The first of hopefully many more…
Hello, there. If you are reading this piece, you are either my friend or one of my connections on social media, and I appreciate that you have chosen to come here.
We all have opinions and perspectives that we want to share with the world. Everyone practises the dream Ted talk in front of the mirror! I have been planning to start a blog for more than two years and have repeatedly rejected the idea on multiple grounds. Why would people read my blog? Am I old enough to be taken seriously? Do I have more important things to take care of? Well, it is 2021. We have been locked in our homes for more than a year, some of us are studying remotely, some are working from home and some are making Dalgona coffee. In all the spare time, the mind wanders, and today, as I sat in my bed after logging off from my company’s system, suddenly I again felt this urge to write a blog. I have spent 25 years on this planet, have had the opportunity of meeting people from various cultures, visited some lovely destinations when the world was still normal, studied at some reputed institutions and worked at a couple of good companies. Perhaps, it is the right time to start writing. The natural question that arises at this point is about what the articles will be. I haven’t zeroed in on a theme yet, but mostly they will be about my experiences, observations, and perspectives on different matters. I would love to be a regular blogger, but I am confident that I cannot promise such consistency, and I do not have an audience for that. However, I will use this space to relax and pen down my thoughts. It feels nice not to have a deadline at times.
Since this is my first blog, here is a short paragraph about myself. You never know, someday I might become famous, and people who do not know me personally might also stumble upon this piece. I am one of those typical Indian children who are not very adventurous. I studied hard all my childhood to score well in school, got into one of the good engineering colleges of the country, worked for two years and am currently pursuing an MBA from one of the most famous institutes of India. No one forced me to do any of it; I tried to play it safe like most of my peers. I will not call myself an interesting person because I have met too many people who have burst that bubble. I am not sure if I am creative enough, as I do not know of a concrete benchmark yet, but more on that later. I am a simple girl who stresses out regularly over petty issues, and the MBA life during a pandemic has definitely added layers to that anxiety. You can expect tirades from a stressed student in future articles. I feel I should talk about my hobbies here. I am a Bharatanatyam dancer, and I am a foodie. While food helps me with stress, I can’t suddenly start “Alarippu” when I feel anxious at three in the morning. This summer, I have decided to dedicate an hour of the day to myself to achieve peace of mind. For that, I will use this space from time to time and keep writing about my thoughts. This is a long article now, and I definitely do not want to cross the “5 min read” limit. I am glad that I finally overcame procrastination and self-doubt and started writing on the internet. I hope that I will manage to find some interesting topics to write about in the coming days.
