30 Days of 30 pieces - Day 2 of 30

Today's post is going to be a short one, I think. It's been a rather long day and I am actually ready to go to bed at 8:50PM, that's right! Welcome to grandma land! 😆

I think it's just a case of waking up early and not getting enough rest. Talking about waking up early, I've been dabbling with the idea of joining the 5 AM club. The thought first came through a podcast I was listening to by Robin Sharma. Sid loves this guy and I too enjoy a lot of his podcasts. So about 3 months back Sid and I thought of taking at least one of his guidance principles seriously and joining the 5AM club. After all thats what all successful people do, right ;). Well, easier said than done. The first day we managed 5:45, and that too after a loooooooooottttt of struggle and self talk. The second day was better and after a couple days we could manage 5:15-5:20 pretty easily. The 5 o'clock mark, however, was insanely hard to hit! There were days when I'd get stressed about not waking up on time and therefore end up waking up at 3. Then go back to sleep and because I'd woken up, I'd end up sleeping beyond 5. Finally after a few weeks I finally managed to wake up at 5, on the dot. I got up, sat in my bed, smiled to my self and a felt a sense of immense achievement. Then as soon as the feeling of achievement had sunk in, as a celebration I went back to sleep just to catch a few extra winks. Needless to say, I snored on for the next 2 hours and ended up being late for work.

With that kind of a reputation, I'd given up on the idea of the 5 AM club until this morning, when I heard another podcast where the host spoke in all seriousness about the importance of waking up at 5 and how to be disciplined in life and yadayadayada. So after being re-inspired I've decided to give it a go. I will try this tonight and wake up bright and shiny tomorrow morning, ready to start my day with an awesome blog writing experience, squeeze in some exercise and yoga, make fresh breakfast and enjoy a steaming cuppa joe before heading out to conquer the world.
On that bright and positive note I am going to wrap up this article, because like I said, I need to go to bed early if I'm to achieve my dream of being in the 5AM club. And for that to happen I have to stop typing. So see ya'll tomorrow morning. Sweet dreams and Buenos noches!💤🌜

30 Days of 30 Pieces - Day 1 of 30

Day 1 of 30

So to begin with my first article for the day I'd like to write about a children's book that inspired me when I was 6. It talked about 'What do you want to be' and had illustrations of all the fun activities and professions that a child could dream of becoming. I loved it so much because it made me believe that I had abundance of choice to become who I want. Imagine the rude awakening when I had to pick a major in high school. That did NOT go down well with me. But since I was way too cool for school (or so I thought) I picked engineering, the analytical field where great minds create wonderful contraptions for the world to use and be in awe of. Yes, that is exactly how I viewed electrical engineering.

So while I went on to learn the amazing technology and interesting concepts of engineering, which I thoroughly enjoyed by the way, I soon figured out that eventually after all the fun education and on the job training every one finally ends up doing exactly the same thing. By getting stuck in the rut to win more projects, churn out more results in as short a time as possible. Its the same pattern repeating everywhere. The charm and wonder of executing a project using new technology is not the main focus of doing projects, the focus is the commerce of it all. And while some may agree with that approach, that it all SHOULD boil down to money, I don't. Not because I'm idealistic (far from it). Simply because its so much more fun!! And that must mean something. There is a reason why we enjoy certain activities and the joy it gives us makes us do more and get better at it. Nature uses this tactic very well to propagate species by making procreation super fun, creates bonds between members of a species by making helping others more gratifying and fulfilling. So most definitely working towards something that creates joy and fulfillment is a journey forward.

The more I see organizations that the world is in awe of, the more a common pattern emerges. These organizations are financially successful as a result of their creativity and not the other way around. They take total joy in creating and as a result they have been successful in securing the trust and confidence of their audience and their investors, who only want to add to their momentum of success, thus also making them financially stable. Their financial success is a by product of their creative genius which is kinda awesome.

