Monday, August 7, 2017

A Day in Life


Her alarm buzzed at 6.30am, 6.45 & 7am only to be turned off and pull the blankets to cover her face, even without blinking the eyes. She know there’s going to be more to jerk her out of bed and promptly that rang at 7.30am.
Even without properly opening her eyes she took her phone, changed to silent mode (the notification sound irritates her in the morning) and connected to WIFI to scan through the messages. As usual the WriteTribe group is fully active with more than 100 messages, she thinks while keeping her phone aside.
After turning, tossing and stretching she takes herself out of the bed to the washroom after the morning prayers, grabbing the book on her bed stand.
Once out of washroom with a “Chechi Kaapi” scream she slammed her room shut and within 20 minutes she’s out of her home with another scream, “Amma Bye. Breakfast venda.”

Once at work, her time flies with the daily to-do list and works. But once in a while she feels that a 9-5 job was much easier to heart and brains than the own ventures as there’s no pressure except for deadlines.
But the freedom one enjoys, and the excitement and adrenaline rush to do something new and the happiness when good things happen is immense. At that moment for her every ounce of pressure feels really small.

By afternoon one thing she feels grateful for is a home and mom, where a warm lunch will be waiting for her everyday even at 4pm. 
The break time is usually hooked up with blogging, reading or TV time.
After break, work resumes by 6pm which can extend till 10-11pm depending upon the scenario. 

Once back home and done with the day, after a quick dinner, either she slobs onto her favorite corner of the couch with a movie running or she retires to bed with a book until every drop of energy is oozed out. Her daily life is a routine. Sometimes it freaks her out fearing its monotonous, making her forget that it's OK to meltdown. But most of the days, there's something good in a routine to look forward. 

And that's Sleep



                            I am taking part in The Write Tribe Festival of Words #6







38 comments :

  1. Lol the write tribe whatsapp messages;)
    Seems like a fun productive day:)

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  2. Aww.. I miss my mom now. Such a sweet tale,Sheethal :)

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  3. Full day. Interesting touch writing in third person. Also, a nine-to-five isn't always nirvana.

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    1. Thank you. Atleast you don't have to worry about the finance nah?

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  4. As a kid, we used to look forward to running out of the house and heading off to meet her friends. Growing up, we look forward to the sleep.

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    1. So true. Sleeping time is the best time these days.

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  5. Whew, hectic daily routine! But you're right, nothing like working hard and coming home to a lovingly prepared hot lunch!

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    1. I would work through break if Mom and home isn't there.

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  6. That's a busy day for you! But as long as you are happy with how you spend the day, that's all that matters, isn't it?

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  7. He he...this lovely thing called Sleep.

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  8. hehe.. well said! indeed, these days the highlight of our routines is SLEEP!

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  9. coming back home is the best part of the day :D I too love this lovely thing called sleep :D

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  10. I find that the routines are comforting. Any deviation from the same makes us yearn for our same old routine!

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    1. That's true. Sometimes I crave for a break, but after two days I get bored.

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  11. Your morning routine is so similar to mine. My first alarm is at 545, then 6 and then 7..... ;-)

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  12. Your morning routine is so similar to mine. My first alarm goes off at 545 , then 6 and then 7...... ;-)

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  13. Only 100+ messages? :-P Must have been a slow day at Write Tribe. ;-)

    But yes, coffee, and sleep. blissful.... :-D

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  14. Snoozing of the alaram! I think the whole world can be united with this thread! "Snooze Alarm Tribe", sounds good right???
    Very flowing recount of the day!
    - Anagha From Team MocktailMommies
    https://mocktailmommies.blogspot.com

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  15. I'm really happy, that you are doing what you love. Also, I feel that there's comfort in routine. 😊

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  16. I saw reflections of myself. Beautifully written.

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  17. A very honest post, Sheethal. In the midst of the monotony, we do love that time with family or writing the blog or reading the book, don't we? I think it's the magic of these things we love that helps us move forward.

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    1. At times I feel we live for just happy times.

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  18. That is one hectic routine! I do sometimes tend to check my phone half asleep in the morning, could completely relate to that.
    The mention about writetribe notifications was a classic!

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