I know it's been long. We will not talk about it. Hi to the few new people who are here. I'm glad you're here but can't guarantee how glad you'll be. Three things have compelled me to write this, in no particular order.
This quote by the best, Mary Oliver -
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”
Looking through the scrapbook my best boy made me to document this newsletter:
And a useless Sunday.
I saw this reel on Instagram because like everyone else, I do regularly rot my brain through endless scrolling of Instagram and there was this thing a girl tried to do with her friend every day. It was called ‘Save the Day’. Basically, it was just a small little thing they tried to do every single day to reclaim it as their own. It could be a little walk, calling a friend, cozying up with a book, whatever it be. So I am sitting down to save my day.
Truth be told, I actually sat down to finish an always urgent draft. But what I have realised is work is always there and it’s always urgent. So, might as well write some words for fun. No?
This got me thinking into what an ideal day looks like. What does it look like for you?
For me at the moment, I want my days to be full, with love and jokes and some trash eating but also some good coffee and somewhere in the middle I make lots of money doing work that I love. Lots of money has not happened yet but last year me would have gasped at the progress this year me has made so I think I'm on the right track.
So what's been happening? Many things and very few things. I don't like breakfast that much. I saw the chonkiest tiger that was 20 feet away from me. Love found me at the right time. My social calendar is off the charts. I tried quitting coffee but I felt like I was going to die so now I have one every day and it brings a lot of joy. I finally have the confidence at work to know I can get anything done. I took my mother for her first mani pedi and she said she feels like a new person. I am at the age where all my close friends are getting married and engaged and that's happy and sad at the same time. Health insurance is very e.x.p.e.n.s.i.v.e. for something that I don’t even use. I am trying to find the perfect sized tan tote bag with thick straps that won’t hurt my shoulder. I've been consistently going to therapy for 4 months now. I'm the heaviest I have ever been. Got fat shamed for the said heaviness. Realised that I'm okay with it because my body is happy. One year ago, all I wished was to be okay. And to nobody’s surprise, I am okay. Clearly was being unnecessarily dramatic.
All this gibberish to say that life moves, you have no choice but to move with it and maybe along the way you have a little fun and masti.
Please enjoy this collage of cats I’ve met and loved this year -
An artist captures the joys of solitude amid a month living in a beach shack
This short and sweet cover of O ri chirraiya
I hope you get to save your days, especially when they all jumble into one.
with sips of jasmine tea,
anchita
Thanks Anch for this. Saved my day ❤️