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Sunday Roundup with a dose of Fiction March week1 2017

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on March 5, 2017 3

Finally they had come to the end of the tunnel.The gremlins were close at their heels.They wanted blood .Luckily today was the day after the blue moon and their rainbow blood made them undetectable to Gremlin magic.But not for long.Gazing through the hollow in the boulder, they could see the kingdom of mommy fairies.It was just beyond the emerald-green mountain of Sephora .Ryan,Rai and Deepa scrambled out of the hole .The only thing they needed now was an Unicorn.If only Ryan could remember the calling song .The one his mommy used to sing .

(word count 93)

Writing this for #Fridayfotofiction with Tina & Mayuri has become a fun habit.Some days fiction is easier.Life is difficult as it is ,without us making it worse.

Update 6th March :This became the feature post and won #Fridayfotofiction

https://twitter.com/twinklingtina/status/838675439635709952

This month we are all celebrating being woman.The last 8 months of blogging has been amazing because of some amazing friends I made blogging .As luck would have it they are all women.Beautiful,talented ,hardworking and struggling.Managing home,life ,ambitions.Juggling worlds between expectations and heartbreaks,but still trying everyday.We are all so different but our battles are the same.Between what we want and what society wants or expects.The biggest problem is we women are hard on ourselves.Very hard.We want it all !

The blog hops I host and link to epitomize women power.

I just won #ClickAndBlogAstory linky and they sent cool gifts that made my day.

All about the woman certificate of Appreciation

Linky parties help find the people who love what I love.They help us promote and support the bloggers who are solopreneurs .They are also great for working with brands.A blog linky is a great way to curate content.Check out our moms favourite baby products here .Mommy tips to reduce exam stress is also another useful resource.Thats why we always have a prompt for our linkups ,even when we welcome old posts too!

On the #ThankfulThursdays linky you will find ,we are celebrating #WhatWomenWant this entire March.

This week I also updated my Blog journal for my subscribers.It has a few more additional sheets for tracking blog income expenses and few other things.

Sunday Wisdom

While discussing with a friend about women and whats important to be happy,I realized this month was perfect for discussing exactly that.If there’s one thing that has helped me get what I want from life is belief.Belief is an interesting word .

It is an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.

It also means trust, faith, or confidence in (someone or something).

Self belief and Faith in a higher power is both belief.Both need an imagination.Your minds power to visualize something that’s not present. That’s your backup powers source.When you imagine how you will reach your goals,that’s your mind-map to make your dreams come true.

This dreaming you do at night before going to sleep.That way when you do fall asleep your subconscious mind works hard to smoothen the rough edges and find the perfect solution.

What is the dream that doesn’t let you sleep?

Comment below to let me know.

Monday Mommy Moments:Coping with exam stress

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 27, 2017 43

Do you stress about your children’s exams ?

What do you do to make them deal with exam stress ? My daughter just turned 5 .She has exams.But just doesn’t know what they are and that they can cause stress.If I have my way ,I want her to be this way forever.I want her to learn her school work well and do her best .But not stress over it so much that she stops having fun learning .

I haven’t started dealing with exam stress for her ,but till a few years back I had exams .

Mommy’s advice to Rai

Study throughout the year.Do your daily work then when its revision time,you do exactly that .Revise.No stressing over completing syllabus.

Eat healthy and sleep on time during exams.Keep your water bottle next to you The snack box is inside your drawer .You can nibble every two hours..Absolutely no late nights.The only thing sleep deprivation does is make you forget what you know.Believe me have tried both!

Dont forget a hobby or light relaxing reading at least twice a day for unwinding the mind.Plus unrelated activities often make you remember better.

Exercise .At least 20 minutes.Walk run,jog,dance .Just don’t stop exercising.If needed read while walking.

Study in a room with no distractions.Not in front of the TV .You may think this works best for you.But it just makes your brain tired.

Make revisions fun.Sometimes reading the same thing over and over is boring.Try to make fun quizes out of your study material .

Try group studies once a week with friends who are sincere.

It breaks the monotony and gets you a fresh outlook.Try to recollect what you studied the night before when you set out for the day.

Eat a healthy breakfast before going for exams.

Think positive all the time no matter what.No negative self talk and don’t listen to negativity.

Do your best and compete with your own self.Always.

Work hard and pray everything will work out.

Then there will be holidays to laze around.

Neha Tambe won this week read her winning post here.

Neha Tambe blogs short stories. Her stories draw inspirations from real life and situations and are low on mushy, make believe stuff. Neha thinks the real beauty of life lies in the stories that surround us.She is a freelancer for Social Media Marketing and Content Writing.Check out her portfolio here.

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Comment on this post and cohosts post and tell us the 2 other post numbers on which you commented(very important criteria for winning).

You can write a post on the prompt .Or link up your new post in the linky.

