Just Another Dreamer Turning Her Thoughts Into Words.
Heyyyy followers! We’re so sorry we haven’t been posting in a while. Actually there was a lot that was going on in our lives recently, and I (Mahii) had exams and an event so there was too much to process and we couldn’t process anything. We’ll try to post more, honestly. Also we’d really really love if you all give us some suggestions as to what we should write about! Thanks a lot for sticking around if you have, we really appreciate that!
~~Mahii & Mamta.
As I write the story of my day-to-day life in a diary, I wonder – what would be the title of this book if I publish it?
I want to choose a better title for myself, I think. If not publish it, I’ll always keep it to myself, but at least I need to know how I could describe my life in one word, or maybe a few.
Do you ever wonder what could be the title of your life story? I go through all the titles in my head, as cheesy they might sound. From something as plain as “The Autobiography of A Teenage Girl” to something as kiddish as ” The Adventures of life of a Teenager! ” to something inspirational like ” Life Of Wonders” (I actually considered that one for some time.)
Anyways, I’m never going to publish this thing. It’s just, I wanted a title for myself. My satisfaction. I wonder if it has crossed your mind, what could be the title of your story? Would it be related to your name? Or liking? Or maybe an honest one word about yourself as they ask in interviews?
I’d love to know this one day. And the day I find a title for myself, I’ll tell you all. Won’t let it stay untitled.
We all had high school crushes, didn’t we? That one guy/girl who’d make our hearts flutter, you’d pray to sit next to him every class, walk past their class casually just to get a glimpse. I mean, who hasn’t done that.
Years pass by, crushes come and go, we get the same feeling everytime, sometimes we get a “this is the one” feel. But in a lot of cases, we sometimes ‘ fall out of love ‘. The feeling comes out of nowhere, and you’re stuck because you need to find a way to either spark up your love or get out of that relationship.
Sooner or later you realize it was an infatuation. But then it creates a confusion, a fear in your mind that if it happens again how do you know if it’s love then? Or is it again the same infatuation.
Here’s a list of things which may help you understand if you are in love or not.
1) You could literally leave your job or studies (basically normal life) for them.
Now, this might sound really cute and romantic, but trust me, real life love doesn’t work like that. In some cases, sometimes, it is understandable. But most of the times if you feel you can completely change your lifestyle for that person, it might be just infatuation. This is because falling in love is more about comfort, and truly if you love someone, you might feel like doing whatever you can for them, but there is always a sense of being independent and having a life besides your romantic life. So there is a high chance you might regret tge decision of changing everything in the future.
2) Love at first sight is a very rare case.
Here’s a fact : Falling in love is a slow process. It takes time. Because love is about being comfortable with your partner, once you’ve known them in and out. True love is accepting your partner with all their flaws and achievements. And certainly this is not possible when you ‘ fall in love at the first sight ‘.
3) You only think about them when aroused.
Now this point is pretty obvious. If you only think about your partner when sexually aroused or only think about how you could spend your night with them, then it might be a clear sign you are not in love. The true meaning of love is not only being physical, but also feeling connected to someone mentally and emotionally. You want them to be a part of the smallest things in your life and look for ways to spend even the shortest span of time with them.
4) You feel attracted to others while in a relationship.
When you’re in love, there is no place for confusion. At such times when you are already committed but also feel attracted towards others, it might be a signal that you don’t accept your partner completely. You might not call it an infatuation, but it is a sign you’re not happy with your relationship and that it might fall apart.
5) You make the whole thing about yourself.
This is usually when the only person you about in a relationship is yourself. You care about how YOU feel, what YOU want from a relationship and basically pleasing yourself. This can also be called dominance, but it surely isn’t love.
Falling in love is hard, and falling in love with the ‘ right ‘ person even harder. Though things get messy when we mistake it for infatuation, a feeling everyone gets once in a while. It plays with your as well as your partner’s emotions. So maybe a good read and understanding on it’s difference can help!
Everyday I wake up in the morning, follow the ‘ rules ‘ of self-love as they say. When I’m all alone, I feel like I really do love myself. We all do in most cases.
