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Tag Archives: aging
Total Opposite of a Social Butterfly
I don’t like bumping into people from my ‘past lives’ (when you’re old enough you will have this). This imp’s blog post reminded me of it and thank goodness I’m not such a misfit after all. There are people with … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged aging, dislike, feelings, Life, older, people, personal, social anxiety
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Yearnings & Doubts
My dream has always been to write a novel. Not just write, but as my vanity demands, to be published. A story that’s within me. But when I read books by acclaimed authors like Salman Rushdie, I feel, who am … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, Midlife Musings
Tagged aging, book, doubts, novel, personal, procrastination, thoughts, writing, yearnings
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Worries & Wishes
Wish I could stop being such a worry wart but I think it’s genetically programmed in me to be anxious. Sometimes that can be a good thing because I tend to get things done due to anxiety, but when the … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, White as Milk
Tagged aging, anxiety, Dreams, emotional, feelings, hopes, Life, midlife, personal, travel, wishes, worries
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Is It Wrong that I Still Call Myself Girl?
Warning: rambling post ahead….. I feel embarrassed when I refer to myself as ‘girl’ in online descriptions (and in my head). Gal seems more acceptable somehow. I am not sophisticated enough to be ‘lady’ or wise enough to be ‘woman’. … Continue reading
Hey Gen Y: 3 Reasons why you may find me Primitive
1. Books: Enid Blyton, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Judy Blume defined my childhood – not Harry Potter (I haven’t read a single book and found the original movie a bit too young for me – ok boring). I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged 3 Reasons, aging, books, cell phones, childhood, culture, Enid Blyton, Gen X, Gen Y, Generation Gap, Harry Potter, humour, Judy Blume, Lady Gaga, Life, Living, Mallory Towers, music, St Clares, technology
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Books: Salman Rushdie’s Luka and the Fire of Life
I wanted so much to like this book and I actually found it pleasing from the onstart, but somehow I found myself skimming through in the middle. This is after all a book for children that is meant to appeal … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged affectionate, aging, Art, author, book, books, death, Life, literature, Living, Luka, Luka and the Fire of Life, Milan, mortality, older parents, parents, personal, Salman Rusdie, son, Video, writer, writing
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To Blog or To Read
Please pardon my lack of blogging. You see, I am so engrossed in the Peter Mayle novel that I’m reading that even though I have tons of photos I haven’t posted them yet. I am also overwhelmed by the tons … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged aging, Art, blogging, books, British, dad, father, Food, getting older, gourmet, hungry, Ishiguro, Kazuo Ishiguro, Life, light, Living, Mayle, personal, Peter Mayle, reading, taste, wit
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According to the Life Expectancy Calculator I have till Age 72
I was expecting it to be loads worse. I know that my lifestyle habits are crap, apart from the fact that I have never smoked or eaten beef (my red meat consumption would be pork sometimes). Wanna try it out? … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged aging, calculator, health, interesting, Life, life expectancy, live, Living, wellness
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Miserable After the Reunion
I am debating whether to write about this at all, but I feel compelled to since all I feel like doing right now is cry. But I just feel numb. You know those times when you feel like crying, but … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged 40's, aging, anxiety attack, being different, blogging, cab, cars, claustophobia, culture, death, depressed, doormat, expectations, fourties, friends, grief, happiness, Life, Living, married, mid-life crisis, miserable, misery, norms, Panic Attack, partner, personal, reunion, sadness, school reunions, single, singlehood, situational claustrophobia, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder, societal norms, society, taxis, unique, unmarried, women, writing
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