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3 Steps to stop caring about what people think.

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Before you read this blog, how about you answer one question. “Have you ever felt an instant rush and excitement at the idea of doing something, but you were abruptly interrupted by the thought - But……what will people think of me, if I do this? If your answer was “YES”, and of course it was, then you too, like millions of people care too much about “What other people”.   Now see, Our ancestors shared this planet with woolly mammoths and saber toothed tiger, so… “Lyyyf was HARrrrrD” . And not your “high school drama" kinda hard, like real hard.   The only way that Homo sapiens could survive was by sticking together and forming groups. Hence we became social animals. Now, just imagine , in those times, if a lot of people in your group didn’t like you, what would happen to you?   Yes, you might be left behind and torn into pieces by the saber toothed tiger.   Needless to say, you had to be socially acceptable to survive.   ...

How to overcome your Instagram addiction.

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Before you start reading this blog, let’s do an extreme experiment. Ready, Set, Go. Poke your nose - If you have ever posted a picture of your fun weekend on Instagram, but didn’t actually have that much fun on that weekend. Poke your nose - If you have ever posted a happy picture of yourself on Instagram, with a meaningful quote, after having a mental breakdown. (And for the last time, I swear) Poke your nose - If you have ever spent so many hours in a day on social media, that you started to feel depleted, without actually having done any real work. Good job! Now it’s “Results time”.   If you have poked your nose for any of these scenarios, than……..I am sorry to be one saying it, but you have an addiction. Yupp…You have fallen prey to a trap. What kind of trap? (you may be wondering) Well, the trap of “leading a delusional and fake virtual life.”   Now before you roll your eyes and proceed your finger to click the ba...

How Boredom will improve your life?

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Act 1   Me - Crap, I’m bored! (says irritably)   My mind - Ok, You literally have drawing, painting, reading, writing and 99 other hobbies, that you could be doing right now. Me - I know…..I know…..but I’m just bored.     May be I should just…..scroll through Instagram   or something. My mind - Oooooh! Dear please don’t, just wait..wait..wait Me - frantically *pulls out phone and opens instagram* My mind -   Aaaaah! You……bitch! End of Act 1. Have you ever felt   excruciatingly restless in your own body and mind, you felt like you had nothing to do, whatever you were doing felt meaningless, you felt an unbearable and unpleasant sensation surging through your body.   So, to distract yourself, you picked up your phone and started scrolling through Instagram. You refreshed your feed 6-7 times and now it feels more toxic than entertaining. So does that damn Mobile game you have been addi...

Here’s why, You don’t know shit!

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Ok, I’m gonna get it out, right at the beginning -   “YOU…….yes, YOU…. don’t know shiiiiiiiyyt” You think you do, but actually….. ”YOU DON’T” . And neither do I.   None of us do.   Now let me back these harsh words up, a little . So, over this weekend a few of my relatives visited us. They were mostly old people, may be in their 80’s or something.   Unlike most of us who find old people to be annoying, I actually find myself being interested in them. I mean these people: lived in a time when Mobile phones and Instagram weren’t a thing, they barely knew anything about Space, in fact there were no Fans, AC’s, Televisions and Computers, in their life.   thousands of people were still dying of famines, plagues and wars.   a lot them were being killed by Tuberculosis and Small pox.   “I mean can you imagine that, we don’t even get vaccinated for TB anymore.” I sat there observing them, as th...

Is life really that hard ?

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                       "Lyyyyfff is hard” * period* This is something that all, so called “Grown ups” around me, have said to me since I was a wee girl.  (Noooo, I’m not Scottish, I just looooove how it sounds!) Growing up in an Indian culture, I was always surrrrrrounded with people who preached, “LIFE IS HARD” .  And because life is hard, we kids were taught to do everything hard - Study hard and work hard, after all life is hard.     I remember being 17 and curios about life, about what life is like when you are an adult.  So I asked my Grandma, what she thought about “LIFE” .     (Yea, I wasn’t very smart back then, I mean what answer was I expecting from a woman who had lived through wars and plagues and famines!)  She said,   (looking up at the sky, cause she is dramatic as ffff)   “Laaeeef is a lot of pain and suffering until you ...