Anecdotes and Realizations

 Once again, my head doesn't have too many ideas. So here is another Nana rip-off. Here's the link to his second blog -  https://harimohanparuvumusicnotes.blogspot.com/ .  Today I was listening to 'Forever'  by the Beach Boys.  It is one of the few songs that I actually well up with. The lyrics go - And so on If the song I sing to you Could fill your heart with joy I'd sing forever I heard it first on Full House when Jesse sings it to Becky at their wedding. 

 So much is going on! Never-ending homework, upcoming tests and chapters I can't wrap my head around. Now there is this new project at home who is a ton of work. Exercising , diary writing and my other projects have gone with the wind.  Classes, project, eat , sleep. With so much on my to-do list, I end up procrastinating by watching mindless TV. It does not make me feel much better.  I wish that there was a break to reorganise life but time is always going. The best thing we can do during stress is to do basic self-care and what makes us happy. To do things mindfully.  I hate studying as much as the next person but a different attitude perhaps could help!  To tackle one thing at a time to avoid getting burnt out.  How do you tackle stress?

 Wait, listen to my "Influencer" talk : Hey guys! I know I haven't been posting many happy posts, and I am so sorry (though no one reads the blog)! I promise I will do that from now on! (I probably won't). Love, love! (Why two times?????) Anyways.  My desk is a dark wood, would love to find out which wood if anyone knows. It is a little shorter than my armspan(don't want to take out the scale). Where I sit it's empty below with a bar for my feet. On the left side there are four drawers, all with their own opinions.  The first one is relatively easy to open and close and I put the laptop there. The second drawer is stubborn, it has all the pens, maps, pencils, sketches and once you open it , it takes a certain charisma and peace of mind to close it. When I'm annoyed I bang it which just irritates you more as the drawer says - 'Come rey! Break your head only!' The third one is even harder so I put the reference books there. The bottom one is 'The...

 Here's a tip for teachers, from a student's point of view.  When you instruct, command or request something don't bother continuing. Instructing , commanding and requesting is exactly what doesn't work for us. We like having choice and everytime you add new parameters to your request it makes us that much more likely to try and push the boundaries.  Do you actually think teenagers like staying up all night? No! It's horrible. My eyes start burning by 11 and it's dark and alone. But when you say, "Good girls wake up early" it either adds pressure that we HAVE to do this or we feel like Well, I won't!  Listening to rules - (Shakti Indrajit, Dachshund - Niveditha Indrajit 's companion) Just curious about the camera? I don't know what she is trying to do here If you let teenagers make mistakes without punishment, they will figure out what works for them. Teenagers are smart and know what's going on, they are not blind people you need to gu...

 I thought I had everything figured out after the course on Existentialism. I was wrong.  I thought that I control everything in my life. I just need to be confident and not care about what people say. I need to enjoy being myself.  It's not easy. It's not easy to not care about what other people say. Other people are always there, no matter how much we try to erase them.  We are constantly in each other's life. People can be mean (and I have never been on social media!). People tell me - 'You're precious. You still have that innocence of childhood'. I don't want to lose it.  But it's so easy to say - 'Believe in yourself. Just be confident.' What is actually real? Who is saying this? Do they decide things? What is the eternal truth? What can I hold onto no matter what? Everything I do is something we've created for ourselves. Is there anything beyond? Is there any sense to this in the big picture.  God is there. Who said it? We said it. Is t...