Of Coffee, Thoughts and Gibberish

I graduated this June and dived right into working. Although exciting and fun at first, like every job there comes a point where it starts to get repetitive, I have been blessed as to not have a fully desk job. The whole idea of "working" at least full time is immensely new to me. And I think in the process of acclimatizing myself with the new routine I have for myself, there are a few things that I missed out on, that I'm slowly finding my way back in. The term adulting means "the practice of behaving in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially the accomplishment of mundane but necessary tasks." I, by no means discourage or promote adulting activities like paying off bills, going AWOL at work or something rather extreme. Adulting is a myth in a sense that we let ourselves be consumed, sometimes over consumed by it. Here's how I'm trying to draw the boundary: 1) Don't take yourself too seriously, nobody else does- This should be a cons...

The Mysuru Palace in all it's grandeur during the festival of Dussehra 2022 has been an year filled with travel. and as this year is coming to an end, I can't help up reminisce all the trips I've taken and this blog post is a consequence of that.  Also, on a side note, this is the second time I'm writing the same blog post because my last post got erased. *single curve smile emoji* OKAY LET'S GO! THIS OR THAT (TRAVEL EDITION) 1) Mountains or Beaches? Okay if someone asked me I'd still say both, but I feel subconsciously I gravitate towards mountains. 3/5 trips year involved mountains. Greenery, fresh air and the cold weather. Sounds like paradise.  The seven sister waterfall, Cherrapunji The view from the trek in the outskirts of Pune 2) Have a plan or go with the flow? As much as I want to say I would enjoy going with the flow but I LOVE PLANNING. Planning a trip is so much fun. definitely plan for a trip. I also think a person can definitely travel efficiently...

Let's get one thing out of the way, my days don't look like all the time. Some days I just work, attend my class and sleep. But others? They look something like this. So I woke up and my body was awaiting some caffeine, so I made myself some coffee, and was mentally prepared to work from home BUT SURPRISE. I got a text that I had a client evening in the afternoon. I began my work day  by attending two zoom meetings, I had to run some chores that I'd been procrastinating for over a week now, so I got off my butt and rushed these tasks. I took a quick shower and IT TOOK FOREVER to choose my outfit, because again, not mentally prepared and I took an hour long cab to reach the event. So, the event was basically a business awards event in which our client had won an award. As we arrived, we (me and my colleague) were prepared to wrap it up soon. Call the media, pick up the photographs, keep the press release ready and take pictures of our client. EAZY-PEAZY . But of course, noth...

  "So, what after graduation?" "What do you plan on doing? What's been up with me (professionally) Growing up, I had a clear path set out for myself, what I hadn't realized then was that at every step, there would be obstacles and everything I wanted, would arrive at a certain time, I couldn't force it, no matter how hard I tried.  After graduation, I was confident that I would figure it out until people made me question my decisions. I saw people around me chose different paths, my path seemed blurry and dark, and walking it alone did not seem very pleasant. I decided that I wanted to gain some experience and get into a field that I found very intriguing, but my college did not offer such experiences. So I decided to take matter into my own hands, considering the field I wanted is not very well- known in my city, unlike IT. I applied to a couple places, got rejected to a few and when I had almost given up for the time being, an offer came along, it seemed ve...

A little bit of today |A little bit of tomorrow Epiphanies and Reflections I've been trying to write for a while now, but I just couldn't.  I recently read something on Tumblr that helped me kick start writing. I'll link it here- Read this here It's been one month today. One month that I've lost another significant part of my life in a span of one year. It's almost funny how time flies by. The other day, I told my mum "The best and worst thing about life is that, it moves on."  It feels like life is on autopilot, whether we choose it or not.   Do we really move on or do we distract ourselves to maintain our sanity? A few months back, when I was redoing my room, I bought the glow in the dark stickers for the ceiling. It just reminded me of my childhood days and I'd have my own sky to stare at, at night.  I don't remember the last time I looked up at my ceiling and admired them.  I either read like there's no tomorrow or I don't read at a...