Daily Positivity

  I have observed that the first thing that college students do is go on their phones. From personal experience, I go on my phone first thing in the morning. I check the time and calendar to see if there is anything important coming up in the day. Others may check their phone to talk with their friends and family when away from their homes or simply check social media. Many popular morning routine preachers, tell us to refrain from checking social media because it doesn’t give your brain to form thoughts itself. Instead, social media dictates what you should think first thing in the morning. Is it true? Yes, to some extent. But what if you woke up in a bad mood and seeing a good morning message on social media inspired you to be happy? And what if you woke up in a good mood but saw someone’s vacation pictures on social media? That quickly puts you in a “self-pitying zone” because you believe here you are trying to work hard and this person is vacationing. Seem unfair, right? So are...

        There are numerous tabloids that tell you how to live well. Wake up at 5 am in the morning, eat fruits and vegetables, meditate, exercise, hydrate, spend less time on the screen, go to bed early in the night, phew! For starters, this may seem impractical. Sure it is, given the busy lives we got. I read many books on the morning routine and cannot help but wonder how these people get time to wake up peacefully, burn a candle, meditate for 30 min, run on a treadmill for 60 min, drink a green smoothie, eat breakfast and plan out their day! What! It will be the afternoon when I finally finish these tasks. Then how is this morning routine even possible? When such routines come across, I just tag them as impractical and impossible for me. Because in reality, I wake up 10 minutes earlier than my lecture start time so I practically run to the class in my pajamas. Well, this is embarrassing but considering every student in an 8 am class can understand this complete fa...

          During the cold months of winter, we tend to hear a lot about staying warm and cozy. Especially now, a new concept of hygge, the Danish way to happiness is discussed. Many suggest that the best way to describe Hygge in English is “cozy”. Is this the right way to describe Hygge?

   Recently, I published a blog about tea and its health benefits on my sister blog page: Biochemistry for life. That blog inspired me to pen some of my thoughts about the morning brew experience on my daily positivity blog. 

          If you are a university student like me, then you can relate to the ever frustrating end-of-semester final exam season. During the final exam season, there is always that eerie atmosphere where everyone realizes that the semester and the fun times are over. It is actually the time to get serious and study! If you are not a university student yet, then this blog will be a little sneak peek into the future. Or if you have already graduated from university and do not have to face the emotional roller coaster of the end-of-semester final exams, then congratulations the bad days are behind you and now it is all sunshine and bird chirps.  Now finals season starts with looking at your current grades and then calculating how much you need to achieve your personal target. This target can be getting that A+ or simply passing the course. It also depends upon the type of class. If it is a GPA booster class called “Science fiction films in the 1980s” then th...

         Although I am not a freshman in college, who has just experienced her first semester, instead I am a sophomore who has experienced her first in-person college classes this term. Due to the ongoing pandemic, I was unable to experience the typical freshman year in university packed with the excitement of finally being an adult and getting to experience university. Instead, my freshman year was basically a bunch of zoom classes. The class of 2020 that graduated high school can relate to what I am referring to. But finally, my university decided to conduct in-person classes in my sophomore year. So technically this was my freshman year term 1. What a term it was! There were some unusualities like wearing masks to classes and residence halls, maintaining social distance, and constantly sanitizing your hands till they get super dry. But it did not mean that I had less fun. In this blog, I am going to share my experience of my first in-person university life a...

Mornings or rush hours are associated with stress and anxiety. We hardly have time to even think and plan for the day ahead. How many people stop and admire these beautiful mornings? It hardly ever happens. When the alarm goes off, we all begin to get ready and rush to get out of the house. But we end up feeling tired and experience something called an afternoon slump. And when we feel that we ultimately consume an excessive amount of caffeine. Right? Is there a way to avoid that? Yes, to some extent. But how? We all have places to go, not to mention, in time. Nevertheless, there is some power to the morning routine that will come to your rescue and help you break free from anxiety, stress, and excess caffeine consumption.  I was never a morning person, and I still try extremely hard to wake up early in the morning. But realistically waking up at 5 just to meditate and take cold showers is very hard. Many popular morning routines suggest waking up early to exercise, meditate, and r...