The skyscrapers terrified me as a newbie, its a lonely life here. Plenty of money, luxuries, everything except for love and laughter they said. As you move higher, the lonelier you will get.
Is it worth it, I thought a thousand times as I saw the flashy suits and wondered what was hidden beneath the facade. I stayed on as I loved my work and I met all sorts- the ones who cheered you, the ones who scorned, the ones who stabbed. With time I learnt, what mattered the most is “me”.
I learnt to trust my instincts, enjoy my company, I learnt that one has to make hard choices sometimes and face the consequences too but hey its worth it when you choose for yourself.
Linking up with Fiction Monday hosted by Vinita, my post is up late! But I coukldnt resist writing on this photo prompt.
Pic courtesy-Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash
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Chartered Accountant, Story Teller, Dreamer, Voracious Reader, Blogger, Mommy to a little munchkin, Shopaholic, Day Dreamer.Passionate about my career in the corporate world and aspire to break the glass ceiling, at the same time nurture my passion for writing. My niche area is short stories, I also write on parenting, sexism, life's experiences, micro blogs and flash fiction. I have won the best Parenting blog post at mycity4kids.com the largest parenting website in India, 4 times and several of my posts have been published in the #MostPopular category on this site garnering millions of views. I also write on Bonobology, Rivo Kids, Women's Web and Youth Ki Awaaz. My blog has been chosen as the Top Indian Blogs for the years 2018-2019,2020 by TopIndianBlogs website and found a place in the prestigious Top 22 Indian Literary Blogs in 2020 @TopIndianBlogs.
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That’s the right companionship one needs – to trust the instinct and be there for themselves.
Thank you for joining, Akshata.
By the way, you are not late. 🙂
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Thx Vinita I missed the last one too 😭 when is the next one up?
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Hey Akshata, there is a word prompt too. This week why not write for the word prompt. It is ‘STROLL’.
I was putting up two prompts one word and a picture every two weeks. Now I think that’s confusing. From next weekend onwards I will post one prompt every week. And will tag you on Twitter when the post goes live. Hope that’s okay? 😊
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Ya it’s perfect! Thanks Vinitha
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Yup! Nice one.
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Thx Kanika!!
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True, AKshata. With time and experience we learn who and what matters and what should be ignored if we wish to do something in life.
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True Shilpa time and experience are the biggest teachers
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