Then you walk out of your bubble. You’re walking on the road, you see a familiar face. You give a small smile, receive nothing in return. A shiver of awkwardness runs through you of going unnoticed. “Oh god, I’m never doing this again ” you think.
What exactly causes this sense of having no confidence in ourselves? It could be anything, but mostly the people around you. What they say, who they are, makes you think what they think about you.
Growing up, I’ve been dealing with low self esteem a lot. The family has always been good, but somehow the people around you make you believe that your family is gonna love you no matter what. Things get nasty when, let’s say, your friends or classmates or colleagues pass comments.
It all starts with the people around you judging you for who you are. And honestly, it’s something you can’t escape, everyone faces it. To some, it doesn’t affect them but for some like me, it let’s your confidence level go down.
In short words, don’t let that happen.
I know it’s easy to say but difficult to follow. Trust me, taking small steps to this helps the most. This could include talking to someone you trust or to someone who’s just like you. One of the things that helped me is changing passwords to something positive. Let’s say ‘ youareloved ‘ . It gives you a daily reminder to stay positive.
There are other ways you can help yourself, one of the ways being find a way to stay happy on your own instead to reading what others do to make themselves happy. Remember, no one is completely happy, Instagram lives are not real, no one looks that flawless in real life. But finding a way to stay happy and confident yourself, will only give you a look at so many things that you want to do, help you explore your passions and likings.
I haven’t reached a complete level of self-confidence myself, but this trick has been working out well for me and I’ve changed a lot in two years. From the time my hands trembled just to walk past someone who I know hates me to now where I don’t care what my haters think of me, I think it has helped me a lot.
Last advice, dodge the hate coming to you. The people who hate on you are frustrated themselves. Or else you tell me who really has the time to follow up on people they hate in a busy world?
So speak up when you want. Don’t be scared. Find your own ways to be happy. Just as the title says, pass on the mic to yourselves, don’t let anxiety take that opportunity.
Narrator’s Point Of View.
They scream and shout at the top of their voices with joy. I laugh. This is the least I could do for them on a Halloween.
Actually, it was my wife Gemma who gave me an idea to set up a horror game for the children, which would be horrifying enough for 3rd graders. That means ugly looking pictures, lights switching off and on anytime, some scary noises. Nothing much. When I set up the whole thing with my colleague Jordan, I could hardly believe this whole thing could scare a rat. “Are you sure this will work? It’s probably the lamest haunted house I’ve seen yet. ”
“It will work for eight year olds, mate. I’ve been doing this for years and it works every time. “, he said. And it really worked to my satisfaction. The kids were all happy.
After the whole thing we had snacks for all of them. Burger, fries, pizzas, pasta, everything children like. That was one part where my wife wasn’t really happy, but I suggested that the children could totally cheat on their health chart for a day. And she had to reluctantly agree.
“I think the part where those things fell on us and it was dark was the most scary part!! “,a boy exclaimed. Another boy, his friend said, “I think those things were ugly insects just like the ones secretly kept in those labs in our school! Mrs. Williams never lets us go in. ”
Little did they know, they were just leaves. But it was too dark for them to see anyway. I smiled at them.
“You didn’t look scared. ” I turned around to see a little girl behind me.
“Well, you see. Not gonna lie I’ve been through so many haunted houses, that I’m pretty used to it. ” She seemed to look pretty satisfied with my answer, which I did not expect. “I was watching you, back in the game. You didn’t look scared either. ” For the record, she was the only girl not screaming like the others once the whole thing finished.
“Those things don’t scare me. I don’t know why everyone had to shout so loud. My ear still hurts. ” I couldn’t help but laugh a little. I offer to sit down with her as she continues to mhch on her fries.
“I see, you are a brave little girl. What’s your name? ”
“Lysa”,she doesn’t look up at me, instead continues to eat. For some time, I don’t say anything, but then she says, “It’s really hard to be brave sometimes though. ”
At first I was a bit confused hearing this from a little girl. “Why is it so? “,I ask.
