Good morning everyone. Today's topic is, are you 20 or 60 and feeling crappy? Try these five simple tips to live a happy and meaningful life. This article was published in, Explore Your Magnificent Self, a publication, it's actually my publication, a sub-publication in medium.com.
So medium publication allows you to have your own publication. So once you set up your own publication, then you have to be, what to say, consistent in writing, publishing, and all that stuff. So it's quite a lot of work. But however, I think, I think, I am, what to say, I'm investing in my writing muscle, I'm not a writer, originally I'm not a writer.
So it looks like after 235 episodes I could call myself a kind of writer. So why am I saying all these things is because I, there was another writer who had started this 30-day prompt for April. I'm not sure whether I'm going to do it. I mean, I'm going to participate in all the prompts because I've got other things, other commitments to other domains and other domains and other areas of my life for April.
But still I said, let me participate. So the prompt that was given is, you know, your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, whatever, what is it that, you know, what is it that you learned or how it is. So I'm going to read the entire article, but it's a five-minute read. So I don't know how much time I'm going to take in the podcast.
All right. So once again, the topic is, are you 20 or 60 or feeling crappy, try these five simple tips to live a happy and meaningful life. And the sub-topic is, investing in self-development works. After my day one prompt was published, within a few hours, I was excited, like a baby, to read the comments from the challenger.
And when the drama is a challenger, she's the one who's putting the prompts and amazing writers, Nani speaks and don it, Angelin, whose work I shared. And I mentioned the contribution. We may be in different time zones and while I'm fast asleep, someone else is reading and clapping and commenting. This is truly divine and amazing, right?
In other words, someone is giving her or his valuable time and attention, which is most expensive currency these days. Coming to the topic of day two writing challenge, share your thoughts. This is the prompt, guys. Share your thoughts on turning 20, 30, 40, 50, and so on.
All right. I'm smiling to myself and saying, Lalita, yesterday you were nervous and doubtful about having enough content and making it to 500 words. And you eventually were able to articulate to your best and shown out one article above 500 words. Today's prompt being a six a generic in 60s, right?
You have a lot, you have lots to say and don't go overboard. So I give the link to article of the first day's prompt. And the title is, I never knew whom I was writing for until I wrote this piece. Go check it out, guys, in medium.com, sub-publication, explore your magnificence itself.
Okay, let's strengthen our recalling events and experiences muscle from twenties, right? I have to think about what I get thoughts. Okay, when I turned 20, as a girl who had lost my father after 12 years, I was very serious, no nonsense, and more mature for my age. I had to make the tough decision of letting go of a possible PhD all expense paid offer to accept an offer as admin in a nationalized bank in India.
I'm also very fortunate for having understanding and compassionate professors who allowed me to complete my final year of my master's in chemistry as a topper while I was doing my job in the bank. Having made a personal choice to switch from the scientific to the banking industry, I was very career-oriented and wanted to weaken the commitment and discipline from the academic world to my career domain. I did that by clearing banking-related exams and getting promoted to the rank of an officer. Turning to my thirties taught me lessons from living in a joint family, going through the rollercoaster ride of experiencing a still-worth and birthing two wonderful boys and moving to two different cities.
I had to let go of my attachment to being individualistic. At 40, it appeared that I was the peak of the mountain after the trekking experience of accepting and serving in rural area as a bank manager, staying away from my family. We can visit it to my under five-year-old boys migrating to the United States, accompanying my husband who got a lucrative job offer, me becoming jobless due to dependent visa, exploring volunteering, learning and switching from banking to immigration law, getting my word permit to work in a law firm and making it through to the managerial position in corporate America. I had to let go of a lucrative banking managerial position in India.
At 50, I lost my mother and when I scanned through the years from 41 to 50, I realized that I had become an expert in letting go of what got me to the position or place or experience that I cherished the most. One cannot be at the peak for long and you have to allow other mountaineers to experience that peak. These mountaineers could be your family members, such as your spouse, or kids or parents. For me, it was a career peak, but for my husband, it was his career peak and the assurance peak.
Assurance, what do I mean by that? Being assured that in a foreign country, his kids are brought up well. For my children, it was getting up, getting the proper education and nourishment peak. Within two years of being an corporate America, I experienced a spin-off, an acquisition and a lay-off.
That's it. I was forced into a valley of self-employment and self-development. I had to let go of my attachment to seemingly assured a regular paycheck mentality. While in the valley from 50 to 60, I did my best to embrace and enjoy my trials and tribulations as a self-employed professional while seriously pursuing self-development.
I was learning to overcome the shame, fear of marketing and money conversations and run a decently low-key profitable business. With Divine Grace, I was able to give my helping and encouraging hand to my husband's trek to his career peak, facing lay-offs and job hunting. Both my boys are happily married after experiencing their trek in their academics, moving to different cities, countries and job hunting. I'm thankful to God that now at 62, I'm a mother-in-law and grandmother.
I'm also thankful to my parents, for my parents, siblings, in-laws and friends for being there for each other in both good and bad times. I'm very thankful to my past employers, colleagues, service providers and clients. Based on my experience, here are five quick tips to live a happy and meaningful life. Be ready to let go of what you cherished the most trusting that the best is yet to come.
Instead of saying I sacrificed, try to bring an analogy as I did with mountaineering. Please be okay to be in the peak and valley happily. In life, be a consistent and bold test to take her and learn the lessons from the test. Just as we prepare for winter while we enjoy summer, embrace and enjoy your twenties while preparing for your thirties.
Embrace and enjoy your thirties while preparing for 40 and so on. Be bold to lovingly live as a single person, as a couple with your spouse, as a nuclear family member, with your spouse and kids, and as a joint family member with your parents and in-laws. Thank you all for reading and sharing your tips. Shout out to these amazing writers, Shani Crawford, Jonah Burshamp and Susie Curly for sharing their insights through the following articles.
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