But I realise it wasn't  the blog that I had to stay away from..it was the laptop. My laptop wasn't with me for sometime and I started sleeping early and waking up by 10. Don't judge me..but that is an achievement for me. I intend to become the 'early-to-bed-early-to-rise' kinda girl. And rise at 8 I shall someday :)
I also started reading again and I hope I can keep that up. I'm reading Eat,Pray,Love after a 6 month gap.



I'll share a quote from the book: You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because, when you do, it becomes a tendency and it happens over and over again.You must practice staying strong instead. 




“You can’t control what others think. The only thing you can control is yourself. Some people will look down on you for your choices in life, no matter what they are. You can’t do anything about that. The only thing you can do is decide how to live your own life. And to hell with everybody else” 
― Marie Sexton

Honestly, 2012 isn't being very good to me. This past week I've just been overwhelmed with too many emotions I cannot explain. Too many things going on in my head that I will not bore you with.
I have been wondering how wrong is it to expect your loved ones to make you feel better?
Anyway, I'm going to take a break for a while..from a lot of stuff, which includes the internet..so no blogging for a while. I will be back when I'm sorted.
I'll leave you with a few pictures a took a while back *the bag makes me happy*

When I graduated last year, I had my life planned right ahead of me. I wanted to pursue Fashion Journalism/Fashion Communication. I'd interned for HT City and even got into University of Creative  Arts, UK. But then I realised I didn't want to narrow down my options to just fashion. So, I decided to go with just journalism and then may be a diploma in Fashion Journalism.

But when the rest of my class applied for their masters degree, I didn't. My university exams were postponed and it clashed with most of the entrance exams and I have never been good at multi-tasking. So, I didn't apply. I decided I would work/intern for a year and then go for my masters. It didn't seem like a very bad idea then.

So, I graduated and four months later, I was still sitting at home with nothing to do. No job. No internship. I was where I never wanted to see myself. Even the 'I don't care about my future' girls of my class were doing something. It killed me to wake up every morning and have nothing to do. I stopped talking to my college friends, dreading they'd ask me what I'm up to these days.

And then finally in October, I had a job interview with Times of India. I'd only been to another interview before that, so I didn't think in my wildest dreams that I'd have to sit for an exam. You can only imagine my shock at having to sit for that exam. It wasn't good.

But it turns out it wasn't all that bad too cos I got the internship..not a job but still an internship. I was happy. And then one fine day, my boss says he is going to give me the job but then I couldn't leave the job in 2012 and believe me, I said no because that was not in my plan. I had to go for my masters in 2012 and besides, my parents would be very disappointed (they wanted me to get a masters degree first). My boss asked me to give it a thought (I'm sure he didn't want to go through the pain of training someone else). So, I spoke to my parents and everybody I could and realised I had to take my own decision. I couldn't do something just so that my parents aren't disappointed.

So, I did what I really wanted to..I took up the job.


Sometimes, things never go as planned..but that doesn't have to be a bad thing because something nicer does come your way eventually. Life throws opportunities at us but it is upon us to make use of it. It's always a two-way process..you could let it go because it wasn't in your plan or you could seize the opportunity and make the most of it. After all, life is about change and growth, isn't it?
And in the end, it is always your decision..no matter how many people you consult. It is your life..live it the way you want.

We're already into the third day of the year..time flies, see? With the party season over, I'm welcoming back my normal life. Every year I take a resolution to lose some weight but as you can see, that never really happens. So no resolutions this year. Lets just take life as it comes this year..make use of opportunities that come my way and just live happily with positivity.