“I don’t know, my mom told this to me once. ” She takes the first bite out of her burger. “Everytime I would be scared of sleeping alone, my mom would tell me ‘ Be brave, Lysa ‘. She told me that even when I would be afraid of monsters. She told me it was important to be brave in life. ”
“Then, why did she tell you it’s hard to be brave? “,I ask her.
“One day when I came back from school, I saw her crying on the kitchen floor. I didn’t like it. I never like when anyone cries. I told her to be brave. But she only said this. ”
I looked away. After this, we didn’t talk for some time. She finished her burger, their teacher called them back inside the classes. She got up to leave.
Before leaving, she turned around once only to say, “Those things with ugly faces didn’t scare me, because my mom looked exactly like that the day she was crying. She too had a red mark on her face. It didn’t scare me because the next day when mom didn’t come back home, daddy wasn’t scared either. ” And she ran back to the class.
It took me some time and Jordan to come back and tell me it was almost time to go home. I didn’t even realize how long I was sitting there. The children were all gone home. Now it was time for me to go home. I couldn’t comprehend what happened throughout the day. I was scared of all the things that were happening around us. We don’t even know about so many things.
I realized why monsters scare children. Monsters scare everyone. Even us. We just have different definitions of a ‘monster ‘ . I realized, it’s really hard to be brave. Sometimes.
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~~Mahii.
On July 23, 2010 at 8:22pm, One Direction came together as a band and made history. Five years, five albums, they went from being five to four. And they left behind a legacy. They completely changed what we thought of the typical boybands – of wearing matching clothes on stage, the common dance patterns and everything. It made it’s own slogan, ‘One Band, One Dream, One Direction’ .
With five members originally – Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik, One Direction sold over 50 million records and sold out big arenas like the Madison Square Garden and others. I’ve been a huge fan since I was 13, so here’s why I like each member of the band. (The numbering doesn’t represent my most or least favorite)
1) Niall Horan
Niall James Horan (25). You can call him my bias (my favorite member of all). With an amazing Irish charm and humbleness, Niall’s solo music does wonders and is how Liam Payne described “Hard to hate”. His debut album ‘ Flicker ‘ was about heartbreak, and Horan was successful at making the fans cry and feel hopeful about it at the same time.
Why I like him : Niall is just, amazing. He has this charm, you can’t hate him. He is witty, knows his music (and is versatile at it). He is also a model, influencer, businessman and what not. He’s basically all in one. And no tinge of arrogance.
2) Harry Styles.
Harry Edward Styles (25). The youngest member of the band (and also the tallest), Harry is basically everyone’s favorite. He has his own rules, he fears no one when it comes to showcasing his love for fashion (for an example his MET Gala 2019 look) His solo album went full on classical rock.
Why I love him : The one thing I love the most about him is his love for fashion. His fashion sense defines no gender boundaries, asks the toxic masculinity to stay aside. And the best thing about him – his dimples when he smiles.
3) Liam Payne
Liam James Payne (25). The nicest and kindest person alive. Literally. His debut EP ‘First Time ‘ , gave an edgier sound, more like the blues mixed with pop vibes. Father to one, he just like his mate Niall, chooses to keep his life private.
Why I love him : Just everything about him is so nice. His innocence, the way he treats fans, his kindness, the way he understands women like no one else. Words are less to describe him.
4) Louis Tomlinson
Louis William Tomlinson (27). If you love and follow Louis, get ready to hear him say “Thank you so much for everything ” like a million times a day. Basically, Louis respects and loves his fans more than anything. His debut song ‘Just Hold On ‘ with Steve Aoki and his recent single ‘ Two Of Us’ was about his mother who passed away and whom he was really close to. Even after he lost his sister and mother, Louis still encourages his fans to never give up hope on life and gives several others the hope to live, no matter what happens. Kindness runs in his genes.
Why I like him : He has an angelic voice like no one. A very talented songwriter, his lyrics do magic. He basically has the best fanbase, and to be honest there’s nothing bad about him. He’s the best person you can ever know.
5) Zayn Malik
Zain Javadd Malik (26). Also known as Zayn, after being in the band for four years, he decided to follow his own direction and decided to leave the band. His debut album ‘ Mind Of Mine ‘ (yeah now you know where my blog name came from) was dark, soulful, with the blues vibe, and lyrics about sex, nothing like One Direction. Which pretty much explained his exit. But at the same time, his attitude with fans never changed, he still respects and loves them, even though most artists who go that way of the music industry don’t.
