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Musings over Tea

I am at my dining table with my laptop, browsing templates for certain designs I have to make over the next month. This is work now. I have started to pivot into a creative career track and this is just the beginning. I’m nervous and excited in equal measures, and wholly curious about where this path might take me!

I sip my tea and think about all the drawings I could make just about tea – of making it, of drinking it, of savouring it, of gulping the last few cold sips. I love tea and I think it really has the power to make you feel good no matter the situation you are in. The amount of time you spend drinking a cup of tea is, sometimes, exactly the length of a breather you need from a busy / hectic / overwhelming moment. It can help you collect your senses, piece it back together slowly and then, on you go – recharged!

People say the same about coffee, but other than how good it smells, I’m not sure it does anything for me.

On that note, here’s a little drawing I made about these beverages and their respective place in my life.

I now own a custom coaster made on this design that lives in my kitchen and sparks a smile from my guests, and sometimes a debate too! Not a bad conversation starter, I think to myself.

I better get back to my templates, having sipped my cuppa while typing out my musings on tea for you all. Drop me a hello if you’re a fellow tea lover too! Coffee smellers and sippers are just as welcome 🙂 ❤

A Night To Remember

We decided to break away the home routine and organized a little date night for ourselves this Saturday night. I put on a nice dress, some lipstick; the boy combed his hair all slick 😍, and we joined for a bottle of wine at our very own dining table! 🍷

The change of pace helped take our mind off the slowness that has crept into our lives, these days. While initially we couldn’t not talk about the only hot topic around us, the wine and some Italian jazz playlist randomly found on Youtube playing in background allowed our conversation to drift towards old books, childhood stories, travel memories and so on – all those lovely things of the past.

As we stuffed ourselves with fine pizza and more wine, I began to realize that when the future looks this uncertain, it’s nice to look towards the past, relive the good times and perhaps reiterate to ourselves that “this too shall pass”.

And while we are here, I must add that the only big drawback of a date night at the dining table is having to do the dishes afterwards 🙈.

Creating Memories!

Let’s bring some Shelf-Awareness!

I drew this a couple of weeks back, in absolute disappointment because I have totally lost the habit of reading.

I sit in front of my computer all day, and scroll on my phone afterwards (not just the meaningless scrolling, but also some meaningful reading every once in a while!), but the moment it comes to flipping pages of a book that I have willingly bought, my eyelids droop immediately and take me into a deep slumber.

I bet a lot of you relate to this.

So, here’s a thought. While we self-isolate ourselves physically in light of the current worldwide circumstances , why don’t we try and isolate ourselves a little from our gadgets and try to bring an old, forgotten but much-needed habit back into our lives?

Self awareness to some (book)Shelf-awareness, perhaps?

Bring Back the Bookworm in me!