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WORLD BOOK DAY: How I Went Back To Reading!
It’s not easy to break a habit. Once broken, it’s not easy to re-form it. Especially, a habit that requires will, concentration & determination but ends up only in procrastination!! No. I am not talking about writing, although it’s traits are quite similar but as clear from the title, I am talking about reading!
Reading has been a core part of my routine for a longer time, but somehow with the job & house chores & more, I kind of lost interest in it! I used to keep my books on the desk, in the front so that I can let myself WANT to read, but that never happened. Then, the lockdown happened & I still didn’t read!! I know I wanted but I didn’t. I picked them up, looked at the covers, the ones I’d left half read, I embraced them with my fingers, remembering about the story & just before I could open it, I put it back on the desk! Instead, I watched movies & series! I felt guilty sometimes, but not enough to actually do something about it!
“We need change in order to survive!”
What I did to get back to Reading:
I shifted to a different room & gave it a different ambiance so that I feel the CHANGE. Because we need change in order to survive! That room didn’t have a television, nor it had the wifi. I just had my phone, some books, some stationary for writing & colouring & my laptop. So, basically, I minimalised the sources of entertainment. For some more, I also had my ukulele. Never much used it, as I was procrastinating for it as well!! But, this isn’t about it. It’s about reading.
Once I started living in this new room, I felt more free and less pressurised to DO things! I just did what I wanted to IN THE MOMENT. So, at first, I did some colouring! Threw some random oil pastels on the sheet, hoping to get something for the wall!
“I didn’t force myself to do things & it helped me to do more.”
Here’s what I created:
I think it’s better than what I used do in the name of art!!! Anyway, the point is, it worked. I didn’t force myself to do things & it helped me to do more. I started watching Harry Potter for like the 100th time! Then, I picked up a book & started reading from where I had left. The book was The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni . This book is based on the Indian epic — Mahabharat. Only in this book, the author have narrated the story through the perspective of the female protagonist of the tale , Draupadi.
I started re-reading it and I was trapped in the story, all over again! Now, I am liking it and I have time for it or should I say, I value my time for reading!! So, my reading list now involves:
- Women by Charles Bukowski
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (1/4th read)
- Incognito by David Eagleman (1/4th read)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
I love all of these but just like a child loses interest in some of the toys, I lost it too! Only the child doesn’t know the value of those toys, but I do. So, that’s how I went back to my books & resumed my reading habit after months.
Points to remember:
- Human Beings need constant change in life in order to survive better!
- Minimalising is the way to de-clutter our minds & life.
- Do things you feel like doing in the moment.
- Do not force your way to creativity.
- Books are our best companions.
With these points, I leave you with a motive to not be bombarded with thoughts but ways to organise them.
Thanks for reading. Namaste.
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I Have Nothing To Write Today!
It’s not an excuse for not writing. It’s the reason for slow writing or no writing at all!
This isn’t writer’s block! This is creativity block!!
How do I know?
I WANT to write but I can’t THINK of anything unique to write on!!! This isn’t the first time I am in this situation. It happens when I write consistently for a while & suddenly I can’t think of anything to write about!! I am sure this happens with every writer who loves this art!! It’s like “showing up even when you don’t know the address”… The passion that flows in our arteries is much bigger than the blank slate in our head! That’s why I am writing about not having anything to write about! The thing is, writing is an escape for some, for some it’s an exercise. Meaning- It is important to do it everyday! Even when you feel like it or not.
I have worked in the Radio Industry for a while, making me a content creator, storyteller and may be an entertainer. I do so many things that I always went blank people asked me who I was!! After writing for so long in so many forms, I couldn’t figure out that my entertaining skills, content creation, storytelling & hosting had ONE base!!! WRITING. Now, I say “I am a Writer”. I don’t earn anything from it right now, but I am working in that direction.
Society has made it so hard for creative heads. If you were to follow your passion, you won’t be accepted as that ARTIST until you start making some decent amount of money from that ART. I believe that art is art, an artist is a professional, even when he/she starts with his/her art! There’s no weighing them as a fresher or a professional. And so, I am a writer now, I was a writer when I didn’t realised it & I will remain one.
It was a good decision to write when I had nothing to write, because my thoughts as a writer are clueless and scattered but my passion as a writer is as focused as my heart’s functioning in my chest.
Thanks for reading. Namaste.
Taruni Sharma is a content creator in the entertainment field. She is a writer & being interested in human psychology & life’s philosophy (& because of being too emotional), she loves writing poetry & prose about love, life, self & personal development. Stay in touch by following her Blog, Instagram, Twitter, Spotify Podcast, Linkedin, Youtube & Quora.
This is such an insightful perspective. It’s true—no matter how much we engage with others, our minds are constantly processing,…
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Indeed! Thank you.