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A not very recent survey by Nielsen has revealed that Indian women are the most stressed out in the world: 87% of our women feel stressed out most of the time. I know why the stress, but again, why stress all the time?
Boyfriend/Husband? The next time they tell you how fat you've become, ask them to go take a hike. Duh you haven't signed up for THAT!
Kids? Give them one tight hug or cut out their pocket money. Either would work like magic. (My mum said so, and mums are hardly wrong;)
In-laws? Have you ever thought about sending them on a nice long vacation?
Collegues? If your collegue doesn't like you, its her/his problem. There is no reason you have to live with it.
Friends? Well, tell them, you're a package. They can either take it or leave it.
Studies/Work? Try enjoying them for a change. Look at them as an avenue for self-improvement rather than the opposite.
Your looks? But, how does one define good looking? And who said thin is great, being fair is pretty, being tall is classy? Newspapers? Bollywood actors? Friends? Sometimes your mothers? Well, don't believe them.
Ok, obviously the above pointers doesn't solve everything, but maybe carrying your worries like baggages wont either. Indian women are hands down the smartest, most hard working on this planet. After all, where else will you find a women waking in the morning, cooking for you, heading for work and coming back to yet again do your business, rather than hers. And does everything with so much love, with so much ease - like she ought to be the best in everything. It's high time men realise she doesn't need to, she only chooses to and if not appreciate, merely acknowledge it.
An its time women realise it's your life, and you ought to live it the way you want to. Its okay if you fall down sometimes, the world looks different from the ground. (courtsey Oprah). There surely are time where your feel miserable, tell yourself it's okay to brood over it, cry over it, scream and yell at the person who had hurt you. But once it's done, time yourself to get up, dust your back and move on. Remember, it's okay to take time off to go out with your girlfriends after a terrible week. Its not a sin to dress up, show up and gossip a
little bit, buy yourself sexy lingerie. It's okay to lie to your parents and take off on a mini vacation. It's okay to take your husbands/boyfriends on a romantic date, even though they had forgotten what it feels like. It's okay to tell your kids you want to go clubbing with them. It's okay to be conscious about your weight, look into what you eat. But remember, any sensible one would rather choose a great piece of mind over a piece of ass. And importantly, it's okay to have a 30-minute ME-time a day and give yourself a little break once a while.
And when you do that, maybe you'll start trusting yourself, listening to your heart, smiling more, hugging tight and feeling beautiful. After all, whats life with out these little joys?
