People and their liking change!

The biggest example for this is me!

As a small kid, I used to hate my drawing art classes - one, because I was not good at it and two, it just didn't interest me at all. 

It was a struggle to sit through an hour long class and see my classmates creating beautiful things - drawing and painting like pros while I used to struggle to get the 'D grade' 😞

The only saving grace was that art class was never a deal breaker for passing and going to the higher standard. There were always 2-3 options in our final art class examinations as below:

1. Still life Painting - Arrangements of real objects which students had to replicate by looking at it. (Horror story if I even tried to attempt it - It never even had a semblance to the objects placed right in front of my eye).

2. Imaginary Painting - A theme based depiction like village life/vegetable market. (Another repulsive story cause my human figures always looked disfigured and ugly)

3. Painting in given geometric shapes - Each year final exam had different geometric shape mentioned and students just had to fill it up to finish the art exam. (Pure savior for me!!) 😇

So I would somehow sail through my art class final exams by always drawing huge hearts and flowers in any geometrical shape that was given and painting it to the best of my abilities.

Who would have thought I would use the same technique to create my blog images 20-25 years later!! 🙌

And the fun fact is, I actually enjoy creating the images, pouring my heart into selecting the palette of my blog images, selecting the font type for the message in it! Still not sure if I am any good at it but who cares? I have had enough 'D' grades to not bother and enough self worth to create things for the love of it.  

Change is the only constant!

Cheers to that ✌

Risen from the ashes...

Hello Dearies,

Looonnnggg Time!

What do I say? 

OK let me start by acknowledging that Mark Twain was really very intelligent.

He just knew me and my psyche. He must have come up with the above thought just so that one day I read it and come back on track.

You see, it's very weird. I treated my blog as a baby for quite some time. Then life happened and somehow I forgot about how important it has been to me. Yes, very shameful but it's true.

It was the festival of Diwali in India in Oct'19. Before the festivities began, I had to be the lady of the house and try to do a thorough spring cleaning. During festivities, I had to travel to be with my near and dear ones, eat awesome delicacies, relax, rejuvenate, so on and so forth.

I know, it may seem very fickle minded of me, to ignore this blog for so long. And the above do seem to be very frivolous reasons for not contributing to the blog. But that's the only excuse I have.

At some random times, blogging did cross my mind but I kept putting it off for another 'perfect' day or a 'perfect' time. But today I suddenly realised I have become a royal procrastinator. Like with blogging, so with life, I have been in a cloud of lazing and blowing away my precious time.

I now comprehend that all good things are created when you follow some discipline. Even if it is something you love doing (writing in my case). It has to be done continually. It has to become a habit. Else one long break and you may find yourself struggling to get back on track like me. Stopping my own progress but helpless to fight back. Also, after a long break, I ended up not finding the required enthusiasm to do what is required: Open my laptop, type out my thoughts, research for new topics to write about. These were 'supposedly' the things I enjoyed doing.

Mind you, Procrastination And Laziness (P&L) are best friends. With time, they suck you in their charm. Unless you are mindful, you won't even realise when you form a trio with them! 

So today I am very glad to have broken up with these two and risen from the ashes!

P.S: What are the things that you are putting on a back burner to be with your 'fake besties', the infamous P&L?