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I DID IT!

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  I kept my word before we see 2025 off.   My previous blog “Before the year Ends”   https://www.musingswhileunlearning.com/2025/10/before-year-ends.html ) gives the background to this blog and I aver in it, to go on my first ever solo vacation for 2 nights and 3 days and I DID IT! I had promised to give you a detailed report in my subsequent blog (only this might be less of a blog and more of a novella), whatever be the outcome. We had just wanted to try our best, (whether or not we succeed) on one thing we so badly wanted to do but were wary of or plain funked by. Mine, among others, was solo travel. Here is what happened the post blog of 29Oct25. I was excited and I kept mulling over different places I would like to go to, which were also safe for a lone woman traveller. I decided on the Rann of Kutch. My daughter was home on vacation and I gingerly put across my plan after making her read my blog. I was wondering what her reaction would be. She was working on ...
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Before the Year Ends...

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Photo by BoliviaInteligente on Unsplash   That one thing you must do before the year ends. Decide as soon as you read this blog and then “Just Do it”, Nike style!   Every year begins with resolutions for most of us, with sincere intentions and then life happens (it is always happening but we realise it when things go awry). Overwhelm, self-pity, self-sabotage; basically, the lack of balance which leads to all that and more.   Depending on our life circumstances and our mental make-up etc., we give up as early as January and if not, surely by June. We may get a sudden boost in the right direction near our birthday but even that does not last that long.   There are people who are exceptions, of course, and if you are one of those, kudos to you and I am glad we haven’t met.   For lesser mortals, who succumb, this one is for you. Hey! Uber disciplined folks are welcome too. No discrimination here.   Two months to go! We cannot reverse time...
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Why Lie? Why Even White Lie?

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  A step towards being your most authentic self. Credits: Pinterest                            Why do we lie? Have you ever given it a thought? Most people will see the question and without a split second of deliberation come up with a “to save our skin” or “fear” or “to avoid hurting someone”. Now, give it some more thought. We tell lies or even white lies in order to be pleasant or to please- a step towards being accepted. In our minds, we should not get caught on the wrong foot lest we be made an example of or we become unpopular or worse, be ostracized to whatever degree. In fact, the society expects you to lie in order to be amicable. I will expand on this soon.     I don’t lie as a rule. I gave that up in Grade 2, after getting caught for hiding and later lying about a math test, I tanked in. And yet, white lies have been plenty…remember, the reasons I said you might give, well, reason num...
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IKIGAI

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  Maybe I find it here, at Cafe Ikigai, doing Mandala art.   I really cannot believe I have signed up for this but there is a reason my blogs aren't happening. I do not venture out too much and when you are stuck in a rut, your imagination slowly stops thinking out of the box. At least, that has been my reality.    My husband and kids are busy and away most of the time and so it is just Joey and I. So, I have been wondering of ways to get out of my “stuckness”. Truth be told, I have sheltered myself from the outside world for a while and even I realise that it is time to get out of my Hermit mode.   My daughter is here for her vacation and internship so I guess this is my chance to stop cribbing and start acting. Yet, cribbing seems easier.   Sitting here, the only one to reach half an hour prior, dutifully abiding by the rules on the booking website, I spent the first 15min wondering why I signed up for this. I remember telling my daughter ...
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