Nidhis.daily.blog

Author: nidhikaintura23

  • Boredom

    Or the art of killing time? Allowing your mind to wander and not be occupied with something. Staring across an expanse of blue sky or warmth of your home’s ceiling – not filled with sadness but a subtle warm glow of peace and contentment.

    For a working mother like me, such moments are rare and precious. Away from the calling of work or the duty of parenthood, I find myself surrounded by existential questions like ‘What’s my purpose?’, ‘What do I identify as?’ and so on.

    To be or not to be?

    I now think life’s a journey of such questions stringed around the fielding of daily chores and duties. One can either be a hermit by renouncing it all and answering them or keeping up with the family ties and stealing those ‘me-time’ from all the busyness. There is no perfect answer so choose the one that suits your bill.

  • Infinite mindset

    Stuck in a rut? Or molded by habits?
    Disciplined or dull? Stability or Stagnation?


    Being in a constant state of flux is inevitable – each day is different and we always have choices to make. You may choose to be a fixated person and a (wo)man of routine yet inflexibility doesn’t yield much good. Like they say a rolling stone doesn’t pick much moss, so staying open to embrace change helps in the longer run.

    Black or White?

    From a mathematical lens, life’s a complex equation with multiple variables, so choose your constants and keep adjusting for the unknowns. After all going with the flow, never hurt anyone.

  • Not leaving the nest yet…

    For all those parents who look forward to an empty nest, what if your children aren’t ready to leave just yet?  They love you, give you your space and yet are tied to you closer than you would want. They consult, counsel and yet balance the fine line of floating around without being an interference.

    Different yet together!

    Isn’t that a win-win, you get your support system from a younger generation while they pick your wisdom. Sort of like a modern version of an extended joint family!

  • Money on my mind

    Our relationship with money is very intrinsic – a function of our upbringing, our ethos & values of workmanship and the absence (or presence) of it in early life.

    Fear or Faith?

    Life goals tend to revolve around major financial goals like purchasing houses. Shouldn’t it be the other way around that we use our financial goals to support milestones like marriage, kids and raising a family? After all what’s the value of all the hustle we go through if not to fulfill our life desires and dreams!

    In short, spend wisely, invest judiciously & save cautiously.

  • Where is the love?

    Empathy? Kindness? Civility? Humanity?

    & all the small talk and interactions that were a social norm of the past. A hello to a stranger. A greeting to a neighbour. An exchange of pleasantries with the staff.

    Wireless or wired?

    Let’s bring them all back, few words at a time and fill warmth and love back into this digitally hooked world!

  • No pains, No gains

    Beauty has become skin deep – literally. From injectables, fillers and intravenous infusion of essential ‘skin nutrients’ the beauty business has been booming thanks to ever-increasing standards of beauty and the omnipresent desire to be youthful forever. While it’s an essential for folks in the business of beauty, more and more regular folks are also opting for their dose of vitamins. Either as a means of self love or to stay presentable in their domain of work (read CXO etc). Afterall social media has hyped splurging on oneself as the equivalent of self love – if you can, why should you not!

    Get your dose of Vitamins!

    So here’s the myth-bursting for poor you who is doing resistance training thrice a week & 150 minutes of cardio, getting the prescribed dose of beauty sleep and eating clean. Yet you are left wondering why your signs of aging aren’t in reverse as those insta-worthy snaps of the modern day celebrities!

  • What if…?

    Isn’t that a lingering thought on most of your decisions from the past? Had I known what I ‘know today’, I would have decided differently – says the present mind.

    Time travel anyone?

    But funnily enough we know what we know, and we don’t know what we don’t know. Hence your decision was based on the best information available at that point in time. Even if you had to make the same decision over and over again – the outcome would barely be different!
    So, it’s just now, comfortably placed in your present that you can romanticize with the fantasy land of ‘What if…?’

  • Education or Competition

    Isn’t the purpose of education literacy and awakening of a well rounded individual?

    Then why does education even in formative years have to be about scores, grades and marksheets? Is a person synonymous with these or their personality? Does emotional intelligence and well rounded knowledge also account for an individual’s identity? 

    Scribbling or Creative writing?

    Well, yes in a developed world where the goal is to thrive, and no in a developing nation where the goal is to live and make ends meet. No wonder then that the aspirational class in India faces a dichotomous world, balancing their wants with what the society chooses for them. Today’s knowledge workers occasionally pause to think is this enough, where to next? But that’s momentary, the easier, noisier and popular way is to stay part of the race.

  • Biological (C)lock

    The term has become more of a cultural notion than a physiological term. Is this societal norm even relevant in today’s era when females world over want to live more and be more than what their previous generations had access to. If one’s looking to maximize their potential both personally and professionally, then it’s time to question the status quo, dismantle any self-imposed constraints and definitely not give any headspace to conforming to conventional norms.

    Burnt out or lit up?

    All of that calls for courage, bravery and a sense of street smartness to forge your own path. Awareness of aiming to be stronger than who you think you can be and constantly pushing the boundaries is what’s imperative to live life on your town terms.

    Afterall a clock is to guide us in utilizing our time on this earth well, but a lock makes us a prisoner of time. So listen to your guts wisely 🙂

  • Strength of a (Wo) man

    From living life on one’s own terms as a free bird to managing the pressures of a constrained life – every person displays bravery in their own way. Saying one is stronger than the other is a very limited and conventional view colored by societal norms. Afterall every situation requires a different set of skills, values and morals to be upheld. & every person has their unique set of hardships and struggles – they may look same on the surface, but the similarities end there.

    This versus that?

    Hence labeling, bucketing and generalizing are nothing but trivializing the matter minus the depth it deserves. We all do this on a daily basis, knowingly or sub-consciously, attaching gender, color, caste, economic status as a halo effect to the person’s being. Something as trivial as relationship status, marital status, parenthood status also becomes bias for passing judgements and clouding the personality for what they have to offer. Afterall it’s easy to pass shallow judgments but difficult to understand, empathize and appreciate the positives coming out of the negative experience.