Srishti Kumari

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  • I Actually Forgot

    That, it’s happening!

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    Sometimes life surprises you not by sending you a gift, but by reminding you of a gift you once prayed for. You got it, and it has become so natural that you almost forgot it.

    While scrolling on my phone, I saw a YouTube short. The theme was around heavy thigh girlies and their everyday dresses, clothing, and lifestyle choices centred around the theme.

    You know what, after a few seconds, I remembered how my PCOD and unusual weight gain had made me a heavy, fatty thigh girl, and how, for the first time in my life, I felt my inner thighs rubbing against each other. And this was not a very happy feeling for me. This change was something very unusual that I faced in my late twenties, around two years ago.

    And I remember the days when I wanted to get rid of the experience of my inner thighs rubbing against each other. I had PCOD, weight gain, tiredness, and a lot of unusual fatigue. And being a no-gym, no regular exercise girl made the change a bit more difficult on a personal level.

    But I started doing one thing. I incorporated walking. Simple walk. Evening walks on my terrace — anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour, and I continued this religiously for several months. For several months, I used to wear my lower and a t-shirt, put on my shoes, and head on to my terrace with the smartwatch on my wrist.

    No pressure. No specific goals. Just a decision to move my body. Preferably to walk, because I find it very easy, simple, and doable on most days.

    And now, after the more or less regular walks, continuously for more than one and a half years, my slim-fit high waist jeans that once stuck around my thighs and I had left any hope of wearing that again, fitted me beautifully just like before.

    I was surprised, and shocked at the same time! I kid you not when I am saying this. I wasn’t expecting this change at all. I had given up on my favourite jeans.

    Results like these compel you to stick to your seemingly very simple habits every day. And it has made me more aware of the benefits of simple habits like this in our everyday lives.

    Starting small, keeping it simple, making it fit in our schedule very easily, showing up with a lot of love and care we deserve from ourselves, and enjoying the process along the way. This mindset shift brings the desired transformation.

    Getting properly in my old high-waisted jeans and not feeling the inner thighs rubbing at every step are only two visible changes. Walking has also made me positive, optimistic, creative, and reflective in beautiful ways.

    Walking kept me alive. It keeps me alive.

    Try walking. You will naturally start to feel the physical, mental, emotional, and your creative health and well-being only getting better and better without any noise, pressure, strict diets, gym workouts, and calorie counts.

    Happy living.

    Happy walking.

  • I am really thankful

    For having a part-time househelp

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    You know, it feels like you can do it all alone, and there is not much to do. And you keep doing the work. Brooming, dusting, mopping, laundry, washroom cleaning, cooking, and other mini and macro household chores on repeat until you realize that it’s okay to ask for help and kindly free your mental space, and a lot more time to nourish and feed your mind and soul creatively.

    Let’s be frank. All the books we want to read, all the shows we want to watch carefree, all the professional achievements we dream of and aspire to achieve, and all the fun, joy, and lovely moments we want to have with our loved ones without worrying about the dishes, laundry, and whatnot, are not possible very easily and smoothly without help.

    And if you are someone who has big and audacious goals in life, it’s really important to take very, very, very good care of your overall health, and your time and energy every day wisely. The task we outsource every day creates a very healthy time and space to flourish for us as we wish to.

    So, if you are someone who is having second thoughts, don’t think too much. Invest in help now. Invest in yourself now. And thank me later.

    Take care.

    Happy living.

  • Gazillion Stories Everywhere

    And not a single word to write!

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    Yeah, at least that’s how I feel sometimes. I feel like there are so many stories, so much happening around, there are a lot more themes and topics I can write on, experiment with, and when I sit down to write, I feel like I have nothing to write. But I do know that it’s not true. My feelings are not the fact.

    After all, this is my blog, my space, and I can think, write, scribble, and publish about anything and everything under the sun. Right?

    I can write about my early mornings, my simple yet very fulfilling morning routine, my night time routine, the books I am reading, the articles I read, the shows I watch, my observations, the things I like and don’t like, about my childhood memories, about my hostel days, about childhood friendships, about my teenage years, about my college days, about my experiences in delhi, about the changes I see that weren’t that visible a decade ago, about finding life beautiful and meaningful at its most simple things, about aspirations, about goals, about inner growth journey, about many, many, many, many, and really many things. And I am happy that I can.

    Just a small temporary problem here. Sometimes when I sit in front of my laptop, I feel my inspiration, ideas, creativity, and then very soon, self-discipline kind of takes a day or two off. Yeah, sometimes I really feel it happens.

    It’s fine.

    Its temporaray. We will get along with each other very well.

    Till then, I will write/type whatever I can.

    Happy writing to me!

    Take care.

  • Post-meal walk

    A cure for sure

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    Many people, even doctors, recommend walking a few steps for a few minutes after our meals. It has many benefits, including sugar control and weight loss in the long term. Ayurveda also talks about it.

    For me, especially these days when I am taking medicines 3 times a day for many days, this walk is really helping me stay awake a little longer after my lunch time. The heavy doses of medicine sometimes make it very difficult to stay awake and do anything. And me being me, always prefers a body and mind well rested for any kind of work, so I sleep when my body asks for it.

    But sleeping a day thrice, I mean, once after breakfast and medicines, then if you can’t control it after lunch, and then of course, the nighttime dose makes it too much. And I don’t want to see my puffy face and swollen eyes anymore. Rest is fine. Deep sleep is good. But sleeping three times, I didn’t feel so good. So, my post-lunch walk for around half an hour is saving me from falling asleep these days.

    Can’t say much about what my metabolism, sugar, cholesterol, thyroid, and insulin levels are, but my sleeping and staying awake balance, with a short nap after breakfast, is right right now. And I am happy for that.

    Tell me about yourself. Have you noticed any positive changes in your daytime or just general everyday life because of this simple act?

    Don’t hesitate to share in the comments below.

    Happy walking.

    Happy sleeping.

    And happy living!

  • Early Mornings Are Blessings

    And I am deeply grateful for them.

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    Early mornings. The peaceful, loving, caring, beautiful, warm, comfortable, and relaxed early mornings after a night of deep sleep and rest are among the most priceless blessings in the world. And I am genuinely, deeply, very, very grateful for such early mornings in my life. Nothing can be more beautiful than that.

    Nothing!

    The early morning hours, the quiet home, the calm vibes, you wake up with a smile, you feel thankful to divine, get up for the wonderful day ahead, listen to the chirping of birds outside, the balcony view right in front of you full of trees, grass, shrubs, herbs, plants, and flowers of bright colours, dewy mustard fields, and a vast area of farmland.

    Everything seems dark because the sun hasn’t come up here. And then you gaze at the sky, watching it transition from darkness to light, to pinkish red, yellowish, as the sun comes up in full red, and slowly, slowly it moves up up and up. And its colour changes from red to light red, to orange, to shiny bright yellow.

    And you sit on your balcony to soak all that in. To feel the morning breeze, the early morning shine, everything!

    For me, that is a blessing. And I am more than grateful for this.

    Happy morning.

    Happy living.