Why I love him : Zayn’s music is wonderful. He’s basically proved to have a very distinct taste in music, with more Indian vibes in his songs. He keeps you waiting for his music but when it’s out, it’s totally worth the wait.
As a band vs their solo careers.
One Direction literally ruled the music industry as a band for five years. With millions going crazy for them, they had what people thought was the perfect career and life.
It was only after Zayn left the band, and the lads decided to go on a temporary ‘ hiatus ‘ (literally meaning a break), the fans realized how controlled they were in the band. Not being allowed to have their own originality in music, giving them less time to give out an album. No wonder why the boys who gave an album almost each year are taking 2 years to give out even one. It’s about the originality and feelings they wanted to share with their music, something they couldn’t do in One Direction.
However, the worst part was when some fans got divided in groups. They started supporting their own favourites from the band, dissing the band and other bandmates in return. It has become like a competition for many – who’s solo career is doing the best?
I personally feel that this hiatus shouldn’t be about fighting each other when we are from the same fandom, like a family. We are not here to bring anyone down.
At the same time, we prove to still be the best fandom in the world. I mean, which boyband wins the award of ‘Best BoyBand ‘ and ‘ Best Fans ‘ every year even after 4 years of hiatus? Only we Directioners can do that.
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The blog is my personal opinion as a fan of 1D since 7 years. No intention to hurt anyone’s feelings.
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, my Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram feed was filled with pictures of my friend’s moms, celebs sharing their memories. Basically everyone. I woke up in the morning and wished my mom a ” Happy Mother’s Day!” and she was visibly very happy. After a lot of thinking, we decided to go out for lunch and movies, giving my mom a day off.
Fast forward, we saw Detective Pikachu, had an amazing lunch and she treated herself with a spa. It was perfect. By now, almost everyone was sharing pictures with their mothers, everyone had changed their profile pictures and I hadn’t done it yet. Honestly by now, i felt really pressured to make at least one post about mothers day, and I realized we hadn’t clicked a picture with my mom today. I mean, we were so busy with all the schedule and we enjoyed a lot but forgot to take a selfie. My mom and I spend a lot of time together, but we can never take pictures – we just don’t remember to take one. And honestly, all these post on Instagram were stressing me out by now.
So I quickly scrolled through my pictures, found a picture with my mom, and posted it. Yipee! My part done! Got a hundred likes on that post as I continued to scroll down through my feed. It was really heartening to see mothers so happy. All my friends treating them and gifting them. It was amazing.
With that Mother’s Day came to an end. I woke up this morning and like every other person saw my phone first. I was puzzled for sometime. No more selfies with moms in the profile picture, mirror selfies instead. My feed was filled with memes and beach pics of my friends again. XYZ was cribbing about the new drama again, ABC ,like always ,was busy posting pics of her in a bikini.
I sighed, kept my phone back on the table. As I walked into the kitchen, there was my mom cooking breakfast for me. She complained about how the house was a mess, thanks to me. She ordered me to help her with the cleaning today. I said okay ,went back to my phone, my best friend had texted me that she just had a fight with her mom because she hated studying, the usual story. The phone’s storage was full so I had to delete all the mother’s day messages.
This was the point honestly, where it felt like Mother’s Day actually never even existed. Really.
Hey there! This was just to inform you guys that I will be updating original short stories soon ! I have always been interested in writing stories, and I write a few on Wattpad, but never tried my hands of short stories.
So this will be a new initiative. The first story coming out soon! Do give your honest reviews!
Stop scrolling. Believe me. And read this. It’s an important message I’m talking about here. Nothing bullshit.
Okay, if you, the one reading this, have a little baby at home, I’m sure you’d want him/her to have a happy, healthy and amazing life ahead. Which is normal, everyone does. And not just for babies, let’s say you’re loved ones – your spouse, children, parents, siblings, friends. And most importantly, yourself. Because if you are not happy and healthy you can’t expect people around you to be.
