My Morning Pages

The beginning of the week, early in the morning, sitting with a  chai and my Morning Pages notebook. My morning pages are really important to me. They anchor me. They calm me down and give clarity to my days. The days I skip writing, my days go for a toss. I am confused and bewildered…

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Freedom and Possessions

“Empty your pockets or your bag. What do you carry? “ This is prompt #2 in the book “The Way Of The Fearless Writer” by Beth Kempton. If you have read my previous posts, you know that I am on a journey with the help of this book, to find my inner fire again. So…

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Tilting at windmills

A few days ago, I read a post by Sunil Bhandari on Substack. It was titled “Why I won’t protest”. His post reached somewhere deep within me and dragged out old memories of who I once was.  My mum used to teasingly call me “Don Quixote” and insisted that most of the time I was…

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Promises And Reality

Today I am finally sitting down to write. The last time I posted on my blog was on the 14th of February. That’s almost two months ago. This is in spite of all the promises I made to myself, on my birthday in November and again at the beginning of this year. The thing is,…

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