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I am on a lookout for challenges in the coming weeks and my ultimate aim to turn into an author from a blogger.
Talking about your own story is always an unnerving task. Here I am today sharing my story and I don’t know where to start from.
So, I start with my school and college days. I was a bright student and scored good marks. I liked to participate and explore co-curricular domains as well whether it was singing, essay writing, poem recitation, debate, quiz and what not. And I registered my presence all over as a winner.
As I entered college, I don’t why I restricted myself to very few activities and concentrated more on studies. Maybe I was worried about my result as I scored below my expectations in my school exams. I completed my post graduation with distinction and was very happy that I achieved what I wanted. I also cleared the entrance exam for B.Ed and was all set to pursue my career when suddenly my life took a U-turn & I got married in 2010.
I couldn’t complete B.Ed because I had to move to another city with my husband. It was a decision taken in haste and I still regret that I could not complete my education. I thought I would complete after my marriage but I was wrong.
Another big change was waiting for me. I was pregnant after a few months of my marriage and In 2011 I was blessed with a princess and now I was a mom.
From being a student a year back, I was suddenly a mother by the year ended. My role was changing so dramatically. I forgot about my goals and my focus completely shifted to my daughter. When she was 1 year old, she suffered from pneumonia and her health took priority for the next 6 years. Although recovered now, her sensitivity towards infections is still high. Meanwhile, her baby brother arrived when she turned 5 years old and the whole cycle started all over again.
After my son turned 2 years old, I decided to start thinking about myself again. A long break from my passion for reading and teaching disturbed me most of the time. But I managed to come out of it somehow. I was not sure about my career. I wanted to balance both work and family with it.
I loved reading and writing. I used to write a diary about my experiences, my emotions and the impressions that were rooted in my subconscious mind… and so I started writing.
I created my account on WordPress but I was not regular on it. I wrote 2 initial posts and then there was a break of 6 months, where I felt frustrated an puzzled at my situation. But In the middle of November 2018, I convinced myself that if I do not thinking about myself now, then I will recede in a shell and it will be very difficult for me to come out of there.
Thankfully I prepared myself to fight this battle and I started writing back to back, daily or atleast three to four times in a week. The beginning was not so good but I made my way and never gave up. Gradually I was gaining my confidence.
And In the starting of the year 2019 with lots of Ifs and buts, I prepared myself to take part in the blogging challenge named SuperBloggerChallenge. I participated in three challenges back to back.
This was not easy for me but I was mentally prepared for anything. This determination helped me a lot. And I am glad to announce that I was declared as a winner “Most Promising Blogger” in SuperbloggerChallenge 2019.
Now I have a plan for everything in my mind and taking it one step at a time. I am on a lookout for challenges in the coming weeks and my ultimate aim to turn into an author from a blogger. This is my story. This is the story of a budding blogger with ‘author dreams’ in her eyes.
My mantra is, “If there is a will, there is a way always.”
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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