Saturday 16 July 2016

Rishtey

मैं रूठा, तुम भी रूठ गए
फिर मनाएगा कौन ?

आज दरार है, कल खाई होगी
फिर भरेगा कौन ?

मैं चुप, तुम भी चुप
इस चुप्पी को फिर तोडे़गा कौन ?

बात छोटी को लगा लोगे दिल से,
तो रिश्ता फिर निभाएगा कौन ?

दुखी मैं भी और  तुम भी बिछड़कर,
सोचो हाथ फिर बढ़ाएगा कौन ?

न मैं राजी, न तुम राजी,
फिर माफ़ करने का बड़प्पन दिखाएगा कौन ?

डूब जाएगा यादों में दिल कभी,
तो फिर धैर्य बंधायेगा कौन ?

एक अहम् मेरे, एक तेरे भीतर भी,
इस अहम् को फिर हराएगा कौन ?

ज़िंदगी किसको मिली है सदा के लिए ?
फिर इन लम्हों में अकेला रह जाएगा कौन ?

मूंद ली दोनों में से गर किसी दिन एक ने आँखें....
तो कल इस बात पर फिर पछतायेगा कौन ?

Monday 11 July 2016

Few unsaid lines

1) Empty room.
    Fairy lit.
    Swollen eyes.
    Silent cries.
    The time?
    It's post midnight.


2) They are not meant to be together.
    One is on other side, the second is on another.
    Though, they both complete each other.

   Headphones are the greatest invention, aren't they?


3) I badly want to talk to her.
    I badly want to talk to him.
   Then what are you waiting for...??
         "The First Text".



4) I love her so much....!!
    I wish to have her, and that time back in my life.
    Is there any way to get childhood back.


5) And then he thought, deleting "her number" would help him to move on.
    "I moved on", he whispers,
    "Another Lie", his heart exclaimed...!!

Sunday 10 July 2016

How To Get Up Early When Mornings Make You Cry

Admit it. You’ve clicked on articles with titles like “10 Outrageously Successful People Share Their Morning Routines” and “How to Create The Best Morning Routine Ever.” You nod along enthusiastically to the admittedly sage (but often pretty obvious) advice contained within. Stop hitting snooze. Exercise. Eat a healthy breakfast. Meditate. Maybe you even follow that advice for a day or two. But a few days later, you’re back to your terrible morning habits.
You know what? That’s okay. Even the most basic morning routine only consistently works for morning people. And whether you’re a true morning person is determined by your genetics (or, in science class-speak, your sleep chronotype is genetically determined).
The rest of us have to live with snoozing too long and then rushing out the door with mismatched socks and un-ironed clothes. But even if you can’t change your fundamental self, you can optimize your habits to work with your genetics rather than against them.
Here are some key habits to foster that will make your mornings a million times more pleasant:

1. Find ways to prepare the night before.

Spend a portion of every evening preparing absolutely everything you need for the next day. You know you’re going to be awake until at least midnight anyway. Why not check tomorrow’s weather report and choose your outfit during that time?
Consider purchasing a small garment rack to hang your next day’s clothes. The monetary investment and a prominent placement in your bedroom will encourage you to use it. And for those who work out, exercise before dinner. If you shower before bed, you can even steam your clothes by hanging them next to the shower to kill wrinkles, eliminating the need to iron and allowing you to sleep in later.

2. Start your morning with something you love.

Instead of waking up and dreading the moment your feet have to touch the floor, find one quick thing to do every morning that fills you with joy and replaces hitting snooze.
This can vary widely by individual. Check your Instagram feed in bed. Read an inspirational work. Brew a cup of tea and skim the news. Heck, keep a cookie jar on your kitchen counter and enjoy a single cookie. But no matter what, strictly limit yourself to just 10-15 minutes of “joy time”–even if it means setting a timer.

Saturday 9 July 2016

Some Fables

1) "This will be our last meeting",
     -He said nothing after this and left. Fear of loosing her was worse than actually loosing her.


2) The whole world was saying she was falling in love.
     Only she knew that she was escaping from loneliness.


