Ahoy There Weekend!

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Yet another weekend is just round the corner and it is time to make the most of it. Maybe I need to look inwards and less outwards throughout this weekend. The positive side of it will be that I will be at home these entire two days and therefore I can catch up on my writing. Also, with the weather turning cool due to the rains, working for long hours should not be a source of discomfort. There is plenty to do…write, read and in general remain secluded from the rest of the world with umpteen number of coffee cups to keep me snug and happy 🙂

Hectic for the Edelweiss Mindset

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black office rolling chairs and table

Things have been pretty hectic for the writer’s or rather as I put it, the Edelweiss Mindset. I come back home from work and I am quite exhausted by the end of the day. However, I understand that I must break away from this ennui and try to regain that old spark if I must devote my entire life to the written word. At least 500 a day should be enough. I am not being too ambitious and trying to put down around 2000 words per day. Perhaps baby steps should be the order of the day.

I have done away with all the distractions. That is something to look forward to. Actually i have pulled away from most distracting apps and websites in the last few days. My life these days is quite minimal. It is peacefully. Only work seems to drag me away from my writing. I swing back and forth like a pendulum between work and writing. However, this needs to stop if I must really be serious about writing.

Looking forward to a more productive day tomorrow…actually a more productive week ahead….

Peace…

We, the Writers…

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We, the writers, live double and sometimes triple lives. We have invisible people swarming around us. Others cannot see them nor hear them, but we do. We live a life fractured into even more minuscule lives…unseen and unknown by the world. I am living with such characters nowadays. No one can see them except me and none can hear them breathe nor witness then glide away into nothingness. I love this feeling of living multiple lives…living secret lives and pristine lives. Once upon a time I used to write about K only. Nowadays I write about others.

This journey, which has just commenced, is sure to be a mighty long one….

Au revoir !

September Digital Detox

— Posted inPersonal, Privacy, Technology — 1 min read

A fellow blogger kindly referred this wonderful website to help me de-clutter my electronic gadgets and life. I’ve watched Dr, Cal Newport’s videos before, but this time I find his website extremely helpful. Sharing the link for all those who may benefit from the same. September is surely going to be a month for Detox in more ways than one.

https://www.calnewport.com

Enjoy !

Feeling Positive

— Posted inPersonal, Writing — 1 min read

Took a break from work today. Since it is a Friday today, I will be having a long weekend this time. I need to finish my proof reading and begin working on my second book in all earnestness. With social media out of the way, and work taking a backseat, I have the entire day laid out in front of me with endless cups of iced coffee and my laptop. Let’s hope I become productive this extended weekend. Also, with the amount of time that I am saving avoiding Facebook, I’ve also managed to catch up with my French lessons. I need to reach my goal of speaking, writing and reading workable French by the end of this year.

The weather outside is hot and I am glad I didn’t have to go out this morning. Hoping that I make the most of today without procrastination hitting me….

Nirvana

— Posted inPrivacy, Productivity — 1 min read

I think I have possibly reached Nirvana where social media is concerned. From 5th September onward I hope to go off it completely for the next couple of months or so. This detox was long needed and required. Let not the reader think for a moment that I have been addicted to the same. Apart from Facebook, I do not use any other social media website at all. And now even that has become a tad bit boring. Also, it is a hindrance if too many things occupy my day as well as my mind. Those who wish to contact me can do so via other means. There is no need for a documented version of my offline life.

Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that I keep this year end resolution…

Amen to that….

Preparing the Ground

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A couple of days more and then I will be going off social media completely. Kind of preparing the ground for my second novel, while working on proof reading the first. First, the social media sites have to be abandoned (not that I am a big fan of them…the only one that I use being Facebook). Secondly, only emails are to be encouraged. Frankly speaking I hate texting. I have a severe dislike for the myriads of texting apps gracing the internet these days. Emails are possibly the best and most discreet mode of communication. This blog will probably remain as my only mode of communication with the world in general.

So much for now. Till I scribble again….

open book on brown wooden table

Come September

— Posted inLiterature, Personal — 1 min read

September is supposed to be THE month ! I do not know why but certain months or days give me the kind of positive feeling that I seldom have with others. Come September and I have immense plans in mind. A quiet porch for writing, a cup of coffee or two to give me company, maybe feeling a tad languorous in the lazy sun and letting my mind wander off to lands and times distant. Sometimes it is the foggy past and sometimes it is the capricious future. The mind wanders off and I let it wander….

That is exactly what I have in mind Come September….

One More Time

— Posted inLiterature, Personal — 1 min read

Finally I have begun working on my literary projects with full endeavour. Also, I have decided to journal regularly. Maybe a coupe of sentences everyday or a couple of paragraphs. I should take baby steps one more time. Much has been wasted and squandered away the last few years. The academic has failed miserably. Maybe destiny predicts that I should be a writer…or better still, I am a writer…nothing more…nothing less…

Feeling rather optimistic. Hope this feeling continues…