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Embrace good changes. Part- 13

Hello folks!! Hi are you? I am fine here and I hope you are fine too. It’s been two days that I haven’t write post and I am sorry for it. Although I have already broken the streak but I know I shouldn’t have done this. I was trying to develop my habit of writing and because of the office work I was unable to do it for straight two days. But it’s OK. Humans learn from their mistakes.

       I am also a human and despite all the changes, sometimes I cannot resist myself to break free of my daily routine. It’s in nature. This needs a lot of effort and dedication. I am sure I will take small steps everyday to make it happen.

      One thing I have observed in myself is that while doing any work I do not think of much possibilities. I just do what I am told to do and do not explore much area. This is the problem  upon which I need to focus.

      This problem had made me faced many difficulties. Let’s see what happened with me today regarding this. I was told to explore new feature of a product and I did it. Whatever things I was told I read about it and made it happen. But when others tested it today I became stuck on one thing for which I didn’t knew the logic and I think I wasted time of others along with myself. At last, I came to know that my work was fine but didn’t tested all areas by myself which lead to the confusion among others. I think this whole scenario can be the contributing factor to get me out of the office after one month.

   I try to do my best but sometimes I didn’t explore much and this leads to me trouble. I am trying to improve myself so that this situation never occurs. Experience and a lot of reading will help me to improve this situation and yours too( if we are on same boat!!)

Always try to give your best!!

Do let me know about your situations when you tried to give your best in the comment section below. Remember hardships will be there when you try to do something new in your life. Feel free to give suggestions. Till then, HAPPY READING.

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Embrace good changes. Part- 12

Hello peeps!! Wishing you all the best in whatever you want to do. May God be with you and you taste success. That’s all I wish for you. Keep supporting good things and embrace good changes within yourself!! Today India is celebrating “Ganesh Chaturthi” and I wish you a HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI. May Lord Ganesha blesses you with success you have wished for.

      Today I was free of all work. Whole week I was waiting for weekend to get some relaxation. But this was the first time I was not happy with the free time. Perhaps I am slowly getting used to office work. This should be good news for me but suddenly I remembered my old days.

      Earlier in my graduation days I was lazy. I never did any extra work and my roommate was alike. We used to sleep in the afternoon, in the night but then too we were always sleepy( after sleeping so much!!). I used to study one day before exam to get passing marks. I was not into co- curricular activities either. Just relax was my motto. I was enjoying my life like this.

     But now I miss my earlier life. It’s been so many months since I have met my college friends. I miss them and the fun we had( of course I miss the fights too!!). Those were the good days.

     In this pandemic my life has turned upside down. The girl who never woke up before 8 a.m. on weekends now wake up at exact 7 a.m. to finish work on time. The girl who used to just lie down on bed on holidays now learn on weekends too. The girl who used to binge watch shows now read Harry Potter books and is not at all interested in watching web series or movies. That girl is me!!

      Currently I am reading HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN and it’s so good. I bought this book online with adult cover and it’s awesome. I am loving it.

      I never ever thought in my dreams that what I am doing these days will become my daily routine. Sometimes I really miss my old good days and my graduation farewell also got cancelled. Even I haven’t bid my friends one last time. This pandemic sucks!!

Do things what you want to do now coz another chance never comes!!

Do tell me about changes in you like how used to be earlier and how are you now. Please feel free to give suggestions. I will be talking about on a good idea in my next posts. Till then, “HAPPY READING”!! 

[agrawalaastha798]

Lockdown learning. Part- 10

Hi everyone!! Hope to see you in a good situation. I am also good here. It’s great to see you in a good mood. I hope you are doing well in your life and are making your parents or guardians proud( or whoever you love). This will make you happy and will keep pushing you to enhance more.

     In my several posts, I have motivated you to do work and keep growing. But today something different will happen. Today, I will motivate you to SLEEP!!

     Yes you heard it right!! I am telling you to sleep but remember I am not telling you to become lazy. People think sleeping as laziness and consider it as something bad( if you are sleeping all the time then it is definitely not good but if you are tired all the day without doing anything then it’s laziness).

      Let’s face it!! We all feel tired in afternoon(mostly) and want to sleep to refresh ourselves. And what if I tell you to actually sleep at that time? You will be amazed and will not believe in this. But this is true. I am telling you to take nap and not to sleep for 3-4 hrs straight. Remember you are at work. So to feel refreshed, take a nap for at most 30 minutes. You can google about napping to know more about it but I will tell you here how to do it.

