'Pouring Emotions' Day ! Beware !!

I was supposed to write about my trip to Singapore like 6 months ago and I remembered all about it only when I landed here to write about something else ! I am glad I am here at least once a year but feel terribly bad for my long lost passion ?!!! So now what should I write about - What I feel exactly at the moment? or What I actually wanted to register here ??? I make life sound so confusing, Isn't it? Well, why can't I talk about both, they are kind of inter related ! Might be I will make it more brief this time. Let's see at the end of this post... ;)

What I actually wanted to register here?

When you go through a good book or a novel and if you have that love for writing still left in you, you will definitely end up writing something. Be it like a blog post or just in your diary or wherever you used to do it. So I was going through one such book by Chetan Bhagat, a book that I touched after months and finished it in just 2 days and thus I am here craving to write something that I will/might enjoy reading later! 

Should I call myself lazy or too busy to make myself do what I love. [Daughter cries in the middle of her A.N nap and lays her head on my lap limiting the usage of my left hand !] I wanted that external push in some means to revive my love for writing. I still remember or I am reminding myself that I wanted write a book [at least one] in this life time !!! Well, it is not an easy joke !! When I have so many excuses to write a post here, I might as well have truck load reasons to not write a book. When the passion is still there, the idea is still there and the gut still says it, I think I will do it someday :) 

For now, Thank You Chetan Bhagat for the push :)

What I feel exactly at the moment?

Disgusted. Angry. Irritated.

Choose the apt word once you finish reading this post. 

I hate coming up with excuses, be it whatever. When I don't find time for my passion then I think I have no rights to call it my 'passion' anymore. Probably it should be renamed as 'hobby' but when I give it any other name like that, it hurts !!!  

How I miss this space.. I would have told that a million times here already and I would never stop saying that. The truth is I come here only on those rare days when I am done with all the work I have !!!!!! Why do I do it? Why isn't this -> my passion -> writing is as important to me as my other duties or other things I do on a daily basis? I have no answer but I feel bad for not being able to write - it might be just anything, a little joke I read, something that is happening in the neighbourhood, a little about my daughter, makeup, shopping, girlstalk, just anything... but I just don't come here anymore !!! 

So I feel ..........

♥ Aarthi ♥

Reading, Writing and a Cup Of Coffee

I keep changing my routine as I can't do anything in the same pattern, same way for more than 6 months time. Well, 6 months is the maximum time I can hold on to. Though I am a full time mom and a part time blogger I follow a schedule/routine for myself and I like to work that way. So, often I change my routine to make my work more interesting. Here, by work I mean everything I do in a day - cooking, managing the kid, dropping her and picking up her from school, gardening, writing, reading, shopping, cleaning the house, re arranging things and so on. 

As a recent addition to my routine I have started reading again which I am resuming after full 3 years !! As the little one grew, she does keep herself occupied for some time and I take that time to go through a nice novel or it might be even flipping the pages of a magazine. Having a little of 'my' time does give a lot of happiness and satisfaction and that little break keeps me going for the rest of the day.

Neither hubby nor my daughter would be happy to see me having a dull or sad face. This 'Me' time helps me a lot in having a happy face all day. Very recently I found a comfortable place on my dining where I sit with my laptop and a cup of coffee every evening. The window by the side gives a great view of all greenery and faint sounds of birds chirping adds more fun to the 'Me' time. I approximately spend some 1 hr here, say from 3.30-4.30 PM, which is all I need before I gear up the energy to tackle the kid who would wake up anytime with full energy and craves for some great physical activity. I am glad this recent change in my routine [in the past I would just bury myself in the bed or will be slouching in a couch !] has helped me be more active and energetic, which makes my daughter and myself so happy.

Wondering what is my point here?

Well, just find some time for yourself and don't have the same routine for a very long time. Minor adjustments to your routine can change your life totally. Try working out or even just a walk in the evening would help, try gardening or at least buy few saplings and water them everyday. Just do anything that would interest you and do some little things just for 'yourself'. Just give it a try ! Have a 'Me' time.

For me Reading, Writing and a Cup of Coffee is my 'Me' time :D

♥ Aarthi ♥