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I've been meaning to write about something- anything- for almost a month now, but I keep losing my inspiration/drive/motivation. My problem is that I get way too complacent about everything and that results in me doing nothing except worrying about how unproductive I'm being.

I read Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me by Mindy Kaling a month back and I loved it with all my heart. I'm not sure if I've written about it on this blog but the following quote is something I want to stick up on my wall under a bold "Important Life Advice- Please do not forget this, Aadya!".

“I do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. No one ever wants to hear how stressed out anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going on and on in detail about how stressed out I am isn’t conversation. It’ll never lead anywhere. No one is going to say, “Wow, Mindy, you really have it especially bad. I have heard some stories of stress, but this just takes the cake.”

 This is probably the most useful advice I've come across recently. I always feel stupid after I complain about how stressed I've been because I honestly don't know a single person who's not been stressing about something in life. I'm also trying to be a better conversationalist but I have a lot of work when it comes to that front.

I'm terrified of small talk. I've been in several awkward situations recently after which I keep beating myself up about how cringe-worthy I sound. I shuffle and cough and panic and talk in a hysterical pitch and that's uncool for my sanity levels. In situations like this, I must aim to channel Pink from Dazed and Confused for the way he seamlessly blends into cliques and is just charming and diplomatic on the whole. Role model! Also, while we were watching After Hours, my sister pointed out that it was so incredibly chill the way Griffin Dunne's character casually tells the girl whose name I forgot- "You've got an incredible body" or something along those lines. My sister was telling me her aspiration about being a person who can compliment someone easily and not being awkward about it and that has come to be my aspiration too. Compliments are not about being needy or weird or expecting something in return. They're just to express how much you enjoy the little things and the big things.

I'm not going to read this blog post because (a) my grammar sucks today and (b) my thoughts are all over the place and I don't want to sit and worry about having the right kind of thoughts.