      In this post, I am telling you the “THE POWER OF NAP”. When I first read about napping, I thought to try it. But I feared what if I don’t wake up at time? I will be killed. But I used to feel like sleeping in the afternoon after having lunch. and cannot really concentrate on doing something. So one day I started doing it. From that day on wards, there is no stopping(for me).

    Points to remember when taking nap:      i) Try to take nap between 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.     ii) Nap shouldn’t be more than 30 minutes.    iii) Set up an alarm so your brain can be relaxed.    iv) Take nap when you feel sleepy and are yawning constantly(but take care of your situation and surroundings at that time).    v) Don’t take nap when it’s close to your bedtime.   vi) At first, you will feel dizzy after waking up and it can take 5-10 min to gather your mind in conscious state.

    Above are some points which I remembered and helped me a lot to focus on things. It’s been some days when I have started doing this and I really get refreshed after napping. At first take nap of 30 mins but gradually you will know in how many minutes does your mind gets refreshed. Some people take nap 10-15 mins and it helps them. I am telling you to start it and if someone tells you to stop this nonsense tell them about its benefits. It will take time to get into this habit but once it gets cultivated you will love it.

Be conscious and focus to change yourself!!

Tell me about your hardships when you started napping as your daily routine. Please feel free to give suggestions. Till then “HAPPY READING”!!

[agrawalaastha798]

Lockdown learning. Part- 9

Hello folks!! What’s up, huh? Sorry for the delay of ninth post. I was busy with work yesterday( high priority for customer). So my post streak also ended with the delay. My fault but it’s okay( I am consoling myself).

     In my eighth post I wrote about how I am practicing two things at one time. But of course for it to happen you should know how to do one thing atleast( remember I am learning writing and practicing touch typing).

      Let’s begin with some positivity today. In India, covid-19 patients recovery rate is increasing and that’s good news. I hope everything become normal after some time or after vaccine is made.

     How many of you are in challenge with me? The daily step challenge.. You forgot na!! No worries start from today and keep me updated. This challenge will definitely change you in a good way as it has changed me( made me a fitness freak in some way) Today I cannot practice yoga as I had meeting at 10 a.m. But I have been thinking for the whole day about it as if like something is missing. Practicing yoga daily gives me happiness and energy for the whole day( plus it keeps me fit) and no wonder how badly I am missing doing it today.

    Sometimes I wonder what I have never thought to do earlier I am doing it now. For example, in my graduation days I never thought to learn touch typing but see now I am doing it. It’s been difficult in getting accustomed with the right keys due to which my speed has become slow. But I am learning and that’s what good. My cousin has also started learning touch typing after watching me learning and practicing on a site online. It’s wonderful to show good ways to others. One of my friend never really believed in saving money. He used to spend all what he had and every time I used to warn him about his expenditure. But he used to ignore me.But I think he realized it in this pandemic that saving money is also equally important as spending it.

When you start your journey in doing something think of the ways to do it and not on what you will achieve. And trust me you will achieve something bigger than you thought of.

Believe in PROCESS not PRODUCT!!

Do tell me your stories about how you have learned those things which you thought you never can do.. I will bring something new in another post. Please feel free to give suggestions. Till then, “HAPPY READING”!!

[agrawalaastha798]

Lockdown learning. Part- 7

Hi folks!! Hope you are doing good and are up to something valuable. Well I am trying to tell you how to overcome the challenges when you start something new. I hope I am doing my work well. It’s great to talk or write your life experiences and now writing has become something to which I look forward.

   In my sixth post, I told you about my procrastination towards “writing diary”. I still have not started it. I will start it from September (no pending things at all). Let’s talk about today. This post will be fitness oriented.

   Some days back, I used to walk 10000 steps daily. It was my daily routine. I used to take phone with me whenever I walk continuously in day to track my steps( I am planning to buy fitness band now). But as I became lazy I stopped doing it. At first I noticed nothing but now I have noticed that my thighs have become slightly fatty. My legs were never slim but at least after walking my legs were becoming less and less fat. But now they are tending towards their original shape.

   And again from today, I have joined the challenge on Samsung Health application to walk daily 15000 steps. I know in the beginning it will not help but gradually the changes will appear.

    I want to make this as a challenge for you(well join me in this challenge so that we can do it together) to walk 15000 steps a daily. It actually makes your legs slimmer if a proper diet is followed with it. Step up the paddle and do it.

