So a lot of people don't like being asked 'how old do u turn today'.. but frankly, I have never been one of them.
If anything, I am a proud 28 year old today. And I am wearing it up on my sleeve, no less.
Let's see.. I have just about topped 8 years at work, got 'married!', 'finally' stepped out of the comfortable cocoon of my mum dadz place, learnt how to take the responsibility of running a household (ppl..don't smile..it ain't easy!), also just fired my 5th cook in the last one year...
I'm also proud to say I have done some good work and have earned some good opportunities thereafter, which makes me happy despite the grueling work hours.
At 28, I have learned to keep a clean house and decorate it and well..redecorate my house well. I have met many new people and I am still learning how to incorporate all of them in my life. I have also learnt that the lessons never get over. I have started remembering lil' tit bits from my childhood and have started understanding them differently.
I have learnt that it is not always easy, but it is okay to admit that it is not easy. It is also okay at times, to learn new ways to deal with the situation or to let it go. And that it is okay let yourself off the hook when you feel like it. And no matter what your brain tells you that you are and your actions should be, it is okay to change.
And that it is okay to cry when it is time to and laugh the next minute, if you have a reason to. Like I did this morning - when my almost comatose naani ma responded to my phone call by trying to move her lips to make a sound. It was very moving, even crushing. But it was okay, because honestly, it is enough. It starts becoming enough when no matter how many hard times, you start believing that you are loved nevertheless, by the people in your life in their own way. It isn't always solid, spoken or even felt. But you will feel it when you will believe in it. You'll break down on the way, but it will be okay.
And then it was a friend who called the very next minute and made me laugh. And I laughed along.
I have learnt that life won't be any easy as I grow up, but can be made easy. And I have learnt that it is good to write. Coz' I can read this at a later time and reflect and learn again.
Happy 28th b'day to meself :)
If anything, I am a proud 28 year old today. And I am wearing it up on my sleeve, no less.
Let's see.. I have just about topped 8 years at work, got 'married!', 'finally' stepped out of the comfortable cocoon of my mum dadz place, learnt how to take the responsibility of running a household (ppl..don't smile..it ain't easy!), also just fired my 5th cook in the last one year...
I'm also proud to say I have done some good work and have earned some good opportunities thereafter, which makes me happy despite the grueling work hours.
At 28, I have learned to keep a clean house and decorate it and well..redecorate my house well. I have met many new people and I am still learning how to incorporate all of them in my life. I have also learnt that the lessons never get over. I have started remembering lil' tit bits from my childhood and have started understanding them differently.
I have learnt that it is not always easy, but it is okay to admit that it is not easy. It is also okay at times, to learn new ways to deal with the situation or to let it go. And that it is okay let yourself off the hook when you feel like it. And no matter what your brain tells you that you are and your actions should be, it is okay to change.
And that it is okay to cry when it is time to and laugh the next minute, if you have a reason to. Like I did this morning - when my almost comatose naani ma responded to my phone call by trying to move her lips to make a sound. It was very moving, even crushing. But it was okay, because honestly, it is enough. It starts becoming enough when no matter how many hard times, you start believing that you are loved nevertheless, by the people in your life in their own way. It isn't always solid, spoken or even felt. But you will feel it when you will believe in it. You'll break down on the way, but it will be okay.
And then it was a friend who called the very next minute and made me laugh. And I laughed along.
I have learnt that life won't be any easy as I grow up, but can be made easy. And I have learnt that it is good to write. Coz' I can read this at a later time and reflect and learn again.
Happy 28th b'day to meself :)
