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How to keep ourselves sane and floating in these uncertain times that we all are witnessing?? The number of positive cases is increasing every day. The media is flooded with negative news. There is uncertainty looming all around.  It's a real challenge to keep ourselves strong, both mentally and physically.  The good news however is, it really is easily attainable if we are mindful of just a few things, on a regular basis.  There are three areas of our lives where we have to pay attention and put in our maximum effort. Number one is our mental health. It is said that all the battles are first fought in the mind and also that if you can control your thoughts you can achieve anything you want! cutting down our exposure to negative media will have a miraculous effect on our thinking pattern. It will also help in keeping one's thoughts positive. Ten minutes of meditation, twice a day will aid the effect. The second thing is to take care of our physical health. Half an hour's wo

Hey everyone! I am here on my blog after a really long time! when I say a long time, it really has been long... ten years to be precise😀!! So where was I? doing what?  If I say I was busy with life, it wouldn't be wrong...raising my kids, planning, designing, and getting the interiors of my new home done, shifting, settling down took really a large part of this time along with many other things going on in life... well anyway,  will continue speaking about those things here and there in my future posts ... will continue writing regularly now on various topics .... Bye for now

Being a mother of two young kids gives me enough opportunity to get multiple views on kids’ related issues. The current and very hot topic these days is traditional system of schooling vs.playway / modern system. Pro traditional system group has got a point that after completing their plus two ,would these kids be able to compete with the time tested traditional syllabus which no doubt helps them in sailing through the competitive exams like medical and engg? According to this group the ultimate goal of achieving success in these two career streams is possible only through traditional system of studies. One of weird reason I have heard from this group is that our kids have so much of energy that it becomes difficult to handle them if they are sitting idle, it’s good that they give so much home work that kids don’t get time to mess around! Schools following playway method of teaching, give emphasis to experiential learning. They prepare a kid to face the real challenges o

Perfectly Organized homes can become a reality with a little planning, consistent effort and proper execution. Once your basic plans falls in place it takes hardly one hour everyday to run all the functions smoothly.   Basic plan preparation takes some extensive thought process, which may require 6-7 days of yours, but the outcome is productive and is going to make your life so hassle free that putting in these many efforts is quite worth. Basic plan has to be customized (as one plan can’t fit for all) to be effective, and only your involvement at every level can make it successful. This article will be navigating you through basic guidelines and you can make changes as per your requirements First of all you have to decide in which category your dwelling place fits in. is it   a) An apartment, b) A standalone kind of house /row house Apartment style of living doesn’t require outdoors to be taken care of in general, which is not the case with row houses, accordingly time and days

If you will hit me with a stick, I ’ ll also hit you with this bat ” this was my older one of 6 while playing with his friend. It took me a while to accept that it was really my son ’ s voice, I was in a shock as we had never ever raised a hand on him or his younger brother of 4 & we had always taught him that in our house hitting was absolutely not acceptable and he had also imbibed the learning quite well, then what was so provocative today that he was responding in this violent manner; it was very very essential for me to understand his point of view ,I was required to sit with him and talk about the matter…. But mamma it was he who first hit me, should be just sitting and letting him hit me, without any action? ” Now there was a need for me to do some thinking; this was learning for me as well, as I had fed him only half the lesson, I had taught him that hitting was not good. It was OK till the time he was following this in the secure environment of our home as everybody w

lazing around reading favorite columns in newspaper, long chats with husband and kids, are some of the luxuries I look forward to on weekends. Sometimes I just wonder will I enjoy my Sundays during my retirement (yes retirement phase comes in housewives life cycle also and they need lots of psychological preparation to get ready for the phase) as much as I do now, will I miss my days of organized chaos or at that time everyday will be like a holiday and I will just wish for something meaningful to do. Whenever I look any old age person, I just try to feel what kind of emotions they are going through .is there a feeling of fulfillment or a wish that god would have given them more time! It also amazes me that after managing everything from A to Z in the house, how it feels to handle over everything to next generation. From being the sole decision maker in everything to just let others take the reigns! It is indeed a huge change in a person’s life and retirement phase does require