#3: A Happy First :)

And the stories we tell ourselves

Hello,

Hope you are reading this amidst a restful weekend. This week’s newsletter is going to kick off with a an exciting I-finally-got-it movement.

Unlocking something new

I recently unlocked my first ever head stand with a solid 30 second balance, after about 3 months of practicing and building up to it. For someone who has avoided every single rollercoaster with even the slightest hint of an inversion for all my life, unlocking a headstand definitely felt like a ‘yaaaay’ moment for me, a small win, a happy first.

Looking at life upside down

I believe that we are the stories that we tell ourselves. The way I perceive myself is an outcome of the conversations I have with myself about myself; the stories I tell myself about myself. This brings me to the question, aren’t most things in life just about perspective and shifting perspectives where needed then? Changing the stories we tell ourselves?

I am not sure who said this or where I read this, but love this quote that keeps reminding me (in a very fun way) that so much in life revolves around perspective.

‘‘Muffins have the same composition as cake but somehow they are acceptable for breakfast’’

I must say, life from upside down looks pretty fabulous too :)

A perspective: comfort & discomfort

I once wrote about comfort being underrated. About how growth can happen from places of comfort too. But today I am writing, looking at things upside down.

My upside down perspective - Feeling like an imposter (the feeling of not belonging/ not fitting in) is a sign of growth. I’ve been asking myself multiple times in the past 2 years now- ‘‘V are you putting yourself in enough situations where you feel like an imposter? Are you feeling a sense of discomfort often enough?’’ And I find so much comfort in my discomfort - knowing that I am growing, knowing that I am becoming a version of me that is better that the version of me that exists today, knowing that I am reinventing my story.

The point I am trying to make is not new. ‘Step out of your comfort zone’ is a phrase I I have heard more often than not. All I am trying to say is that whilst I previously only found comfort in my zones of comfort, this shift in the way I perceive being an imposter has allowed me to find phenomenal comfort in my discomfort too.

With this theme of perspective and the way we tell our stories in mind, I am recalling a very quirky poem that I wrote a long time back, sharing it below.

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Absence of evidence is not evidence for absence

When a planet enters the orbit of another planet, 
one of two things can happen
the two planets can collide or 
one planet kicks the other out of the orbit

It’s funny, how similar people and planets are

I’ve always held my guard up high 
afraid that letting someone in would equate to  
a collision or a 	parting 

With planets though, apparently something else can happen too; 
the planets can begin to share the orbit

I’ve kept you far from my orbit for way too long 
failing to recognise that our love has got room for two

Come, let’s be (two planets in one orbit)

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Moments of Joy

I ended up eating sushi (one of my most favourite foods) twice this week! I eat sushi with absolute chaos (and joy) - incapable of using chopsticks, using my hands and trying to fit whole sushis into one mouthful - even the thought of it makes me giggle. (If I’m taking someone on a first date I should probably definitely avoid a sushi restaurant haha).

Sharing is caring

Given that so much about today’s newsletter has revolved around perspective and the way in which we see things, this clipping that I absolutely loved from Young Sheldon felt like the best thing to share.

I’ll see you next week. If you felt something while reading this, have a moment of joy that you’d like to share, or just want to say hi, write to me, I’d love to hear from you :)

Lots of warmth and wonder,

Vaishnavi

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