One's Salad Days

Sunshine, surreal breeze, no homework, dry paths, garden-fresh aroma, vague satisfaction, grass beneath foot, mild warm rays on eyes

thought if i could give you the essence of  those no-worries days, but what actually is meant by days or do they only belong to past? Can this fever of nostalgia ever leave us? Or are we getting greased by FOMO of today's generation?

by Kritika Mehta

 After so many days of hustling and making it through my social life, I finally sat down to observe what activities are going around. Everything is going on with such a rapid rate that now I want to tell myself,' saans toh le le' which basically translates to- go on a vacation.  I personally believe that at some or the other point of anyone's life everyone has had a thought to run away to a place where there is no one except you. To run away from the chaos of your actual life and move to a place where there is no social media, phone calls , text messages, people and its just you and your peace of mind, basically a silence where everything is perceived without saying a word and how can that happen? of course only when you are with yourself. This whole thing is not about self love or self prejudice but its more about what is that chaos which we choose to ignore or have we accepted it as music? 

The philosopher Peter Godfrey- Smith believes that we needlessly divide ourselves from the world we inhabit. Soon we lose our individuality because of living to the standards of society. But isn't it exciting, to become perfect or to become a part of this hustle? I find it exciting. But today's Indian culture mixed with modern emotions is taking so much energy. I think most of us are one of those who want to make big it in career, also do not want to miss out on young age energy. Want suffice quantity of mental as well as physical health. Basically we sought to live FRIENDS life with the reality of 'two broke girls' , comforting ourselves with 'the office' and vibing for 'The big bang theory' while everyone has a little bit of keeping with Kardashian within themselves.

This is the story that your salad days do not just consists of leveling up comfort. It means to liking the chaos and enjoying every emotion, every decision, good or bad, tranquil or destructive. Some days are for caring too much, some days are for not thinking at all, somedays are for crying whole day and dancing all night and lastly but most importantly some days belong to sitting on beach with your mojito in one hand ( pardon me I am below 21).