Modern Romance

My new post 'Modern Romance' is available here

Jeans : American Eagle

Stripes top : tjmaxx

Sweater : J crew factory

Shoes : Vaneli

Belt : Target

Twenties Girl

My new post 'Twenties Girl' is available here

Skirt: J crew Factory

Turtleneck: Banana Republic

Scarf: Forever21

Shoes: Ellen Tracy

How do you wash your clothes?

For all your outside clothes use the handwash mode in washing machines. Don't use machine drying as so much of heat spoils the clothes instead use a clothes drying rack.

Jeans: 7 for all mankind

Stripes Top: J crew Factory

White Denim Jacket: Zara

Shoes: Unisa

Purse: Nine West

New Post

My new post 'Personal Style Blog' is available HERE

Jeans: American Eagle

Boots: What's what

Sweater: J Crew Factory

The Shoe Story

My new post The Shoe Story is available HERE

Top: J crew factory

Jeans: American Eagle

Jacket: Gap

Shoes: Tom's

Belt: Style & Co.

Laughter Club

Morning is a rush time for most of us and smiling consciously is the last thing on our mind. When I saw people in laughter clubs at various parks in India I wondered how and why such a weird thing works? Laughing without reason early in the morning? Crazy! I thought. Today I know why these clubs work the way do. 

When I started taking pictures for this blog I didn't smile in the pics but then the pics looked blah so I 'had' to smile just for those 5 minutes. Smiling consciously as the day starts can change the mood of the whole day. There were times when I woke up in pain, agony or was sick but smiling in front of the camera for 5 minutes changed something in me and how my day went, for some reason it recharged me.

Shirt: J crew Factory

Jeans: Banana Republic

Shoes: Steve Madden

Energy

Do we always have great fear of getting tired? Any energy spent is not lost forever. We plan our fatigue the same way we plan everything else. We 'save energy' to work out at the gym, there too we time ourselves, count repetitions, track the heart rate.

These days people wear those wrist bands which shows how much they slept! If you wake up and feel fresh then you slept well... Similarly if you feel like working out in the morning and then again in the evening then go for it! Some days you might have a lot more energy than your already set goal of X steps (which can be set on the wristband) and on some days you might have to drag yourself to take even one step ;-), Why let a machine decide for us how much we should do? Why not just go with the instinct?

We definitely need to stop robotic routines and move around, run, walk, do Pilates; Yoga, go biking, climb hills, jump, dance... There is no rule how many times or how much to do. Just do it as much as you can... because really you can!

Top: J crew Factory

Jegging: American Eagle

Sweater: Calvin Klein

Sandals: Kenneth Cole Reaction

Styling is an art

What I wear is my interpretation of what looks good, it is obviously not the ideal way of doing things. But still you might end up liking something and would be able to mix and match according to your interpretation of style. Styling is an art and that too an abstract one and art is always subjective.

Shirt: J Crew Factory

Artist Crop: American Eagle

Sandals: Tommy Hilfiger

Good better best

These pictures are over a month old. When I look at the pictures taken today I feel I am getting a little better at setting up the camera, tripod, shutter speed, aperture, lighting, angles and all that jazz.

As they say 'Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best'.

Jeans: American Eagle

Top: J crew Factory

Sandals: Tommy Hilfiger

Long term goal

All of the young people out there - when you are 60 years old what are the things you would want to have? What are your goals? What is your long term plan?

Money? Career? Family? Knowledge?

And what if at that age you have reached top position in the company, living in a multi-million dollar house, traveled the world, have a gorgeous family but guess what you do not have the most important thing that one needs to have to enjoy all of the above? HEALTH  physical and mental both.

Is it your long term goal? Are you taking any action on it right now?

chambray: J crew factory

skirt: chicwish (I definitely need to use a belt on this skirt as the waistband folds a lot)

sandals: Tommy Hilfiger from DSW

Long lasting happiness

What gives you long lasting happiness - Consumption or creation?

For me it is creation… that is why I decided to create a blog on what I consumed ;-)

Skirt: Gap
Sandals: Tommy Hilfiger (from DSW)
Top: JCrew Factory