Writing a letter to the Universe?Does it work?
I wrote this blog post several years back ,but I think this is something that needs revisiting. You cannot ignore the power of your own mind.If you can dream it and plan it(and it doesn’t harm anyone),you can do it.
I dreamt of gardening, trees and my own kitchen garden and since 2021 it’s happening a little bit at a time.Its wild when I think about it ,but true .
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10 Unexpected Lessons from10 Years of Blogging on Healthwealthbridge
I started Healwealthbridge 10 years ago.It was supposed to be a way to help people take back control over their health.Because health is your true wealth.But as it turned out my readers and my blogger friend helped me learn to live better.Blogging helps you learn.
Human beings seek community. They want to be around those they can trust.They know health is important.But.It’s a big but they still buy that packet of chips .Why don’t restaurants mention the amount of salt,sugar and oil in the food .Some restaurants mention the hero ingredients but not these.Plus there’s no way to find out about the type of oil used.Shouldn’t we be avoiding those highly processed seed oils and palm oil too?But most eateries don’t share ingredients, let alone their quantity.But as a doctor blogging I could share all that I know without it being unsustainable. I wanted my blog to be sustainable. Passive income is a thing I am still exploring but my blog is definitely my side income ,a part of my life but not the centre of it.The people in my life…they are at the centre of my life mandala.
I didn’t want to make things difficult for me by making itdifficult to maintain.That’s why I thought of writing on topics which came naturally to me while giving random gyan.That includes health ,wellness,making money and education.There were too many highly professional websites being maintained by hospitals,healthcare companies where the content is written by SME s and may or may not be reviewed by a Doctor.I wanted this to be about health care from the Indian middle class perspective .It needs to be affordable ,good quality,maintains dignity and humane.Tough things in the real world.But on the website I could do all that,without breaking the bank.Blogging is about giving back to the Community in a sustainable way.
But I couldn’t start typing in mother tongue ,though I wanted to.
I wasn’t sure about the audience reading blog or not.I knew nothing about blogs,blogging,wordpress,SEO,social media and was totally a novice about tech stuff online,But that didn’t stop me from starting blogging because it was the best way to get out of my mind.I was a new mom,with a new job in a new place and I was afraid I was not going to make it .I was clueless about being a mother ,the job meant stability but sleepless nights and other worries.The new place had its perks,It was close to my husband’s childhood home.The hospital where I worked was just a five minutes walk .In between the great adventure of being a mother exploring a new place and trying to build a career I felt out of sorts.I was looking for stability and the job didn’t feel like an ever-after thing .But wasn’t that what I always wanted?Or was it?
That’s why when I started reading Amy Lynn Andrews blog,Smart passive income by Pat Flynn and the inspired room.net by Melissa Michael’s I thought I knew the answer.I wanted a digital home.My virtual home in the clouds.It sounded funny and it always made me smile.I didn’t want to be only on momspresso and Womenโs โs Web.We know how they ended.It was sad .
It was also a wonderful way to make others smile when I told them about my blog.Blogging is a personal journey I am going through in public .
Blogging keeps me flexible.I am forever fumbling to learn some new tech or recollect about an old one and trying to organize the back end without going down a rabbit hole.Its a constant journey of dusting the cobwebs of my mind and reapplying the paint on my nails before I start typing.
Blogging helps me remember that showing up and taking a small step today puts you ahead of everyone ten years later.Showing up matters.
I finished a course on Digital Journalism by Reuters and if not for my interest in blogging, I would never have done it.Exploring the unknown is what life is about.You don’t know what’s going to happen next year,next month,tomorrow or even the very next second.If you are forever afraid of this that and everything in between, you will never be able to do anything meaningful.Walking the path which is calling to you is often a struggle.But looking back you will realize your struggle and your wins ,both made you who you are today.The bigger the challenge ,the stronger you become.Challeges and set backs are opportunities in disguise.
Knowing this is not enough.Keep reminding yourself of this .Over and over again.When you feel you want a soft life ,do something hard.Challenge yourself to learn a new skill ,mow the lawn,grow vegetables ,start a service business,write a book,Write a Poetry (which rhymes),learn a new language,declutter your wardrobe,repurpose the old dupatta…I could go on.This ability to stay curious is what makes healthwealthbridge.com work for me and it’s the reason I decided to do a soft launch of Healthwealthbridge online school some time back.It’s going to be a digital library and I have plans.
