2020 : An introspection into the uneventful life of an introvert

 Why I call 2020 an introspection into my uneventful life is mainly because for the most part of the year 2020 I was a homebound housewife, in a joint family, doing exactly the same things I would do, had there been no pandemic. 

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The first part of the year 2020’s lockdown was spent cooking, cleaning, washing, and several other chores that one was forced to do because of the lockdown. My life had turned into a routine that was all too familiar but a tad bit too stressful because of the lockdown. Am sure most housewives would relate to it. 

The call for a change: As soon as the lockdown rules were relaxed, my ever so supportive homemaker of a mother-in-law pushed me to go back to the city and pursue a job and a social life. We both knew how much I needed a change in life. Being safe was a priority, so I was still homebound with my husband in our rented apartment. Frankly, I didn’t want to step out. 

The first step towards a new day: Now the question arose, what do I do with my spare time? I found my answer; where else but on the Internet. I came across the prospect of working as a freelance content writer. I had some experience in writing journals but that cannot be very helpful if I wanted to pursue Content Writing as a profession. Fortunately enough, as the year 2020 came to an end, I came across the website of ContentVidhya, which advertised a 6 days webinar on Content Writing. I saw something genuine in those words, in the testimonials, and in everything that was promised about what I would learn. After a lot of introspection, I took that golden opportunity to learn and registered for the webinar. 

The Course and its benefits: The six days of the webinar flew past so soon, and before I knew it, I was writing each day, even if those were the 6 assignments that we were assigned by our talented trainer, Ms. Uma Madhavi. Her experience was distilled into all the study materials that were provided to us by her. I could not have asked for a better writing exercise. I consider myself a novice at writing but having said that, I feel ever so confident to continue my learning to write better each day. 

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Final words: Ms. Uma Madhavi didn’t just teach me to learn and to write passionately; she showed me the importance of pursuing something out of the ordinary in life. She inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and work hard towards finding that passion that’s within all of us and make it shine.