JustAnu

Day 1. When my parents and I left for the trip, we just had 3 things: the ticket to travel to the destination, the booking of the hotel to stay in and a few places in mind where we intended to go with no information beyond what GoogleMaps told me.  We neither  had a solid plan for the trip nor the return ticket. All we had was the feeling that we need to leave our current state and have some time out of the place we have been in for a few years. We needed a little getaway. So in the morning at 7 am, we reached the hotel room but since the official check-in time had to be 10 AM, we had to talk the owner in for an early booking. We got the room, ordered tea and sat down for a while. What next? We got ready for the day, whatever that would bring to us. I dressed up in my blue straight-leg denim with a short kurti with chikankari embroidery on it. I rarely wear makeup in my daily life but this time, I knew I had to do it! I made the front french braids and tied it into a pony at t...

 My work is just, a Part-of-my-life.  It’s not my entire life. I like my work, but I cannot spend my entire life just working. I can’t take out the feeling-of-being-alive from my life only because I am expected to be wanting to spend my entire life working. Messed up, right? I am currently in my 4th month of working life (too early to judge?). The initial 3 months were spent well. Things were new, we were learning, things were still intimidating, but overall, it went well. Now isn’t the same case. It feels like I want to avoid my time at work. I want to get out of my daily tasks as soon as possible, and if not, I’ll spend my entire day just following orders till I have no brain left to think about my life, my happiness and what I wish to accomplish in my life, beyond the daily labour. That’s not how an ideal employee thinks, right? I need to make balance, my work and my life. I have always wanted to work with my best inputs. That have always been the centre of my life, f...