A day to slow down

A poem I wrote on slowing down and just existing

A day to slow down!!

I have a job for the weekdays

A writing assignment I have given to me for the weekend

Both are important for my survival

There is always someone I need to reply to

There is always something finished in my pantry

There is always a messy corner of my apartment bothering me

There is always a decision I have to make

There is always an action I need to take

There is always a newsletter I want to read

There is always a writing idea brewing in my mind

There are always some memories I am trying to forget(remember)

There is always some emotion I need to feel and process

There is always a behavioral pattern I am trying to break

Amidst of it all, my body screamed for a day to slow down

To listen to her and do nothing

May be, write poems and have my favorite tea

To just look at the birds coming to my balcony

To look at the moving clouds

To look at the trees gracefully letting go their dried leaves

To smile at the strangers passing by

To water my plants and check on them

To do my skincare as a ritual

To do my house chores as prayers

To assure my heart that we will be ok

To visualize a gentle planet

To think about the dream, I had few days back

My grandmum(naani) packing my lunch box

How loved I felt with her around

How nobody can love me like her

To cry about, her not being here anymore

To light my favorite candle

And just exists!!

Photo by Vladimir Tomić on Unsplash

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This week’s recommendations:

• I am going to write anyway. by

  Nadia Meli
  . This one gave me the motivation to keep writing and making friends with my self-doubt

• Wait What Actually Is Mindfulness? by

  Ava.May
  . I recently noticed Ava’s work and I absolutely loved it. This one is a beautiful one on taking small steps towards mindfulness

• The untold realities of leaving my job by

  Mika
  . This one talks about how to use the intentional or unintentional space you got in your life to re-evaluate all the important things of your life