But imagine 12 years from now. You wake up one fine day, the sun’s not shining it’s dull and cloudy outside. Yawning, you pick up the newspaper kept on the sofa and read the headlines :
Humans on the verge of extinction : The species may come to end in the next 100 years.
What? You think. Humans? 7 billion humans to come to an extinct? What did some monster show up last night to kill humans?
Back to present, here I’m going to scare you a bit. This might be a real life situation 12 years later.
And will some monster show up? Or am I predicting Thanos will land on our little planet and snap it’s fingers to wipe out half the population? The answer is no, but yes.
The monster I’m talking about won’t show up the night before, but it already exists. Right now. Has been existing since years.
It’s global warming, in case you are still wondering. And we created that monster. We are the real Thanos.
Thanos can be defeated, but can we defeat global warming? According to a report, the CO2 levels have increased so much that planting trees alone will not help us anymore.
The problem of global warming is increasing, and as the ones who gave rise to it, we aren’t doing anything to stop it.
Now you must have read too many blogs about global warming, so this is nothing new. But still even though we know everything, we aren’t doing anything about it right? It’s like we know there’s a cliff ahead and if we don’t stop walking, we’ll fall down the cliff and die. But we aren’t stopping, right? They’re turning open lands to concrete lands, making homes on these lands because the population is rising. But then why do we still have the homeless among us.
Take this blog as a little reminder that we need to act now to save our species and others too.
It’s touch to be the only one caring about the planet, but we need to start somewhere. Do something good for the nature and encourage others to do so, ask them to encourage others in return!
We have only 12 years, remember. So act wisely and act NOW!
#WeLoveTheEarth ❤
Imagine this. You wake up one morning, just to find a weird guy with green antennas and space costume, or let’s say a body made up of metal, staring at you and when you ask the reason for his presence, he replies with a “Oh, I was the one controlling your life all the time. Even if it was the time you accidentally dropped your phone in water or the time when you sprained your ankle, yep, I did that.”
Sounds strange, doesn’t it?
To make you feel better, a situation like this is not very likely to happen. Such a person can only be an alien, and such creatures cannot exist in earthly environment. So yeah, next time if you find something weird happening in your house, or you feel a stranger’s presence, you should totally dial 911.
Our universe is humongous. As big as infinity. It has many little galaxies, our galaxy being the Solar System. The scientists haven’t reached to a conclusion if there is any earth like planet in the other galaxies.
Nevertheless, some scientists do think that somewhere in the universe there might be another planet or another set if living creatures, way more advanced than humans. And maybe the “gods” we talk about are just them controlling our lives, i.e. our life being a simulation. They have a theory that the world we live in, this life is not the reality, but just a simulation run by someone else. Let’s say like Sims (the game)
In scientific terms we call it simulation hypothesis. I’m not going to go into the scientific details since I know that will be the point you stop reading this blog. But I would explain why I think that this theory could be absolutely true.
With the recent discovery of black hole and how surprisingly accurate it was to the image visualized by some of our greatest scientists like Albert Einstein, it is possible that years later from now there could be some proof that could prove our existence a mere simulation. Not that it WILL surely happen, but no one was sure about the black hole discovered recently either. So we can definitely not rule out the possibility that this cannot be true.
At the same time, scientists are debating the fact that even if we get a proof, we can’t be sure enough to consider it as a sole proof since it could also be a part of the simulation.
But for the sake of science let’s see it this way – we do not know what’s going on in the other galaxy. If there are any living creatures there or if they are more or less advanced than us, we don’t know. But with so many discoveries happening, there could be an ‘alien’ controlling our actions. Maybe it’s like a choice game for them, and the choices they make is what we call our intuition or conscience.
Well, to conclude, we cannot rule out the possibility of the world being controlled by other superior beings. But at the same time, I feel that if that if it is really true, then instead of praying to god about getting a good job or straight A’s in an exam, we should really start praying them to assign us good ‘players’ to control our lives, like the ones who probably controlled Einstein or who control Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, because I don’t know about you but whoever’s controlling me probably has some serious issues with decision making.
Mind Of Mine. 