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An year with zero posts. That has to be a new low for this blog! 👀

Literally. My last post was about 2022 year end. 

In my defence, it has been an year. 

In 2022, I became a Mom and thought that was overwhelming. 

In 2023, I became a Working Mom and realised what overwhelming really means.

I am not the first person to say this and definitely not the last - I don't know how Moms do it. All of it.

I don't know how stay at home moms keep their sanity.

I don't know how moms who go to office manage their guilt.

I don't know how work from home moms balance.

To be clear, I know its hard for Dads too. But I am going to talk about Moms just because I am one now.

I am now a work-from-home Mom with an 18 month old baby. I am very lucky that my company is flexible. But that also means, there are no boundaries. I am working, sometimes with Lego on my feet. I am playing with him sometimes, while chatting with a colleague on Slack. My actual work happens only after I put him to sleep at night. It has also been >18 months since I have slept through the night. 

And yet, I am weirdly happy. Time is just flying. From a helpless newborn to now a toddler who blabbers non-stop, who is unexpectedly social, who just LOVES meeting new people. I am just amazed and constantly touching wood to see how different he is from us.

Like they say, "this too shall pass" is the most comforting and devastating statement for a mother.

Last year was about the novelty.

This year was about finding a method in the madness.

Next year will be about adventure.

Motherhood, I tell you. 

On an unrelated note, I just realised how much I have grown since I started this blog in 2009. My biggest problem in life changed so much 😏

In 2009-10, my biggest problem was dealing with working in the corporate for the first time in my life.

2011-13, I was busy figuring out being an MBA,,

In 2014, I was telling the stories of living away from home for the first time ever.

In 2015-18, all I could talk about was Bangalore traffic, it seems.

In 2018-19, I was talking about moving countries.

In 2020-21, like everyone, I was talking about covid.

And then 2022, I became a whole different person. I am tempted to say those problems seem trivial, but that wouldn't be fair. We live in our context and in that year's context, those were the biggest things I was dealing with. So, we be nice!

2023, you were great. I learnt so much this year. I unlocked efficiencies I didn't know existed in me, purely due to force. Thank you!

2024, let's make this year count. I can't wait! <3

Happy new year, folks!

Preeks