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Counting blessings :Sunday Roundup January week 4

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on January 29, 2017 6

Counting blessings is a great habit.
This month has been wonderful.
I attended four picnics.One on each Sunday.
I visited this amazing place near Indo-Bangladesh border at Tilason.I wrote about it here.
I realized I feel the happiest when I am surrounded by nature ,have no food worries and see my baby and hubby playing .

I felt really blessed that my work place is a 5 minute walk away.I feel even more blessed that God gave me the option of spending so much time with my daughter.
Watching a baby grow up is the biggest joy a mom can have!
Bringing up another human being a future citizen of this country is serious work.
I have been able to stop my constant worry cycles by a simple trick.I jump on the treadmill and run .Even 3 minutes of this makes me sweat so much my worries go zip zap zoom.
I really want to colour my hair .But since I have zero option of a beauty parlour ,I have to brave it out at home.I am praying it will work out fine and I won’t have to take a month’s leave .
I bought the Tools of Titan and my hubby gifted me ten Bengali murder mystery books for my birthday.That was the best day .Buying books and not worrying that I have an exam coming up.

I am trying to plan my meals in advance ,to make grocery shopping more sensible.Yes I know that’s normal and not rocket science.Buy I have problems with questions like “what are you making for dinner tonight “?
It puts me in a spot where I only want to order Pizza !

I had a fight this week with a very irresponsible person .Which reaffirmed my belief that telling people they are irresponsible or plain stupid is never a good idea.
Absolutely never.
Shouting at them, while telling that ,is even less fruitful.
From February onwards I am going to try to express my irritations in a more constructive way.Yes I hope so !That’s going to be really difficult.
But what’s life if not challenging .

Whenever I cook I feel grateful for my Airfryer which helped us indulge in some great snacks at one-third the calories.

I feel grateful that my balconies and windows receive sun and bloom so prettily.
I feel blessed that I have a best friend as a life partner, who really understands me .
I feel blessed to have a kind,creative,understanding four-year old who is fast becoming my favourite DIY project partner .
She also loves dancing to random songs ,just like me!

I feel blessed that I am able to stop the niggling negative thoughts, successfully on 80% of the days. Sometimes you just need to key of a little steam though !
I decided to stop trying to get along with people who behave badly .It’s just not worth the drama.
Life is too short for spending on nonsense.

What I wrote this week :

https://healthwealthbridge.com/mondaymommymoments-week-4-mommy-beautiful/
Foreign body food pipe(adults) :what you need to know
Love of learning :How my life changed
Is Your Restful Mattress Responsible For Your TMJ Problems?
#Thankful Thursdays :5 Apps you are thankful for
Serendipity or Destiny :I became a doctor
Fridayfotofiction:New dream

What I learned this week :

Life is tough but beautiful. It’s like the rose .It gives you pleasure and pain. The trick is relive the good times and release the bad memories.
The right balance of remember, learning and not feeling the pain of your experiences comes only with time.
Everything heals .Just give it time.
I feel blessed to be able to Blog daily for the last 89 days straight .
What did you do this month?

Serendipity or Destiny :I became a doctor

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on January 27, 2017 37

I grew up in a typical Bengali middle class family.

With wants and needs being finely balanced by the monthly salary .

Though my parents were both working ,it was my mom who managed all household expenses.

My father’s salary mysteriously always found other uses.It was never spent on the household needs or our requirement for school stuff.

It wasn’t that he was a bad father .It was just that he didn’t care enough.

He suffered from occasional bouts of depression and swinging manic phases.

I didn’t know what I hated most !

When he wouldn’t get out of bed or when he would come home at midnight.

Either way my mom had it tough.

Bringing up two daughters single handedly.

Luckily we had plenty of guardian angels looking over us .

That’s why we survived.

We survived our home almost being auctioned by the credit card company.

We survived social humiliation.

We survived heartbreaks.

I always believed in God .

I always believed I would one day help people .How I was helped,I remembered .

I remembered all the time.Forgetting it, would make me weak.

That’s why I knew, I wanted to be a doctor.

Do you call that Serendipity?

Destiny or Serendipity? Destiny smiles on those who work hard.So if good things happen ,remember someone's always watching over you — Destiny or Serendipity? Destiny smiles on those who work hard.So if good things happen ,remember someone’s always watching over you

Being a doctor, life is different.

