Part I
I must admit that ending "Love, Life etc" created a void in my life.
I must admit that ending "Love, Life etc" created a void in my life.
The Pink issues we discussed in that blog were central to my existence in past few years. As I struggled to understand myself in the untoward phase of my life, the sharing of ideas and experiences through the blog not only provided new perspectives but also made my journey more tolerable, and fun.
Part II
It is not easy since most women perform multiple roles and enjoy them all. I want you to write one thing which is unchangeable and will remain unchangeable in your mind while the backdrop of your life changes. e.g. writer, teacher, singer, CEO, mom... whatever has been closet to your heart.
The Pink turned Red and I realized that I can continue explorations on relationships from a different angle. Successful marriage, healthy marriage, not taking each other for granted, not losing the sparkle in the eye when your partner walks into the room till you die, importance of maintaing the "oomph" factor and youth in the inevitable staleness/aging that time may bring to marriage, etc etc etc.
But then I thought better.
I mean, what's the point in taking a Physics (replace with any subject at which you suck!) exam when you have the option of taking others?!! There are many other topics which are very close to my heart and which, I am pretty sure, yours too. I am still wrapping my head around those.
In the meanwhile, I really want to talk about one thing that I am seeing all around me.
Managing Changing Stages of Life. New roles and responsibilities ..or lack thereof.
New jobs, new moms, new locations, new second-timer moms, newly weds, newly divorced, newly widowed, newly moved-in-with-in-laws, newly dating, newly tired-of-dating-and-ready to settle-down, newly tired-of-settled-life-need-some-change, newly urban, newly suburban…on and on.
No doubt change affects all, but the demands on women are definitely a lot more compared to men…through biology and psychology, if you will.The end result being - a lot of us get lost. The old definitions of self that we identified ourselves with don't apply anymore, and the new definitions of self seem forced (read denial).
New jobs, new moms, new locations, new second-timer moms, newly weds, newly divorced, newly widowed, newly moved-in-with-in-laws, newly dating, newly tired-of-dating-and-ready to settle-down, newly tired-of-settled-life-need-some-change, newly urban, newly suburban…on and on.
No doubt change affects all, but the demands on women are definitely a lot more compared to men…through biology and psychology, if you will.The end result being - a lot of us get lost. The old definitions of self that we identified ourselves with don't apply anymore, and the new definitions of self seem forced (read denial).
Anyway.
I will get to that later.
I will get to that later.
Part II
More importantly...
I just saw this post "What is Love? Describe in one word". As you can guess, few months ago, my neurons would have fired all over seeing this! But now I am thinking, what is a more meaningful question for which I would like to get a one-word answer - the idea of which I have quite liked :-)
So here it goes.
So here it goes.
What are You? Describe in one word.
It is not easy since most women perform multiple roles and enjoy them all. I want you to write one thing which is unchangeable and will remain unchangeable in your mind while the backdrop of your life changes. e.g. writer, teacher, singer, CEO, mom... whatever has been closet to your heart.
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