You are too precious to be lost in chores

  You are too precious to be lost in chores

Have heard multiple people with the difference of opinion on working from home due to pandemic, Overtime stretching hour’s with no office set –up, body ache, and chaos but my experience was a bit different. Well, I run a recruitment firm based in Mumbai and the recruitment industry hit hard during these times. Hirings are not that great, selection and interview process are too slow, it will take good ample of time to be back on track but we are functioning. What made my quarantine fruitful; I got good enough and spare time to question myself what else I can do, what are my interests apart from my work what else I am good at.

I personally thought this will end in a couple of months; we will get back to our usual routine but no, this seems like never-ending and we need to get used too with this kind of lifestyle. At start quarantine was too slow and annoying what to do what not to do, how will I be dealing with this boredom, there is nothing to do on this planet earth was never so out of job, so I initiated with my kitchen, just like “Kaam Do ya Khaana Do” so I started off with this. My Inner chef started channeling the cooking skills I’ve been going through a culinary journey this has been crazy. This is my personal interest love to manage the kitchen by experimenting with new things always, so I tried as many as dishes I can due to this vella time. Have baked end number of cakes and varieties too, tried some Sindhi dishes – Dal Pakwaan, koki, aloo Tuk, Sel bread, Sindhi Biryani also fast foods one of my favorites is vada pao, Frankie, pizza, pasta, falafel, fritters hushhh…. never-ending list. I don’t just stop at that, I’ve been cooking fancy dinners and deserts whatnot.  Cooking seems to be a therapy for me during this house arrest and so-called quarantine; this definitely worked out for me and made me happy to keep experimenting with new things and their outcome. And off- course, my husband was the happiest person here, high on food and my critic too.

I also started gardening, realized the importance of greenery at home when locked in one apartment for almost two months. Gardening is good for body and mind, as well as its ability to get you to indulge in nature. As it was complete lockdown I used all waste plastic bottles and painted them to give a fresh look I also used leftover mud from old pots and seeds from scullery and my kitchen.  It turns out to be so well as per my expectations, every single morning the first thing I do is to watch closely at my garden to witness the progress this is another level of satisfaction, realized the importance of gardening in the home which we hardly do these days may be due to work schedule, lack of time or low interest. This corner of my home is perfect to chill now, engross yourself with a cup of tea and sipping thoughts this just makes my day better. This made me start writing blogs I started writing during this isolation period, still in the learning process realized the importance of writing, and when your blog is appreciated this is another level of achievement. Try to convince my set of the crowd to read my story and feel the same. Still working on my content, writing, stories, perfection. I may not be good at writing or storytelling but I convince myself while writing every blog, there’s always a beginning and set of people who support you in your initial set up which helps you to reach your purpose somewhere. Their kind words and support make us believe in our work, this is the importance of love and affection in our lives. I also urge people to accept the criticism if it helps you from the genuine ones, But if it is irrelevant remarks just smile and move on you cannot impress every tom, dick, and harry believe me they don’t deserve your time. You will keep losing yourself while convincing them a lifetime and eventually quit someday. Don’t be afraid of new beginnings and energy embrace the opportunity and keep learning.

 

I always wanted to do something apart from my business wherein I can work on my conviction and belief something that convinces me to work on. I and my bestie always wanted to do something together wherein build our own brand shows our creativity but somehow we couldn’t manage to do so due to time, work pressure, many things. We were planning for a year to work together and open something unique not for earning purpose but to execute our creativity somewhere together can say for self-complacency and joy of working together. Finally, we got time to think over it, so we planned some good strategies to execute our motive during this quarantine. Virtual working seems to be future now so we realized the need for the hour and we opened our own clothing brand named SASH Clothing. Believe me, the response that we are getting is impeccable, worth the efforts. We realized the importance of cozy home wears some really comfortable loungewear during this house arrest while working from home.  We immediately started working on it, working on designs to investment planning, stitching, packaging, photoshoots, marketing we did really well. Believe me, with less resource, budget, manpower we were in hesitancy but commitment towards our work made it possible and the outcome was so amazing. We are still working on more designs and ideas behind home comfort and needs. Every day planning new ideas, working on designs makes me so alive, as if I got something really good to do which makes me really happy.  I always wanted to put my vision into clothing and fashion sense and guess it worked and finally got the opportunity to do so.

 

As I said, this quarantine was different for me. It made me realize my capacity to work on multiple things at the same time.  How stuck I was earlier felt miserable with the same monotonous hour’s routine. Have realized you can make as much of it as you want, we can experience a major surge in our productivity, creativity, and enjoyment, it was just an excuse or block in our mind earlier multiple reasons to quit things before it even started or postpones it for later. Believe me, just a change in routine and self-realization importance of your worth got so much on my platter. Big thanks to my dearest husband Josh for supporting me every time and to believe in me. All he expects from me is to be happy in whatever I am in. His utmost priority is to make me feel full and happy in life. I genuinely learned this from him that one should know where to Start to, take a Pause and Stop in life. Stop molding yourself as per others standard and do whatever you feel like doing and what makes you happy, think less, and do more. Earlier my whole life revolves around making money to fulfill needs, thinking about business profit and loss, turnover whatnot, now I have learned how to be calm how to work out things when not in hands. There is no need to rush for everything and create a ruckus out of your life. Compare or pretend to be super busy behind making money, heroic life, to match a set of standards made by us, competition in the market, prove yourself better for what ?. 

High time needs to realize Just keep moving and accepting whatever comes to you and looking after small things will give you the utmost satisfaction and mental peace which you can’t even buy. Look after your wishes, what you feel like doing every time. What makes you the happiest person when you are there, do what you wished for long back, and now, don’t wait for a suitable time or position it never comes, so make it happen now. Help your loved ones to fulfill their dreams and desires. This life worth more than just working for paying EMI’s. Why don’t we also think about functioning for our happiness and mental peace?  Manifest our creativity to the world, explore ourselves, work on mental health, and prioritize ourselves. When was the last time we got time for ourselves?  Life has become more robotic and I was not an exception to this; but since this quarantine, I realized what was I doing with myself. I practically learned to say “No” to the things I didn't feel like doing and yes since then I am getting that #MeTime for myself and that too without any guilt factor.

Along with your 9 to 5 job do anything which makes you happy and full, can do yoga, painting, cooking, stitching, meditation, make handmade products, dancing, singing, reading, writing anything which suits your personality and interest. I urge people to support their loved ones in all the possible ways and believe in them. Make them feel productive and worthy. Praise them for their work also support them for start-ups, creativity, small business, Artists for all their efforts if you can, just debating on social issues will not make any difference here but supporting someone with their ideas can make a huge impact on someone’s life and society too. As Issac Newton said, “What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean”. So what’s holding you back. The world needs more of you fuel your self-worth; you are too precious to be lost in chores.