You see the pain ,the suffering ,the helplessness and hopelessness of so many people.

Doctors have to maintain a clinical distance and still have empathy .That’s a tough balance.

By embracing the pain and helplessness of my childhood as blessings I have carved out my life.It’s no use protecting children from sadness,conflict, rejection and dejection.It’s no use altering reality .It’s definitely no use lying to them.

Because ultimately we are the sum total of our experiencs .Good ,bad,ugly and the truly horrible!

I think it was destiny and serendipity that I have the emotional strength to practice being a doctor.

Because if life was easy ,I don’t think I could have made it this far.

I am thankful for being a doctor .I am thankful for this opportunity to make a difference.

Because I believe

The blessed are helped

The truly blessed can help.

Do you believe in destiny ?

Comment below to let me know .

Writing this for the Blogchatter prompt Serendipity .

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How my life changed : Love of learning

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on January 24, 2017 6

Saraswati puja is next week .I have been a fan of the Goddess Laxmi -Saraswati sisters for as long as I could remember.
When I was growing up,my family had plenty of financial troubles.

Luckily my maternal uncles were angels.
They ensured me and my sister had no troubles when it came to studies and buying books.

Learning is a journey. Life and learning is limitless .The only thirst that should never quench is the love of learning.

When I look back I realize the dots always connect. If you want to learn something, do something, the Universe helps you ,guides your way.
Even when the odds look impossible, miracles happen.
My love for reading,of learning new skills ,of trying to make that a way of getting some extra cash dates back to the year 2000.
I had cleared the state medical entrance and joined Calcutta Medical College.
This was a dream come true.
The best part my results ,it made me a good candidate for giving tuitions at home.
My sister was a doll.She publicised my academic results among her friends and herself did so well ,that most of my students were actually her friends.
I am thankful to all the people who helped support me during the time I needed it most.
My friend Rukmini asked her Mom to let me tutor her little sister .Those little acts of kindness let me earn nicely to support the little pocket money I received.
My mom had good financial sense and helped open up my Public provident fund account and savings account? very early to help me keep my earnings.
I am going back in time to remember all the good people who helped me learn.Learn to be a doctor .Learn to help .
Learn to be a good person.

Working on learning and working on being good is a lifelong journey.
But very few people even start.That way my love of learning put me on the path to the best thing in life.
That’s learning new things.

Linking up with #ClickandBlogAStory with Dew ,Geethica and Zainab .

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Sunday Roundup 2017 week 3

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on January 15, 2017 5

Last week was exciting.

I went for a picnic at the Indo-Bangladesh border called Tilason. We had a fantastic time.The wind blowing over the acres of yellow mustard fields blew away the cobwebs of everyday life.

I believe if we really rejuvenate our souls over the weekends ,work and life stress would have a lesser long term effect.

My daughter very aptly requests a small piece of the ocean and beach to play in.

Such a simple life children have.Just make a wish and someone will fulfill it.

Being grown up means you realise that yourself is the best person to take care of your dreams.

Throughout the week whenever I closed my eyes I see a green and yellow fields.Thw mustard flowers gently nodding their heads as the north wind advises them about a variety of things.

I visited the book fair at Malda. Yes Malda has a book fair.Its a pretty good one too.I got 10 books.My birthday is a week away and I am helping my hubby shop for gifts.

Sundays are fundays. This Sunday I went for another picnic .This was at Aquatic Bengal.Lots of fun for the little one.I love water sports. But it really is too cold to get in the water

But I like being surrounded by green water and fresh air.Crowds and blaring music notwithstanding, it’s pleasant.

There’s something about being free of the daily grind that puts me at peace.

What I wrote this week

On MondayMommyMoments this week 13 bloggers voiced their anger and concern regarding the #Bangaloremolestation incident.

Life is a journey #ClickandBlogAStory my entry won.I am hosting the linky this week with Bushra and Zainab.

Life is a journey

where survival depends on adaptation to sudden detours

-Amrita

This quote was the winning quote.

I won the #ClickandBlogAStory Linky Challenge week 2.How great us that.

