Catharsis

October 2021 I took the decision of quitting my job and embarking on my second sabbatical in June 2021 - this was not a knee jerk reaction to one event, but a reevaluation of pri orities owing to various factors over a period of time.  My previous blog “Musings of a Sabbatical-eur”  ( https://ac-catharsis.blogspot.com/2016/09/ ) talks at length about why it’s worth taking a sabbatical; this blog is more about my journey on a less-travelled path.  (Source: Google) The onset of the pandemic has changed all our lives in more ways than one. The second wave hit closer to home, and listening to the harrowing experiences of friends & family made me see things in a new perspective. Somewhere along the line, my life had been on default mode, just rushing from one task to another; neither taking the time to enjoy the moments in life, nor reflecting about things that truly mattered. Simba, our boisterous golden retriever pup, coming home and the Pawrenting journey was the ...

December 2016 (Source: Google)  As I sit down on New Year's eve to write this blog reflecting about 2016, I am a little apprehensive of sounding cliched or preachy. However, I do believe that though I have lived life on my own terms, God  and Life  have an atypical sense of humor and love turning everyone's life upside down once in a while - and how we choose to deal with these turn of events is what defines us and makes us happy or sad. So here's how I said Bazinga  whenever Life  played pranks on me - just like my favorite character Sheldon Cooper from 'Big Bang Theory' who loves to say Bazinga (akin to Gotcha!)  B- Being Mindful:  For as long as I can remember, I have been an absent-minded professor. The usual questions that haunt me throughout the day are "Did I switch off the geyser? What about the microwave? And the coffee-maker?" and sometimes even "Did I lock the house? :P". The only solution to this was bein...