Hey there people

I was listening to Lauv’s ‘Modern Loneliness’ few minutes ago when I realised how we are actually as a generation. We are never alone but always depressed. It occurred to me I have a forum to discuss, not just impose or preach, but to explore perceptions. Though being candid won’t hurt that the blogpost gets received by only half the people as compared to my Instagram or WhatsApp stories😂. Never mind. I speak on behalf of the select few who think they could relate to me. This is just a post on well-being. 

Just a random picturesque view from my terrace clicked on a normal phone camera. (too much detail)

So How are you people holding up?

This has to be my first query. I am not that vocal so blog post it is.

It has been my personal experience that it’s sometimes easier to vent out to strangers being anonymous than to talk to people whom you’ve known since ages. It kind of strips the judgement and you get a fresh perspective.

I know for sure these are the following kind of people who might get access to this blogpost

1. People staying with their families.
2. People stuck at work front working from home as well as working for home
3. People staying with their significant other or newlywed
4. All the frontline workers like Doctors, Nurses and all others. Lucky even if it gets viewed by a handful of them.

Multitude of environments follow, some have access to home cooked or mom cooked meals, some have to cook their own meals, some have access to food ordering platforms, some don’t even have a proper stable Internet connection and some of our family members residing abroad can’t even enjoy the exoticness of the diverse veggies and only have limited access to dry ration . I am at home and I personally know people who are working from home as well as cooking and all other things that follow(I like to call them “acting both like mom and dad”), people staying home and keeping busy and people staying with their families and still going for work. I have a newfound respect for everyone of you. However unfortunate the situation maybe, we manage to stay afloat.

I’ve been through phases some persistent  some moulded and I resurface again. Some phases act as revelations while some bring out the worst in me. I don’t talk for days end brooding over things that transform as insignificant the moment I recover. There have been encouraging pieces of advice all over the social media coaxing people to hold on to themselves in these trying times, not to be under constant pressure and let things flow their course. Some of them helped me a bit. All hail social media😊. I cannot relate to people who are doing their bit for the Underprivileged ones. Every morning I open Instagram and I go through posts of influential people engaging in relief work. But neither I am influential nor I have the finances. But I can do my bit, help myself and if permissible help others through my words (if not deeds😁).

But I agree to disagree on one of the fact that discussion helps. The only message I would like to convey is NO PRESSURE at all. You want to talk you do, you don’t, don’t. You want to study study, you don’t (I can’t say don’t) but don’t make a huge fuss on not being productive but start taking smaller steps. Same applies to all things personal. No formalities and offence. We currently are considered to be a generation of sad depressed people on the constant race to be productive. Just try and make a flow chart in your mind about the situation and you fussing over that. If you can do something about it then take baby steps and start doing, if not then why to fuss over something that isn’t under your control. It’s simple. Furthermore I consider being productive to be a relative term. One may just do a graphical representation code and may feel productive and some may code for the entire day and still feel unproductive. It’s just something which you do out of nowhere, like watering your already wilting plant, trying to stay fit, singing, dancing, reading the newspaper something you wouldn’t generally do. And bang on! You’re on your way to greatness😊

Recently I had a phase where I was super stressed. Eating, sleeping, focusing everything went astray and all I could think of was “What am I actually doing with my life? Do I even know what I want to do? What if I don’t succeed? What if I lose the most important years of my life?” and this phase almost lasted for 3 days. People knowing me personally, I must tell you grass is always greener on the other side but everyone is going through their own set of struggles. Let’s be humble to anyone who seeks our help.

Hang in there everyone. This phase shall pass and we will evolve and even if it doesn’t, we would learn to live with it gracefully . I am kind of getting used to this even without my laptop, with a slow internet and half days without electricity in this scorching heat.  Not complaining at all😂

I would like to know of that one sentence that keeps all of you going. Please write it down in the comments section below.

P.S This post was just a wellness post so that I can acquire some perspective of how everyone has been dealing with the time that has been forced upon us and  I hope sharing my own experience might help too