Life’s Bitter Truth:
Alia Bhatt:
Selena Gomez: Age 25, Earns in Millions, Pop-star + shares her birthday with Chetna Kapoor
Chetna Kapoor: Age 25, Earning invisible, Writing Journalistic Stories About Both of them &…….. Well, that’s it.
#WhatTheF# #LuckLuckLuck #Inspiration
Well, I am 25 but I still don’t have a Credit Card. Banks just refuse to give me and I don’t understand why! May be they think I am too young to have one. Or, they know of my atrangi ways and are afraid that I might spend more than I earn!
So, that makes me think what has changed from my last birthday? Well, I can’t eat and drink as much as I could. Am I old already? Or is it because of my Tryst With Cyst? Well, I don’t know about that but my last birthday was a mix of Vodka and a lot of cake, while with this milestone, I went past with just a fraction of it. (I am sure my mother reading this will be relieved). So, slamming back tequila shots is just a distant, fond memory now.
25th birthday, Quarter-Life crisis, the silver jubilee — So many different names, yet the same punch below the belt feeling as if, you have completely missed out on something….
Turning 16 (sweet 16), and 18 where pretty interesting points in life, so I was naturally excited to get to 25…to see what the fuss was about. But now that I am here, it’s hard to see what it is – a fuss or mess! You can no longer blame someone else for your mistakes, you realize your priorities have changed, you have become a lot more compromising, you feel its high time that you buckle up and get a grip on your future lest it go out of hand….As if things weren’t bad enough, both my boyfriend and brother decide to leave the city!
A major learning this year has been SAVINGS. Yes, this word haunts me now. It wasn’t there last year and certainly didn’t even get a whiff of it during any of my other birthdays…I never felt the need to save. But the reality is I need to save more for marriage, parents, kids, my retirement, my kids’ future and the list never ends!!! So, when do I holiday if I save??? This pressure is insane and I am trying to Deal with it like an adult.
Suddenly the interest for buying clothes has now shifted to home-decor. Punjabis call it “Being a Jannani” or “Am I turning into an Aunty?”
No, I am not an Aunty (yes I look like one because I am healthy). But I was Excited Main Edddaa (so much Enthu) about my birthday that I got a photo shoot done (yes, beat that). Well, my friends were astonished when they saw the pictures, but well deal with it, I do everything cliché and love getting clicked (and you are free to judge me).
To my credit, I did gather myself to face the challenges ahead, but the constant barrage of questions continue to haunt me, sent especially from my parents – Am I strong enough to deal with the fast-paced life of Mumbai?, Am I mature to deal with people and circumstances?….and the list goes on…
All I can say is – Hold your guns! I am just 25! There is a long way to go… lot more mistakes to make, lot more to learn, new people to meet, new memories to make, new adventures to embark on and new experiences to make….. So much to look forward to and so much to be thankful for…. I intend to take on the future one challenge at a time.
