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…
Read moreFear & Ego
In my last blog post, I wrote about the gift I received from my friend Corinne : “The Way of the Fearless Writer” by Beth Kempton. Though I truly want to read the book and start working on the exercises within, for some reason I am scared to even open the book. Today, all I…
Read moreTilting 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…
Read morePromises 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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