It’s taken me six 15 days to write this post, and I don’t even want to count the number of days it’s taken me to write something on this website.

Where do we even start?

But before that, how are you? Tell me things. If you are reading this, thank you! Haha. I renewed my domain and hosting space in March and decided that I should write something for the handful of those who read blogs.

But tell me, how are you? Are you well? Do you have anything fun that’s going on in your life?

From my side, I am still here in the UAE. I went to Sri Lanka during the April holidays, which was a good holiday! I think it did give me some clarity on what I want to do and where I want to be in the coming years. Whether it happens or not, I’m not sure, but a plan, or something to resemble one, is always a good idea. Work has been a little up and down. There are wins, and then the losses learnings. We are still making some progress in taking the freelance/part-time route. While that path is paved with uncertainty and over-planning, I cannot imagine what I would do without it.

I’m getting slightly better at time blocking and familiarising myself with project management tools I regularly use, haha. There is always room for improvement, but I feel like some of these tools give me the illusion of more time, which is great. I have mastered the art of loving my calendar and converted some clients into using them. The latter came about with some virtual assistance work I started doing. For those who know me, organisation (at least virtually, haha) comes easily to me. I think my mental health usually functions best with clean, organised spaces, and that has resulted in me trying to document, file, and categorise almost everything (my phone gallery is still suffering, though, but we are getting there). So virtual assistance, in addition to community management, became a breeze! Of course, this also means my brain is constantly buzzing, and mindfulness practices are becoming slightly more challenging, but we are getting there.

What has, however, been consistent is my working out! I’m not a big believer in scales or even the measuring tape (I hope my trainer doesn’t see this), but I believe that progress (for me) in working out has come in the form of consistency. Besides my walks in the park (which have stopped now because of Summer!), I signed up with a virtual trainer at the start of February. I did take a little break during my 14-day travel to Sri Lanka because we all know that wouldn’t have been feasible. But that aside, with fasting (while I was in the UAE) and up until now, I’ve been good! And given that I secretly challenge myself to be more accountable, having an online trainer really works for me. Of course, does this mean that I might not push myself more like the way you see these trainers do? Maybe? But then, working out is more for my head than my body. What happens to my physical appearance is honestly the bonus here!

There is a piece of resentment that I have been meditating over for the last few months. It’s one of those words that kept coming to me over time, and I thought that should be expressed more in my writing. But then again, it’s one of those deeply personal things that even someone like me, who likes being somewhat public on social media, knows will raise too many questions. I think many fail to understand that the blog posts some of us write are done so in retrospect, once the feelings have passed and we no longer feel what we did.

But that’s a topic for another day. I hope you are well, and until next time,