Happy tenth birthday Healthwealthbridge .You saw me through a decade .You helped me survive the pandemic lockdown and beyond.You helped me put down roots ,even if it’s online and you are the reason I was confident enough to write books and teach my daughter to write one too.
Thank you dear blog.Lets do some more good work.You taught me the value of persisting .
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90 Days of waiting for Justice #RGKarProtest and Hirak Rajar Desh
Ninety days of waiting….
90 days of #RGKarProtest from Malda to Kolkata.Protests on roads,in medical colleges by Doctors, teachers,students and citizens. We didn’t stop .We won’t stop and we won’t forget.
09/09/2024 -09/11/2024 :90 Days of asking for accountability, trying to clear up the system .This is possible because everyone with sense of selfย preservation understands what’s at stake.
Thanks to Arijit Singh for giving us an iconic song.
#tilottoma #rgkarmedicalcollege #justiceforabhaya
But those in power ,the politicians,the administrative people who pull the strings are safe in their anonymity.No one knows their exact role in the planning,implementation and execution of the gruesome crime.They are cloaked in an blanket sheet of protection.But most readers of thrillers know…there’s no perfect murder.
The person(s) who covered it up was good.They knew they couldn’t cover up the crime.So they did the next best thing … make a mess of it.
A giant knot of puzzles,clues ,false herrings, coverups which look like cover-up and are meant to throw you off the trail.
The entire protest machinery to be slowed down.
What’s at rest will remain at rest …inertia will work on people’s mind and the people of West Bengal will go back to their daily grind.
While the state machinery start putting the fear in the hearts of doctors(curtail their earning),students(academic punishment)in various ways.
What remains to be seen is whether the people of West Bengal are successful in getting their rights of quality education, and quality healthcare from those who want us to stay struggling for our roti/kapda/makan.
เฆเฆฐเฆพ เฆฏเฆค เฆฌเงเฆถเฆฟ เฆชเฆกเฆผเง
เฆคเฆค เฆฌเงเฆถเฆฟ เฆเฆพเฆจเง
เฆคเฆค เฆเฆฎ เฆฎเฆพเฆจเงเฅค
The more they read,
the more they know,
and the less they bow.
The less you read,less you know, the less you know how bad your situation is ,the less quality and employability you have and you are more dependant on welfare and handouts and way more easier to control.When there are divided ranks the people are easier to control.Divide and rule is how the invaders controlled India .Don’t let them divide your strength.Rich or poor ,educated in the conventional way or not everyone(except rich politicians who fly to USA,UK ,Dubai for medical care and education)is at risk if you have dirty water,dirty air,horrible hospitals and schools run by those who never studied .It’s no one’s problem until it’s everyone’s problem.No one can change thus until all of us raise our voices so loud that those in power realize the current crop of trouble makers need to go.
Whether a clean system will replace a dirty one or will it be the same system dressed in new clothes…only time will tell.
For now,uproot the weeds.It’s time to clean up the garden other wise in springtime the flowers won’t bloom again.
Read this interesting post to know why you must be made to say ” Heerak er raja bhagoban”.
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Goodbye Womenโs Web and Why you Must have your own site
Womens Web said good bye on 2nd July and stopped publishing activities “saying the platform will be available until August 30th”.
I checked whether the site was still available and it can still be seen online.They stopped after 14 years of work and said they will be exploring other avenues.With more than 20,000 posts and being a multi author website ,it had a militant Feminist tone to the post which made me uncomfortable. It didn’t have balanced view points and many articles lacked depth.That happens when its a training ground for bloggers and is unavoidable.That’s my opinion .
But how it affected quality is what made me discontinue the internship with them.
The two articles I wrote for Womenโs Web-
Yes they also offered internship(unpaid) opportunities where the coordinator was often clue less and checked back and forth for decision making.
Aparna Vedapuri Sing was the founder of Women’s Web and her vision of empowering women through an online platform, work and recognition sounded just right.But if few seemed to make money from writing on these online platforms
But interesting point they have written a post about how to earn money blogging.Then their website went kapu!
Money is crucialf or sustainable work or even charity. Someone pays for it.My aim with blogging in first twoย year was continuous writing. Then came my focus on earning from the blog to sustain the hosting,domain and my time .