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Sunday roundup and your dose of Fridayfotofiction

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 26, 2017 8

That’s the place.The very place Ryan dreamt of, for the last fifteen years.
The turrets ,the pillars ,the majestic archway and the spiral stairways.The blue smoke spiraling upward from the chimney
This was also going to be where he would be spending the next 10 years.
Would he be able to do this?
His parents didn’t know the entire truth.Only Ryan’s best friend and college sweetheart Simran knew.This was because even she had qualified .This was the premium Magical Medical School in Transylvania.The only hope for the ailing loveless world.

”Heal through love”

(100 words)

Writing this for #FridayFotofiction with Tina & Mayuri.

This week was fun but loads of work.My daughter celebrated her fifth birthday with all her friends laughing ,playing games and just being children.No pressures to look good,wearing the latest clothes or spending X amount of money .Childhood is golden.Our job is to create beautiful memories with them.When we can’t guard their fall ,we can at least teach them to brush themselves and get up.

The medical college where I work had its umpteenth visit by the Indian medical council.The new semester classes have started.That means one more batch of new budding doctors learning ENT.Teaching is one of the effortless and fun parts of being in a medical College.Living in a small town makes you realize exactly what is important .

What was new on my blog this week :

How to ‘top-up’ health cover?

Envy :The problem of it #ClickAndBlogAstory

Thankful Thursdays:Silent Gratitude what good is it?

Mompreneurs blogging journey(part 13) :Blog hops and Alexa

My favourite post this week

This post by Preethi ,where she shares her journey to becoming a published author ,online bullying,writers block and how she survived and became stronger.Bullies are weak people.Once you refuse to let these people affect you ,you will live happier.Preethi’s journey as a author is truly inspiring.

The article on my blog which got most views this week was:

MR vaccine drive : What you need to know

One thing I realized this week:

You have to stop regretting and just move on.Whatever happens is part of the bigger plan.You do what you can,with what you have ,where you are.The only thing that’s important ,is how kind you are and that you are trying.

Don’t forget to link up with #Thankful Thursdays and #MondayMommyMoments.

Whats your plan this week ?Share your favourite moments in the comment below.

My favourite tweet this week

@misra_amrita Thing is, if people started thanking you 4 ur very informative posts, your mailbox would have overloaded with thank-u mails 🙂

— Kathakali Mukherjee (@KathakaliM) February 25, 2017

Envy :The problem of it

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 21, 2017 14

Are you happy?

Do you put daily effort to be happy?

What make you happy?I am starting to sound like a broken record.But the main reason people never reach their potential,are never fully happy,never achieve their wealth goals, is because they have this vice .Envy is one of devils favourite !

Envy is“unhappy admiration,”

Kierkegaard

The reason being it’s self sabotage and you do it willingly.
Every time you sigh and wish that you had it too !It actually goes farther away.
Crazy right ?Not really .The universe has a strange balance .It gives back exactly what you have sent out.
Remember Newton’s third law.Everything in life as we know on earth ,works following this .

I think I would envy me too, if I didn’t know me better
Rich Mullins

If you send out positivity ,optimism ,hope,happiness ,you will get it back .Not necessarily from the same people, but from the universe.
Planning to send the envy waves ?Wait don’t do it. You will only harm yourself .
Everything in this world is part of the mother energy .The only way to protect us from all that’s going wrong ,is to send only positive thoughts.

“That’s the best revenge of all: happiness
Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and several other novels.

#HWB Envy Quotes

If you are your fabulous self, there will be many people who will be envious,and try to pull you down.Seeing people happy can drive certain people crazy.
But should you stop being happy?
No absolutely not.The journey of life is to have an adventure ,make this world a better place,love and be happy.Any one box unticked makes life a burden.People who are happy and successful rarely waste time on envy.

Life unfortunately is not fair.Success belongs to those who try hardest and smartest.It often happens you rise much above your family and friends. That’s when you start feeling the poison darts.One way of deflecting that is show a weakness, an imperfection.That is one way of deflecting a little bit of the green vibes.
What to do every time this green monster bites you?
Say to your soul I am happy for him /her.
Always compare yourself to where you were.Not where someone else is.
If you develop the mindset of plenty you will never ever feel envy.It’s only when you have the mindset of scarcity that problems arise.
So from today promise yourself one thing.You will never let envy cloud your vision ever!’Let others pay the Envy tax!

“Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.”

Thoreau

Monday Mommy moments:5 Lessons I learnt as a Mother

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 20, 2017 23

Do you learn from being a mommy?

Do you love growing better everyday?

Motherhood is a journey which needs a lions heart ,butterfly wings,two brains and at least Maa Durga’s ten hands.

These special powers of moms made us have this smashing prompt this week

“5 Important Lessons you learnt as a mom”

Patience

Strange thing this motherhood thing Ask anyone whether I am a patient soul ?

You will get a loud No. I was very impatient before I was a mommy. I am still impatient with all things non-mommy ,but daughter brings out my most patient self.We have spent hours together drawing and coloring.

With her I rediscovered my joy with all things creative.

Childhood second time around is even more fun.

