The Coming Of Age
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The Coming Of Age

Right within the core of my very self, I am beginning to feel the transition from old to new. The ruling power of my peripheral world is succumbing to a new system of leadership. This evolvement is apparent. The old is metaphorically the younger model of me and the new is my present self, branded with clarity, vision and… wisdom?

I often wish I could travel back in the metonymic time to make a twist and a turn to the event of my past life. This is what the coming of age does; it makes you revisit, review, realign and sometimes rewrite the story of your life.

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I Am A People Pleaser And This Stops Now!

This might sound odd, but I am a people pleaser. Or should I say was? This wasn’t me some years back. I was never like this. Back then, I was a cup of sugarless organic black tea. I wasn’t a cup of tea for all. I had a league of my own.

But, somehow, I was labelled. I was that rude girl who saw herself above everyone. People misinterpreted my personality. And when my sister said in her disarming frankness, ” This is why people think you’re proud and a snub”, I decided to turn a new leaf. Her words pinched deeper than she said it. I felt stupid for being me.

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