I Like This New Me

- BY PRIYANKA

Finally, after 34 years, I have found a reason to be proud of myself. Yay!!!!

I am content with myself and my life. Changes in my surroundings no longer bother me in a negative way. I can ignore all the noise around and focus only on the ‘controllables’. I never knew I was capable of that. I had been told I was good but I never believed it. I had been told several times that fortunate will be the man who marries me, but it never sounded true to me, or maybe it did but I simply ignored it. I had been told multiple times that I was talented, but I was always critical of my achievements.

20 Lessons I Have Learned

- BY NEHA

Life’s myriad experiences teach us all a diverse gamut of lessons. While some experiences in life are a bitter pill to swallow, in retrospect it is these ‘tough’ experiences that actually enable us to evolve the most.

Having lived in 5 different countries, I have had my share of pleasant and not-so pleasant experiences. In today’s blog post I want to briefly touch upon the 20 main lessons I have learned in my life till date. While I understood some of these lessons much earlier in life, some have been quite recent realizations and few are from just last year. I am sure that as life goes on I will keep adding to my list of lessons learned. In fact, the more the lessons I learn each year, the more I know I have evolved as a human being. It has now become a yardstick for me to ascertain my personal growth year after year. So here we go….

What Is Your Vision For Your Life?

- BY NEHA

"Create The Highest, Grandest Vision Possible For Your Life, Because You Become What You Believe" - Oprah Winfrey

The above quote was my Facebook status some weeks ago. I only share those quotes on my Facebook wall that I truly and deeply resonate with.

Oprah Winfrey is someone who I admire and idolize. To me, she is the epitome of success, grace and generosity. Those readers who are aware of her early background and growing-up years would know that Oprah had to overcome a myriad of challenges and barriers in her life to reach where she is today. She is not only America’s most loved woman but also an inspiration to many people across the world.

Oprah had a grand vision for her life. Even though she didn’t come from wealth and didn’t have the most stable upbringing, she believed in her vision for herself, with faith and conviction.

It’s All About Loving Your Parents

- BY NEHA

Some of you may have noticed that there were no posts on this blog during the months of June and July. As most of our readers are aware, I have recently relocated to a new country. Moving to a new place, whilst exciting and adventurous, is also quite unnerving and mentally taxing at times.

I started my house hunt here towards the end of April and by May was able to find a nice little home for myself. The only problem was – mortgage! I never realized how challenging it could be for a new immigrant, with almost zero credit history to get a decent mortgage. Fortunately enough, I was able to secure a mortgage and have happily moved into my new home.

I love my new place – not only do I feel proud of everything little thing in the house I own, I feel extremely blessed to not just have a good job but now a home, all within 5 months of moving to this country.

Whose Day Are You Going to Brighten Today?

- BY NEHA

“Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody”

–      Unknown

We witness and experience immense beauty around us everyday - beautiful people, beautiful landscape, beautiful gestures, beautiful words, beautiful pictures. While expressing appreciation or paying someone a compliment comes naturally to some of us, certain people find it hard to do so – may be because they are shy, reserved, indifferent or envious.

WTF?

- BY NEHA

Seriously, what the f@$%? I mean, when and how did this word become such an integral part of today’s lingua franca? Doesn’t matter whether you are an Indian, a Russian, an Italian, French or a Spaniard, chances are you know this word. Perhaps what may have mass-popularized this word is the fact that more and more people (courtesy the Internet) now have access to uncensored versions of American TV shows & movies (where use of this word is rampant). And don’t most of us feel (or rather choose to feel) that ’The American way is the coolest way’ (*eye-rolling*)!

J.O.B. – Just On Board

- BY NEHA

I have recently made a bold and daring move in life in order to better my career prospects. In my home country, I was pretty much “stuck” professionally. While most other aspects of my life were moving along well there (lovely home, doting family, annoying yet adorable brother, awesome friends and by & large a comfortable existence), I was pretty dissatisfied with how my career was shaping up. This was primarily due to some overtly emotional and not well thought-out decisions I had taken a couple of years ago. Had I been patient and perseverant, my work could have catapulted me to great heights, because I had a lot of things working in my favor. However, I take full responsibility for my actions.