So far, so good: A summary of the March till date

I started March 2016 by missing the bus to the office. That showed in the rest of the days as well. I was struggling to keep pace with things. However, I can say things aren’t bad. Last week, a work given at the office was to collate few reports into a book. I appreciate the efforts shown by students in making those reports. However, I got disappointed at the manner they presented them. The reports had multiple issues in terms of font size, alignment, language et cetera. Of any kind, I got annoyed by it and kept talking to people about it.

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The next thing happened was a freelance article writing for a recruitment agency. Luckily, it went fine as the person who assigned me the work liked it much. My friends are complaining about my frequent absence from their lives. It’s true I spent less time with them, but I expect them to understand that my priorities have changed after I lost my father. I do not enjoy things I relished earlier. My world became a lot more about my mother, making her happy. The new responsibilities have changed me.  I truly enjoy them and feel happy that I’m on track with my life. Most people do not get it. In fact, I get more time to read books, spend time with Mom, to eat, to dream, etc. All these things excite me.  I feel I had wasted enough time by staying away from things I love to do. It’s like rediscovering me.

Another important thing is about the book ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ by Anne Frank. I finished reading it. The book is a diary written by a 13-year old Jewish teenager, who unfortunately ended up in hiding during the Second World War. Hitler and his Nazi party ill-treated Jews then. Even in the middle of hiding, Anne stayed cheerful, talkative and inquisitive. The style of writing is conversational, similar to the one I write and post on this blog. She mostly scribbled about the daily lives in their ‘Secret Annexe’, about the people who shared the hiding space with her. Probably,  I'm much late in reading it. I should have read it when I was in 6th or 7th standard and not now.

The next book I have started reading is ‘How much should a person consume?’, written by Ramachandra Guha. I read it once during my post-graduation. Since then, I am a fan of Guha and keep reading his articles if I spot one.

Although tomorrow is a holiday, it's going to be a busy day. I have plenty to write, mostly the works I have kept pending last week. Hoping the week ahead to be cheerful and with fewer surprises.