Expressing Self!!!

Diet is a subject very close to me. Initially, in my early years, I was quite thin. Then, I slowly started eating more food and started putting on weight. After my first child was born, I went from size S to size XXL. I maintained my XXL size from here onwards. In the meanwhile, all relatives started commenting that I am going to remain fat now, just like my mother. That is the time I took some steps towards my journey to reduce weight. I call it a journey because its 20+ years since then and I am now size M but still the journey (to maintain weight) continues 😊 Here are few things I followed during this journey: 1.        I gave up completely on potato chips, cold drinks, fried potato or potato in general. 2.        Cut down on Sweets 3.        I realized that taking unnecessary tensions was causing me to eat more. It was also bloating up my body. That is the time, I deci...

Things don’t go right!!! There are times when things don’t go right! There are times when nothing works! There are times when nothing is happening in my life! There are times when life sucks! There are times when I feel that I am no good, others are better than me! There are times when I feel that nobody loves me! There are times when I feel real low! There are times when I feel sad! There are times when I feel lonely!               … and……. I can go on and on..... I am sure many of us have experienced at least 3-5 feelings from above.   Here are some pointers that help me to get out of such feelings... 1. Everyone goes through this phase  Think of one person who has not felt atleast one feeling from the above…And the answer comes in negative.  What this means is that each and every human being must go through such emotions.  ...

Mount Abu - Quick Summer Getaway around PUNE Friends, it’s the summer season and you all must have started feeling the heat. If you want to spend some relax time either with yourself or with your family and friends, especially in the month of May, then I would suggest “Mount Abu” is the ideal place to go. We had gone to Mount Abu in the month of May. The weather in “Mount Abu” is quite cool, especially in the mornings and evenings. We even had to wear jackets during this time. It was quite pleasing considering the extreme hot weather from where we had come. We researched the hotels via Make My Trip and zeroed down on “Hotel Udai Garh”. Glad to know that our choice of hotel was perfect! The Hotel is situated at the top of a Hill, making a nice panoramic view across Mount Abu hills from the Hotel’s Balcony. The Make My Trip package for this hotel was Breakfast + One meal (lunch/dinner). The Breakfast they served was delicious. The hot parathas were yummy....

Income Tax filing is quite a complex or tedious procedure, but every working individual must complete it. I have created a simple excel template where you can just input some numbers like your Salary, other incomes like FD etc and few other details and the template gives you an idea of How much is your Total Tax for this Financial Year and how much you have yet to pay. Note: this template is not for senior citizens. In case, you are a senior citizen please request me on this email address and i will send you the  template for  senior citizen income tax calculation . Here are the steps:  Download the Income Tax Template in Excel     In this template, Enter the Income In column “F2” (Note: You may have to click on "Enable Editing" on the top of the Excel, only for first time) Your short-term capital gains from Shares and Mutual Funds, if any, in columns “F3” and “F4”. If there are no such capital gains then enter 0. In AY 2018-19...

Boards Exam and a frustrated mom           Here is the 10th Board exam of my daughter and I am a working mom who needs to  relax, when at home!            Normally I just turn on the TV or loud music to entertain myself. But what do I do when it’s my daughter's 10th standard and she is going through her board exams?           Actually, in person, I am opposite to the title I gave myself in this article. In life, I always try to make sure that I don't end up being a frustrated person. And I dig out various tools to handle my such gonna-be-frustrating situations!           So here I oil my brains and question, what can I do for leisure or relax myself if I can't watch television, can’t listen to music or  can't go out. Bang!! Various options start clicking in my head.  Off course I can always read a book. I love reading and so I arm myself...