Those who want to try writing and not sure whether they can sustain the habit,try wordpress free sites.Try them for a period of 3 months. Sign up to a platform like Blogchatter.
Write on their prompts or the WordPress prompts while building up your writing muscle and habit.It takes time ,patience,interest ,driving force and God’s blessings for the journey to happen and make sense.But if it’s your site you have nothing to lose but everything to gain while building up a legacy .
Digital legacy -that’s a blog.
If it’s a free site there are some good things and some problems,which I have written about here.
But the biggest con for free sites and publishing on others site is just what Womenโs Web and Momspresso proved.They will mint money while you write for the love of writing or peanuts or bargain posts .When the site goes caput ,you lose all the way.
But if you had your own site ,you can still republish those posts ,if relevant on your site.If you don’t have a blog ,you can start one any day.Just plan,chalk out a budget and start.Just don’t fall for the “I am sitting at home in pyajamas and earning 7 figures blogging drama.”
That’s not a one day,one month or one year plan.It takes time especially if you are ethical and don’t want to work with “Gutkha”,gaming, Casino and other harmful brands.
It’s a long haul,a message to the world ,that you were here and you stood your ground for the right things.
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This #NotWhatIWear !
First published on Womenโs Web in
February 27, 2017 which is now retired.
This #NotWhatIWear Video By A Fashion Brand Is Compelling.
Blaming women for dressing ‘provocatively’ while the real perpetrators get away – this fashion brand is changing the narrative with #NotWhatIWear.This was written on a then trending Ajio youtube ad which though now no longer available, is still relevant .
โWhat was she wearing?โ This is often, sadly, the first question asked when a woman is sexually assaulted. The idea that clothing could have weight in a conversation about sexual assault is ridiculous โ and yet so familiar. And then follow statements like โShe was asking for it.โ Correlating womenโs clothing with rape has been around since time immemorial. It is the easy scapegoat. So much so that even women start finding fault with the woman who was assaulted.
Fashion brand Ajio, which curates products, presented its collection at the recently held Lakme Fashion Week. Before the event the fashion brand released a powerful video #NotWhatIWear โ that strikes at the core of the issue โ it shows independent women going about their daily lives, yet thinking twice about the clothes they will/should wear before stepping outside.
The idea that clothing has anything to do with assault is global and persistent. If a man can be tempted into inappropriate behaviour because of the skin just above a womanโs knee, then the problem isnโt the womanโs knee โ the problem lies with the man. It is about time society stops blaming sexual assault victims and telling women to change their attire and behaviour so as to not get raped. The real problem here is not women, but the people who commit the crime.
About the Author
DrAmrita Basu Misra
Doctor, Blogger mompreneur .I enjoy writing about health wellness ,parenting and my adventures as I explore financial freedom. I love travelling ,reading and balcony gardening.
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โI Like To Fend For Myself And Not Depend On Anyoneโ โ Words Of A Strong Woman
First published on February 13, 2017 on Womenโs Web.
Strong women don’t let men tell them what they can do and what they can’t. They simply do what they have to.
โA woman is like a tea bag โ you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.โโ Eleanor Roosevelt
This is the story of a single mother, who raised her daughters, educated them and made them independent, despite the pickle life put her in.
We live in a society where a woman is relegated to a life of anonymity, self pity and remorse if she becomes a widow. As if a womanโs entire existence and happiness is dependent on a man beside her.
But โsheโ chose not to follow the usual; she chose to become a โnon-conformistโ. Despite her family being against the education of her daughters after her husbandโs death, she decided to go ahead with it. She not only shows us the value of education, but also the importance of working and being financially independent.
Her story also points out to the ugly truth โ the difficulty girls in India still face just to get the right of education. Even today people ask why a girl child needs to be educated? She is after all going to manage home and family. Why spending money on schools for girls?
As Brigham Young rightly puts, โYou educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.โ
Educating the girl child can help fight poverty, maternal mortality, infant mortality, gender inequality and improve the socio-economic state of our country. Educated women take better care of their family. The Indian Governmentโs campaign โLadliโ is a promising initiative which if implemented properly can go a long way.
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About the Author
DrAmrita Basu Misra
Doctor, Blogger mompreneur .I enjoy writing about health wellness ,parenting and my adventures as I explore financial freedom. I love travelling ,reading and balcony gardening.