   You know another thing which I have started from today. It is for me “separation from my favourite thing”. Any idea?? I have stopped eating sweets from today. It was heartbreaking but I was not losing any weight. So, finally I decided to stop eating sweets. But I know I can do it. Ok, sometimes can be a cheat day but not everyday. It is very challenging for me as being an Indian, we have lots of festivals( whether big or small) and on almost every occasion sweets will be presented. It’s very difficult for me to say no to it when it is in front of my eyes. But, I am determined to do it.

      There is an actual story on how I became fitness conscious. “When I was in secondary school I was not at all health conscious and I used to weigh 80 kg. At that time, my cousin’s wedding date was finalized and I wanted to wear a “lehenga”( Indian traditional dress) but I didn’t wanted to show my stomach( this was the first time in my life when this thought actually occurred to me). So, from the month JULY, I started doing 30 repetitions of “surya namaskar” or sun salutation. Sweets and junk food were almost stopped( except for some days) and I used to eat my dinner before 7 p.m.( not a minute after that). This was my routine for three months. Then I stopped as winter started and I used to feel like sleeping rather waking up in morning. I didn’t check my weight at that time. In the month of November, on one day I was just sitting and watching TV when my relative told me to check your weight to see how much you have lost. Then I checked and I was happy and shocked too. I lost 6 kg in three months. I was so happy and so was my mother because she used to tell me to lose weight but I used to ignore her everytime. And that now I lost weight she was more than happy for me.”

Family is the love you don’t see, but without it, life is lost.

Do let me know about your issues when you first started to lose weight or something new. These posts will be filled with what I have actually seeked from life( and not just some fancy stories..) Till then, “HAPPY READING”.

[agrawalaastha798]

How COVID-19 affected my life? Part- 5

Hello folks!! How you doin’?? I hope you all are safe and are utilizing the best of your time. If I can make it to fifth day of writing, then you all can do whatever you want to achieve. Just be regular and cheerful!!

     In my fourth post, I told you about how habit can change anybody’s life in a great way. And if you haven’t started doing it, then to make you regular at a thing I have another awesome technique. So, let’s begin!!

     If you have read my second article very carefully and pondered over it, the key for today’s technique is already there. Yes, you got it right. I am talking about the COURSERA course for learning how to learn.

     Now you must be thinking what’s so new about it. We have been studying all about our life so we must know how to learn. That’s so simple. I am not going to waste my time on it...and the list goes on. But trust me this course is no ordinary like other. I literally wished that I should have known earlier about it to make good changes in me. But as I said earlier, no regrets!!

  This course name is “Learning How To Learn by Barabara Oakley” and it is a free course. Exciting isn’t it!! And trust me what you will learn in this course will not be taught to you in any paid workshop or seminar. I find it that brilliant. This course teaches you how your brain takes new information and techniques to handle even the hardest situation in which you feel like giving up.

  If I tell you everything about it then what is the point of studying that course. Go hurry up if you haven’t started doing learning from that course( of course after reading this article!!). This is not any paid promotion, as told already this is my experience which I am sharing with you all to be a better person. Link for the course will be given at the last..

  You know what I have started doing?? Guess.. use your brain. Ok, let me tell you. I have started to take part in all the scenarios for public speaking. Isn’t it great!! For the first time in all these years, I took part in my office competition to make a message video on “Independence Day”. Although due to network issue today, I couldn’t submit the video on time but still I shared it and felt so good about it. I have been dreading all these years to speak in public but today I thought this was the biggest mistake I have ever done in my life. So please I request to all shy people, please speak up. If you didn’t, then all your efforts to change yourself will be wasted. You will lose your chances to express yourself. So stand up and be free to spill your thoughts.

  Taking the course will obviously give you loads of motivation, courage and the best thing “confidence” in yourself which I am enhancing now( by writing this post, it takes courage you know!!!) In fact you know, my father kept pushing me to upload the video from tomorrow to till the time I have uploaded it. He said to me even if the video is not good share what you have created. By this you will gain more confidence and I think this is the best thing I have heard( and experienced) till time..

I hope to give you all that which I didn’t have in my starting years  which is “MENTORSHIP”. And by the way have I told you my exciting story? If I haven’t( obviously I didn’t) keep yourself updated with my posts.

As promised, the link for the course is here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/home/welcome

Do let me know about the challenges you have faced while learning new things and after sometime you thought to give up. I will keep you guiding guys and till then “HAPPY READING”.

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Forgo Looking Overlabored While Functioning Nothing

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