used to believe that being alone was not good at all; however, now I like to spend my time with myself the most. No matter how much social battery I have, I will always need time for myself. It’s actually a privilege to be able to love and understand yourself, and that only happens when we spend time with our thoughts. There is always a voice in quietness, the voice of our inner self that guides us on what and how to do. You can only love others if you start with yourself, and for that, you need to understand what happens in the quietness. I am always someone who will zone out in the loudest crowd. I don’t know why the voice in me is so loud that it never allows the outside voice to reach inside. We can see it as a metaphor too. It’s all in us; if we want to achieve something, we need to trust ourselves and just do it. Don’t let the outside voice take away your inner voice. You can be as loud to yourselves about things that you want in your life. You need to understand that there is a voice in your heart that knows you better than anyone, that stands with you when the world points at you, and that voice is trust and belief. There is so much you can find in quietness, even yourself. It’s mandatory to look after yourself, to be selfish for yourself, to find the voice that describes just you. In quietness, you find yourself, and you start seeing yourself the way you want rather than from the world’s point of view. So being in peace, in quietness, is a way to listen to the inner voice that best describes you.

Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.

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