Not raising my voice

I was a screamer .Okay I still can be very high pitched(read screamer) and exasperating when angry .But this route cuts no cake with my daughter. She insists I smile at her while I scold her.Trying doing that .It comes out as a grimace .But my daughter doesn’t rest till I give a proper smile.In the meantime I forget what I was angry about. I think the little one follows a set plan.

I discovered superpowers

It’s tiring but you will discover your secret super powers .When you are under a microscope darling,better be at your best.I blog, cook, run, read ,writeand I am a doctor-teacher in a medical college .See that sounds crazy.But it’s because my daughter helps me with this .We have study time together .Problem is me being on the laptop is work .Her on the laptop is fun.So we have tug of war about who is working and who is not .Net result I read a lot of books when she is writing,doing math .

I realized if I want her to have good habits,better work on myself Being an example works better than telling !I as a child insisted on examples and proof.

Empathy for all moms everywhere

SAHM,WAHM,working moms,single moms,moms everywhere we all do our best.But its always difficult.Wherever you are ,if you are a mommy ,know this.We are there with you.Together we will do it.We do our best with what we have .

Sorry mommy for being difficult.It would be impossible to be my own mom.I have a never ending list of Why’s .Plus I need proof .Get the drift.My poor mommy had a struggle because I really didn’t get “because mommy says so”.

So raising kind ,nice, fun ,creative and obedient children is definitely more difficult than rocket science .

I am concentrating on giving her life skills. I do wipe her tears when she gets hurt .But I also teach her to wipe her own tears and be strong.If her friend doesn’t play with her ,I remind her she has 15 other friends .Life skills it’s only us.

It’s a no holds barred ,roller coaster ride

Motherhood is fun .You are a Disney Princess, when you make a pigtail before going to bed.You are more beautiful than anyone else in the world.You will be her bestie. Plus you get to cuddle and smell the baby smell all the time.What’s not to like right ?Its fun ,its the best feeling in the world to be a mom.

My angel is going to be 5 on 23rd of February. 5 years flew by and we now dance ,sing,draw, tickle daddy and online window shopping together.

My lessons of motherhood continue with every passing day.Its a little different everyday.Its a life long degree at the University of life.

What are you learning as a mother?

Comment below to let me know.

Don’t forget to join the linky .

Monday Mommy Moments Valentines week winner is our Ruchi Verma or forfoodie family.

MondayMommyMoments Valentines Day 2017 winner

In Ruchi’s words

I am a Masters in Information technology, worked as lecturer in Lucknow University then HR co-coordinator in Mphasis Pune and then miracle happened and daughter Ira filled up our life with smiles ☺ and HR-coordinator turned into a domestic engineer and blogger.

Ruchi Verma with her lovely family :Blogger momm

Read all about her here

Rules of linky

Comment on this post and cohosts post and tell us the 2 other post numbers on which you commented(very important criteria for winning).

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Sunday roundup & what #Shalzmojosays February 19th 2017

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 19, 2017 1

If it wasn’t for Shalini I would have totally forgotten writing about this book.

The book Go Giver is an amazing little book.Its true that good things come in small packages.I have written about the book many times.

Every time I get flustered or doubt my course ,I have a quick re-reading of this book.

Love the Home you have helped me at a time I was having a want to put down roots but there absolutely no way so I am sad syndrome.This book let me find happiness in a rented home too .My landlord is a gem.He never once complained about the balcony jungle that I have grown in my home.

Life is made up of every moment .Waiting for one day to shift to your dream house, may rob you of making a home with your loved ones.

Home is truly where the heart is.

The third book is on Writing Well by William Zinsser, is a treasure.It was recommended by Stephen King himself in his book On Writing.

Until we read people who write well , you never learn the craft.Its for that very reason I picked up this book .Stephen King had said if you don’t read other books,don’t expect people to read yours.

I am halfway through this book.One interesting thing the author said that stuck with me ,it’s difficult to write in first person .But we really need to practice that .Maybe not for all niche.But definitely try it out.It increases confidence in your own voice as the author.

Another snippet was about nonfiction writing,William , gives us snippets of random well written nonfiction even scientific stuff.He tells you to make it fun .Just because it’s a serious topic it need not be boring.I write a lot on health and disease The author advices not to make the mistake of taking things too seriously.If people get interested in what you write, a lot of faults get overlooked.But if it’s boring even if its well written,Its still boring

Those white pebbles in the picture are the left over from my aquarium bed.

And the partially visible figurine is of wisdom.

I once read in a book ,

I you have to choose between wealth and wisdom .Always choose wisdom.You can make and keep wealth when you are wise.But a fool and his gold is soon parted.

Have you read any of these books?

What I wrote this week :

Guest Blogging for mompreneurs :Dos and donts(List of 200+guest blog site)

Happy Family:Secrets backed by science

Why I love my blog#Bloglove :Life as a Doctor-Momblogger

Thankful Thursdays: My vices

Baby First Baby Soap & Powder Review: What Mommy wants

Linking up my blog post with #Shalzmojosays

Next week is going to be a little busy.My little angel will be turning 5 and the party needs planning!

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