Oh The Chaos!

You probably guessed from the post title what I'm going to talk about. If you're a regular reader (thanks for that btw), you would also be wondering where I have been. Let me elaborate! You see, the thing is, I found myself in circumstances such that I found myself appointed Queen of Chaos-land? And if were to be Queen of some "land" then Chaos-land would not be it! 

Did I mention I was moving? I probably did. But did I also mention that I had a major test two days prior to it? I also got the flu at this time. Indian Electricity board turned out to be a fair-weathered friend and I almost got evicted due to a misunderstanding. I almost lost most of my life savings due to the said misunderstanding (Insert shock smiley). What can I say - when it rains it pours!

Fortunately, certain insightful (and less freaked out) people around me were able to stay calm and we were able to sort the mess out before the shit hit the fan. Now that its ironed out and I am officially done moving (First major home move - LOT of learning) and gotten rid of the flu, I finally got to the point where I can appreciate my new home, to put it mildly. I'm basically going crazy with ideas on how I can jazz it up! Some of them, which I thought were simply G-R-E-A-T, were immediately shot down by The Family as being too "ridiculous" or "weird" (Someday!) - we'll get to those later.

Meanwhile, check out the photo barrage that has me wanting to go all Energizer-bunny on the house ;) Probably not all-applicable, but inspirational nonetheless. Click on images to go to their source.

- Cheers!

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The Price of Invulnerability

My dad's favorite teaching to me as a child was that knowledge is power. As a kid, I always assumed it was one of those proverbs that I had to learn to get good grades. As a teenager, I suspected that it was a psychological measure to get me to read and study. It is as an adult I am now seeing how much weight these words hold.

As a 20-something who has seen more than her share of life's downs, I now look back to see what are the techniques I used to help me get through them and I realized that when faced with a challenge, I had put all my energy into gathering all information I possibly could about the problem itself and people like me who had faced them and survived them. Needless to say, this helped me immensely. 

We all go through experiences that hurt and change us. It is through these that we become who we are. On these lines, check out this wonderful TED talk by researcher professor Brené Brown about vulnerability and happiness. Hopefully it will help you with your

struggles as much as it helped me at a point in time.