Hello everyone! Welcome to the second edition of Fiction Monday. The idea is simple – to write fiction. On alternate Mondays, I will post the prompt here. There will be a word prompt and a picture prompt. You have two weeks to respond with a story. You can choose to include both the prompts in […]
Introducing #FictionMonday
Six years ago around this time, I attempted my first Five Sentence Fiction, which was the beginning of a fantastic journey to my blogging saga. Till then I had only attempted poems – poems that flew into my mind and transferred on to the paper. I never attempted to write stories before then. Hence writing […]
Stalking Happiness – Gratitude Post
Days are whizzing past by me. It so seems that I am copy-pasting yesterdays into tomorrows and making it into today. Every day looks the same. There is no change. Some days I feel at a loss. Yes, those some days were the same as the other days, but I feel low. Are these “look […]
54 Things To Do When You are Bored
Related reading: Morning Pages – The Self Care Exercise -30- Change your passwords for all the accounts with stronger ones -31- Organize the files and folders in your computer -32- Back up your phone, tablet, and computer -33- Create a new song playlist in Spotify -34- Create a journal for some introspective questions -35- Learn […]
Gratitude in troubled times
How different is this year from the last, am I right? This year we are unified by a common threat – covid19. Sometimes I feel that there is no meaning to anything we do because life is short, so short that an invisible virus is all that is needed to wipe out the human race. […]
Life in the time of coronavirus #CoronaStories
Coronavirus is the topic of discussion at the moment. It is spreading at an exponential rate and social distancing is the first and foremost prescribed medicine to contain this rapidly spreading virus from marking its territory in our homes. Government authorities are doing their part in increasing awareness. Social distancing doesn’t mean that we are […]
14 Effective Ways to Reduce Stress & Improve your Life
Some time ago I was under the clutches of stress. I didn’t know though that what I was feeling, the negativity that was creeping up on me had anything to do with stress. I went on about my day to day tasks bearing this unsettling feeling of failure and worthlessness that was brought by stress […]
Word of the Year 2020
January is coming to a close and here I am typing my word of the year post. Actually the word was decided by October last year. I even started preparing this post back then as I knew I wouldn’t be able to blog in December and the first half of January owing to the trip […]
2019 – Year in Review
When 2019 arrived, I decided that I needed a change. More like, I decided to change. I did not want to feel like a failure, that nothing good is happening to me. So I decided to take matters into my hand. I resolved not to complain about my circumstances or myself. THAT was the best […]
Reading with Kids
Reading with Kids I love to read with my kids. I love reading for my kids to be exact. Now, to instill the habit of reading in kids is not an easy task. Some kids develop that fondness for books rather quickly, some develop a delayed taste. With my elder one, reading became a part […]