What to do when kids put things in ear

10 Things you should never say sorry for

10 Things that makes you thankful being human #Thankful Thursdays week 11

Mompreneur’s blogging journey: Features Mackenzie Glanville #mg

Swami Vivekananda ‘ s 155 th Birthday and favourite quotes

Lessons learnt this week:

All that glitters is not gold.

Go slow really slow. Remember the tortoise won.

I am grateful that I don’t have to be dishonest either for fame or money .

What I read

Just finished a Sarah Titus book

Reading Building framework.

Both review will be up soon.

Amy ‘s Useletter had amazing stuff this week. Have you signed up yet?

It’s free.

Looking into my Pin analytics I found was my top post .

On the personal front I am running everyday. The sugar cravings is much better .The only problem is baking for the little one when you are watching every morsel can be tough.
This week I wish if I were a supermom, I would blast away all the corrupt politicians to Timbactoo.Or maybe South Pole . Seriously I am tired of the amount of tax payers money we spend to catch them and let them go.

Sunday question

What if you had funds taken care of.What small biz would you start to be financially free and why ?

Comment below to let me know.

Linking it to #Happysunday by Menaka and Dixita.

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Life is a journey

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on January 9, 2017 11

Life is a journey

where survival depends on adaptation to sudden detours

-Amrita

When I read Bushra and Zainab’s prompt this week,I knew I had to share this .

I was always a confident child (a confident woman too).

Growing up books gave be the power to help choose right from wrong.Books also helped me fire up my imagination. The downside of confidence was ,I didn’t take opposition to my thoughts very easily.

But life’s journey teaches you all your lessons.

God was kind to me .He helped me stand up again after falling badly. But I learnt one of my most precious lessons

The sudden break in my journey was enlightening. The people I met due to the detours made me who I am today.

Every bump in life’s journey ,should be accepted with grace.

Because that bump may throw you into the lap of divine opportunity.

Living in Malda I suffered homesickness. I have always been a city girl and the small town seemed impossible to love.

But this busy little town with no AC movie theatre ,no shopping malls and very little in terms of entertainment, is a blessing.

I am able to give a lot if time to my little girl.I have the most gorgeous balcony garden ,which my in laws water when I am travelling. I can blog in peace .

The most difficult life decision has been an amazing blessing in disguise.

I am still occasionally frustrated with the small irritations and lack of certain amenities .

But the good and the bad go hand in hand.

Life’s journey is more fun when we can enjoy the good and throw away the bad.

The only 2 things in life which are constant is “change” and “death”.

When we accept these truths life is easier.

Adaptation is an essential quality for survival .Are you upto it?

Comment below to let me know .

Sunday Roundup 2017 week 1

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on January 8, 2017 0

I did write a few Sunday Roundup posts in 2016 .But wasn’t a regular.

There’s a perennial debate about whether one should write on a Sunday or not.While I had every intention of taking a weekend break (I am still doing the #UBC challenge ),I had an intense longing of writing a round up post.

Don’t know why.But having a need to write is a good thing.It’s like having a need to exercise .

This week a lot happened.

It’s the first week of the New year and this Sunday I am going for my second picnic.

It’s snowing in all the hillstations and I really want to go.

I won #Flashbackrefreshed a blogging challenge .

Made a Budget planner and wrote budget planning tips for #Monday mommy moments .

Apparently most people like spending more than budgeting. So the link up this week had less excitement.

I wrote

Budget planner 2017

New horizon

10 Secrets you didn’t know

10 Things you should not let your children play with

10 Reasons I am thankful for being a blogger #ThankfulThursdays

Preethi Venugopala mompreneur’s blogging journey :Blog to book fairytale

I also wrote a guest post for blogchatter. You can read it here

http://www.theblogchatter.com/10-hacks-for-better-social-media-management/

So I had a nice mix of health,wellness,wealth planning ,blogging stuff and creative writing going on.

The more I write the better it is .It makes the process easier and more fun.This is my 4th Daily blogging challenge and I absolutely love it.

3 Lessons I learnt this week.

Stay calm.

Have patience.

Pray

When things seem to go bad ,the detour might be just what God had planned.

A little bit of flexibility and a pinch of courage with a heart full of prayers can make all our dreams come true.

My favourite quote this week

Some food for thought this week

How should we treat our friends?

Comment below to let me know.

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