3) "They were flawless together, then why did it end", Love asked
     "In the beginning we all enjoyed it, then you ruined it forever", Heart replied.


4)                                  10 years of marriage
                                                    or
                                       10 years of Prison
                        Pain was all that she got from her love
                     Probably Cupidity didn't yield love for her



5) Of course, I am scared, but not of failure, I am scared of Not trying, I am scared of not getting up   as I am Knocked down, I am scared of lying on my death bed thinking of how I could have lived a better life. I am scared of going to my grave with a never ending thought....

"I haven't done enough in my life"


Thursday 7 July 2016

Why Being “Too Busy” Is The Biggest Lie We’ve Been Told

Have you ever said to yourself, “I’m too busy”? “I’m too busy to meet this person…” “I’m too busy to take care of my health…” “I’m too busy to learn a language…” We take in a big sigh, and even lead ourselves to believe that being “too busy” is something worth celebrating. I’ve certainly been guilty of this many times over.
In a world of rapid change, infinite access, and countless distractions, our society has built a culture around celebrating “keeping busy”, for the sake of… well, keeping busy. But there’s a massive difference between activity and performance. We can be efficient in a lot of things in our lives, without ever being effective. 
Here’s why telling ourselves that we’re “too busy” can lead to a negative cycle.

We Reap What We Sow

 

Have you ever bought a new car, and suddenly you start to notice all the cars that are identical to the one you just bought? Or maybe you got a new dog, and you start paying attention to all the dogs that are walking across the sidewalk.
It’s not that the manufacturers of your car suddenly decided to release more models in your city, nor did the population of dogs hit a spike. It means that your Reticular Activating System is at work. Without boring you with the scientific details (TL;DR right?), your RAS is the automatic mechanism inside your brain that tells you what to pay attention to, and what not to. Think of it as a filter for the brain.
As bland as the name may sound, it’s an incredibly important part of our brain since it’s the gatekeeper that determines how we think – consciously or subconsciously. One of the greatest examples of the RAS at work is when Sachin Tendulkar made the record of 200 runs in ODI match in year 2010, which was claimed to be impossible at the time. A year after V.Sehwag broke the record, few other cricketers people also beat the record, including Rohit Sharma's individual high score of 264.

The reason why we bring up RAS is because there’s two ways to control our brain:
  1. Consciously: By purposefully setting goals, affirmations, and visualizing our goals, we can create a filter that enables our brain to focus on anything that will get us closer to our goals.
  2. Sub-consciously: By telling ourselves “we don’t have time”, our brain is going to find every reason to justify why we don’t have time.
Since our brain will eventually believe whatever message we feed it, telling ourselves that we’re “too busy” only becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Tuesday 5 July 2016

How to Avoid Stresses and Serious Health Problems Being a Busy and Working Student

It is a stunning and unfortunate truth that college students today face a wide variety of physical and mental health challenges that are so severe that they are now considered to be a public health issue. These challenges impact physical, mental, and emotional health. College student health and stress concerns a range from food insecurity to sexual assault. These dangers are difficult for any student to face no matter what their situation is, however, students who work on top of going to school may be at greater risk.

Because they have more strenuous schedules and demands on their time, working students may find it difficult to stay on top of their physical and mental well-being or to successfully manage stress factors. The results of this can include such disturbing issues as increased drug and alcohol use, hospitalizations for mental health issues, increased risk for minor illnesses becoming true health crises, dropping out of school, weight gain, suicide attempts, and more.

