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#2 - Retrospection

I have been in places(mentally) that I am not proud of. There have been times I have caught myself thinking about things I should feel ashamed to feel. Wrong, unethical things and sometimes I don't understand them. I think to myself  sometimes "Is my moral compass astray?" I have done things I am not proud of, small things most of the time; Once when I saw an injured pigeon and thought that good that it happened to that creature even though I inherently don't hate pigeons as much. Other times they are life altering decisions- like breaking up with my girlfriend and cutting off from every other friend I had for a long time.  It was just something I did when I felt down and needed someone to blame. Honestly I don't even know why I did what I did. I wish I had better self awareness. Self awareness, this word always reminds me of that one greek story about Androcles and the lion. The lion was constantly attacking villagers at night and going out of its territory thing...

Introduction

 Hello everyone  This blog acts as a side project on keeping my skills of writing and grammar upto a certain level through practice as well as giving me a certain reminiscence down the years when I look back (Something like a time-capsule). I will try to Post each week atleast one article usually pertaining to the 150 Writing Prompts if I don't get any inspiration. My goal is to write around 50 articles a year for as long as it is feasible. This is the start of something I hope stays for a time long enough for me to look back on this post and wonder "What was I even doing back then?" or it could also be a sort of a "Letters to my older self" blog. I haven't decided yet. I will just keep writing and moulding it according to the feel and mood I have. So welcome. We'll start with an introduction which is not a very easy thing to do for me as I have two faces- one I show to others and one I keep to myself. Recently I have gotten so used to pretending that I ...