Sreelakshmy V G

            Lot of changes happens to you, when you witness an unexpected death of someone for the first time in your life. Life is not the same when you witness a vibrant man who radiates energy, lay lifeless in the hospital bed. I used to think that I have all the time in life to do everything I want. All the things I want to do with my partner, that Spain trip I had planned with my sister, vacation in Goa with my two best girl friends, marathons I want to run, my dream of doing bungee jumping from Macau tower, all those DIY dream projects I have, all the books I want to read, writing my own damn book.. !     Somehow all of a sudden, it felt as if there is no enough time in life to do things that I wanted. It dawned to me that human life is so fickle that we may wither away anytime. Yes, I know this is no news, but one doesn't have an in-depth realization of this fact, unless he actually witness a healthy person close to him pass away unexpectedly. At least, I didn'

While you're going through this process of trying to find the satisfaction in your work, pretend you feel satisfied. Tell yourself you had a good day. Walk through the corridors with a smile rather than a scowl. Your positive energy will radiate. If you act like you're having fun, you'll find you are having fun.   - Jean Chatsky 

On the day when the legend Dr. Abdul Kalam expired, I was going through some of speeches he has delivered, to reminisce about that wonderful person every Indian mourned for. I remember to this day, a quote which he shared on world peace. Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in character. When there is beauty in character. there is harmony in home. When there is harmony in home, there is order in nation. When there is order in nation, there is peace in the world. I find this very profound. I truly believe that peace of the world depends on every single individual. It is very sad to think that even during this 21st century, racism and misogynism are prevailing. I think being less judgemental about the people you see, is one big thing which is needed for peace in life. I want to be judged based on my character, not on my gender or the color of my skin. As we voluntarily take an effort to mingle with new people who are way different from the people from our

So, one day I was speaking to my little sister next door, she was having an idea of getting a tattoo. She wanted to get a semicolon inked because she thinks it motivates even a person who is having huge existential crisis, to move on in his life. I was flabbergasted, and asked why she thinks so ! She had to ask only one question, "Anjookka, when do you use a semicolon?". A semicolon is used by the writer when he wants to finish a sentence, but abruptly thinks otherwise and de cides to continue his sentence. Isn't that life? Isn't that the motivation every person needs on this planet, to face the stones life showers on him ? Yeah, to be fair, life doesn't just shower stones on us. It showers flowers too, a lot of them. It's just that sometimes in life, we get so much carried away with all the chaos the stones make, and forget to notice the flowers, their fragrance, and their breathtaking beauty. If the stones are strong enough to blind you from noticing

Drawing mandala, or doodling in general, is meditation. The changes I have in life after I started to draw mandala was so positive. Various studies show that drawing mandala, or merely coloring them makes us focus on ourselves more, and widely helps in stress relief. After going through a lot of articles and studies regarding this, I decided to make a challenge for myself. A doodle a day !! Mandala is not very difficult artform. People who have absolutely no drawing skills can draw mandala and color them . Here I have filmed a tutorial to make an absolutely easy mandala for beginners who are intimidated by all those complex pattern mandalas. Please give this a try. A doodle a day can work wonders on your life !!

So, I came across this very interesting way of writing a journal called as bullet journal. So I bought my first book and wanted a cool way to decorate my BuJo cover pages. So it was in yellow color, so I thought i will decorate it with some mandala, but then the backside of the book got very dirty, so I decided to cover it up. This can be a very cool way to decorate your bullet journal. Not only your journal, try this on your notebooks, diary and all sorts of books to make it look wonderful Happy crafting :D