If you are, or if you know a working student, take a moment to review the following tips. Following them, especially when life is most strenuous, is extremely important. Because we know that time, money, energy levels, and stress can make it impossible to be perfect, each point includes a bit of a shortcut advice for those who are unable to make big changes. Info

Remember That Food Is Fuel

Sadly, many students only become concerned with the food that they eat when it begins impacting their waistline. While this isn’t a bad thing, weight management is important after all, it does demonstrate how eating right is often neglected. This is too bad, because proper nutrition impacts physical health, academic performance, and there are important associations between food and comfort and overall well-being. Check out these tips for keeping a healthy diet.
  • Raw fruits and vegetables can be cut up and kept in the fridge for snacking with hummus, salsa, or other healthy dips
  • Salads can be purchased at local grocery stores and delis
  • Yogurt, cheese sticks, and hard boiled eggs are convenient options for keeping full and meeting daily protein and dairy requirements
  • Lentils, rice, oatmeal, beans and other similar items can be bought in bulk, are extraordinarily inexpensive, nutritious, and extremely versatile.
  • One rotisserie chicken purchased at your grocery store can be used to add protein to salads, add meat and heft to casseroles, act as the protein element in several sandwiches, and the carcass can be used for soup.
Maybe your energy levels are too low, or your stress levels are too high for you to implement the suggestions above. Maybe you don’t have funds or access to make ideal food decisions. That’s okay! You still deserve to be as healthy as possible:
  • Hunger is a scary thing, but there are people who want to help.
    • Check local food banks.
    • See if your school has a soup kitchen for students.
    • Look for discount grocers in your area such as Aldi or Save-a-Lot.
    • Consider applying for food stamps.
  • If you are broke and too overwhelmed to cook, consider these convenience tips:
    • While not ideal, there are frozen dinners that are organic, GMO-free and relatively healthy.
    • A cheap meal, such as ramen, can be made more complete and healthy with the simple addition of a half a cup of frozen vegetables, boiled in the water with the noodles.
    • The microwave can be used to steam frozen vegetables, bake sweet potatoes, or make healthy versions of whole wheat pizzas.


    Recognize And Get Help For Any Mental Health Issues That You Face

    Let’s get this out of the way right now. If you are feeling disconnected, anxious, scared, sad, paranoid, angry, or alone, please understand that you are not being dramatic. You are not seeking attention. You are not lacking in self-discipline.


    Any resource about health tips for college students should include mental health resources. For a wide variety of reasons, the college years are high risk for students who might deal with mental health issues that are either situational or clinical. Managing stress at this point is particularly important because the combination of stress and mental illness, can quite frankly, be deadly.
    If you have mental health concerns please consider:
  • Setting an appointment with a mental health expert.
  • Asking your parent to set you up with counseling via their company’s EAP program.
  • Discussing your options with your primary care provider.

Monday 4 July 2016

How To Change Your Life During Your Lunch Break

For many of us, the average weekday goes something like this: fight traffic or mass transit delays to get into work, make small-talk with co-workers, settle in for a few hours of productivity, grab a quick lunch out of the office (or eat solo at your desk while watching YouTube), work some more, leave work, and repeat until you retire or die at your desk.

Okay, maybe that’s a little grim. Hopefully, you’re actually really kicking butt and taking names in your career, while endearing yourself to your co-workers with hilarious anecdotes about your weekend adventures. However, if you’re not taking full advantage of your midday hour-long break, you’re missing out.

Lunchtime is truly your best time to make meaningful progress in any area of your life because it offers some flexibility in your daily routine. By the end of the day, people generally have important plans to spend time with friends or family, hit the gym, or binge-watch Netflix. While those are all important parts of life that help us maintain balance, there’s little room left for self-improvement.
Your lunch break is your opportunity to fit a little something extra into your life. Here are a few ways to take control of your life, one lunch hour at a time.

1. Hone an interesting skill.

Have you always wanted to learn to code or speak Spanish? What if you spent 45 minutes, 5 days a week, working on that new skill? Imagine the progress you could make.
Even better, send out an email inviting co-workers to start a learning group together. Commit to a “brown bag” lunch where each of you brings your lunch and signs up for a course. There are free and paid online courses to teach almost every skill imaginable, and learning with others keeps you accountable.

If you get stuck, co-workers can be a great resource as guest experts. For instance, if you’re trying to learn code, invite the IT person (or programmer) over one day to help your group get over a hump. If you want to learn Spanish, invite a Spanish-speaking co-worker to chat for an hour and correct the group’s pronunciation errors. This will allow you to socialize with co-workers and maybe even develop skills that can boost your career trajectory.