SO having said that, if given a second chance today, what would I like to do? Honestly there are so many things that come to mind that nothing really stands out. So instead of staying confused, like always, I'm going to start listing out anything that I can even slightly do and enjoy as of today. I may be a total amateur and a complete beginner but if I love doing it even for an hour I'm going to put it down in my list. Here goes:

1. Movie director - would love to direct psychological thrillers or even offbeat, with a twist kind of movies. Or just plain comedies. They are completely disconnected genres but that in itself would be an amazing experience.

2. Write and publish a blog - I know I can write fairly decent material. Would be fun to see if it could lead to getting subscribers and growing into a good sized business

3. Travel blogger/ location scout - Although these require different skill sets, the common factor here is travel and possibly going where no one has been before. Would love to do the former than the latter.

4. Travel show host/writer/director/producer/coordinator - Same reasons as above and in fact even more fun coz now I'd get to be the techie geek when indulging in all the cool equipment :)

5. Digital nomad - working jobs in different locations through websites like workaway.com etc. This would be a rather cool experience as it would let me interact with so many different cultures and kinds of people. Just the thought of it brings a smile to my face.

6. Teach using innovative styles and methods to curious, bright young or old minds - I'd love to teach anything that I know and could be helpful to others. Teaching is the best form of learning and I LOVE to learn. I'm very intrigued by new ways of education which encourages kids to discover ideas and concepts rather being told by a teacher and then everyone in class engages in healthy discussions, presenting ideas and the 'teacher' is merely a facilitator, gently nudging the students along and allowing them to discover or uncover jewels of wisdom for themselves.

7. Growing a business from scratch all the way to super successful - Don't know which business but the pure experience of doing this and the journey is going to be awesome and in some weird way I even can sense and know the feeling. For the record, I've never started a business....yet! :)

These are the 7 that I can think of for now. I'm sure there are way more than this and I might revisit and add more to this list later. Until then, I'm sticking to this list. And with that my first article for Day 1 of my 30 days of 30 pieces... comes to an end. I shall see you again tomorrow, bright and fresh, ready to churn out more words. Until then it's Adios and Hasta Luego, Amigos.

30 Days of 30 Pieces of Fun Writing

I'm going to start rather abruptly here. This, from here on, is my fun creative project for the next 30 days. I call it the '30 days of 30 pieces of fun writing'. It recently dawned upon me that I've been angrily proclaiming my 'creativity' for a while now, without really any outputs from me to back up that claim, which kind of misses the point of the angry outbursts. So to support my claim and to make this all fun and not an agenda, I'm taking on this activity to write at least 1 piece of article/poem/blog piece/journaling, whatever the hell you want to call it, every day. Yes, Every. Single. Day. for the next 30 days. Now I know that it's going to be a challenge to pen down something ever single day, even on days when I'm lazy, exhausted, overwhelmed, in crazy-mood-swings mode, or just plain bored. However, that is exactly why I need this, to test if I REALLY crave that creative outflow regularly and if it is truly going to be a part of my daily life.

Ok, so now that I wrote about WHY I'm doing this, let's talk about what do I want to write about. Hmmm. Honestly, I don't know. It might be spontaneous one day and suddenly might have structure for the next few days. It might be an organized form of journaling and possibly even the most interesting conversations from the depths of my subconscious OR the best case scenario could be just pointless, senseless rambling! I call that the best case scenario because senseless rambling would be a true 'offloading' of the clutter in my head and would indeed allow me to vent out this 'burden' of creativity, Finally!

With that I end my ramblings and shall see you soon in my very first post coming up soon! Check out the blog for this and many such posts in the coming 30 days! See ya until then.

One at a time

One breath at a time, one step at a time,
one bite to savor, one whiff of flavor,
one note to play, one wish to pray,
one silly face to smile, one indulgence in a while,
one stroke to paint, one drop of rain,
one skill to hone, one soul to call your own,
one by one they grow; the moments, the senses, the souls,
until finally you can feel, your broken spirit heal,
your carefully built space, slowly filling your embrace,
everywhere around you now, a collection of the moments of love,
deeply fulfilling and blissfully true, it's merely a reflection of you.