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Does the planning and travelling on vacation stress you out? When someone asks how your vacation was, do you find yourself saying, "Hectic!" when you should be feeling relaxed?
Does the planning and travelling on vacation stress you out? When someone asks how your vacation was, do you find yourself saying, “Hectic!” when you should be feeling relaxed?
“I am going to pamper myself right royally this holiday!” I promised myself. It was the beginning of an extended weekend. Everybody was busy making plans or rushing about – to catch trains, board flights, just to get away from the pressure of the world. An extended weekend. Four days holidays, and it was time to recharge!
Where would I go? To a pilgrimage to my favourite haunt Tiruvanamalai? Or to a resort? Or should I make use of this opportunity to bond with my relatives?
My mind was buzzing, hatching plans, trying to decide which place I would grace my presence with. Suddenly I caught sight of my face in the mirror as I ran here & there making phone calls. I paused as the picture of a flurried, tense face met my gaze.
The ludicrousness of it struck me. I was going on a vacation to relax and here I was anxious and upset. What was the point then? I realized that the stress was generated because my mind was ticking on deciding, planning, judging.
What if instead of trying to relax the body with a vacation, I just decided to let my mind relax. Why not use this short holiday to drop all stress and just float on the river of life?
Surely I could spend four days as if I had all the time in the world to do only the things I loved to do?
Waking up when it is right for me, eating what felt good to my body, soaking in the sunshine and smelling the roses.
No exotic vacations, just a freedom from the daily grind. No pilgrimage. Just a deep rest at home.
As I floated through those days just being with myself, I stumbled on something intriguing! I didn’t have to get away to another place to rejuvenate myself. All I had to do was unwind and find beauty in the place I lived in.
Does that mean that I never have to go out or bond with people? The reverse is true. If I take a dip into my own self I am actually all set to take on the world!
When the time came to go back to work, I didn’t feel jaded and washed out, wondering when the next vacation would turn up. And I felt a deep feeling of peace and a readiness to take on the world!
Pampering myself can be as simple as having the luxury of curling up on my sofa, not worrying about how my hair looks or what clothes to wear. By being responsible for only my own happiness that short span of time, I was able to energize myself to include the well being of others.
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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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