It has been almost 20 weeks since I wrote last on “Unleashing myself.” A lot of transformations have come about in my personal life in these five months – my brother-in-law Bubu has got engaged to Kurchi, I have joined a swimming club, my nephew Pupu has grown six months old AND I have gifted a brand new Manza Elan to Kuhu. We have just completed our first HALF-ANNIVERSARY as well yesterday. All this, and a lot more of the mundane life that lesser mortals like me have got accustomed to, have just not allowed me to devote an hour to my blog everyday.
However, last week I attended a two-day training session on “Assertiveness Skills at the workplace”, which was conducted by my company. Among many other tips to enhance assertiveness in personal and professional life, my instructor waxed eloquent about one thing. That was, to be assertive, one has to hold oneself in high esteem, and for that to happen, one needs to harness one’s strengths and feel confident about those. Writing is certainly one of my strengths.
It is almost as if I am on oath to sharpen my strengths on a daily basis. After marriage I had hardly blogged due to a paucity of time, but now I would hate myself carping about my daily busy schedule and not do something which comes so naturally to me.
Kuhu has always said jokingly that I have stopped writing because I have nobody to “impress” now, which was not the case before marriage. I have taken that statement with a smile and pinch of salt, I must say. Now it is time to start impressing no one else but myself. Life would continue to throw up its challenges, but there is nothing more calamitous and deplorable than to jettison one’s passion for the sake of mundane day-to-day activities.
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