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To The Pieces Of My Puzzle That Never Fit

We only seem like we fit perfectly into this world.  We are actually like a picture in focus, but grainy. Nothing is perfectly clear, nothing seems right when you try to make any sense of it. The world may like it better than you do. But the truth is, nothing on the inside is fine. We don't have the man we love, we don't have our dream job, we cannot save up enough to travel abroad, we don't have time to go catch that movie, we don't have time to give ourselves a day off.  So here's the deal. Screw it. Let it be. You don't have to fit. May be it's better off this way. It gives us something to look forward to, make goals and who knows, this is better than what we actually thought was perfect?  Panic, cry, pity yourself, it's alright. These feelings will go. May be all of these pieces will fall in place. May be the time has not come yet.  May be get up from your dream, only to realise that this is better than the perfect life you had imagin

Where's my Boeuf Bourguignon?

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I had some time to kill at the airport the other morning, perks of having Netflix on my phone, I managed to watch at least a decent part of my favourite movie, ‘Julie Julia Project’. Based on a true story and the protagonist ‘Julia Child’, an amazing chef, I managed to see similarities between the movie and me. I oddly realised that’s exactly what my life looks like right now. For those of you who have watched the movie, no I don’t hate my job, and no I’m not married or have a significant other and i definitely do not have differences my mother.I still have meltdowns and still feel insufficient and feel like I let my loved ones down. As a 20 something girl, who has a full time job, I do study now too. It’s honestly not the easiest thing to do, and yes I get late for submissions, I miss out on making time for my friends, I don’t remember the last time I watched a movie in a theatre, and probably need to have stalk up on some extra T-shirts and underwear, because I sometimes f