Siddharth
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I write like someone who’s eavesdropped on too many conversations in public transport and felt too many feelings on rooftops.
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Balance is a myth
“I’m at this point in life where I don’t want to be mediocre anymore,” my friend whispered — partly drunk, partly self-aware, slurping a cocktail I impulsively concocted in a coffee mug (a bit of genius and jugaad) using leftover vodka and a half-empty bottle of Mazza, a mango beverage forgotten in the fridge. We were sitting on a mattress in my living room, surrounded by the cluttered remains of another overcooked weekday: half-read books, open laptops on low battery and Zepto paper bags that had definitely outlived the groceries it once delivered. But, in that moment of desperate inspiration and existential dread, the drink was surprisingly exquisite. Sweet, sharp and stupidly profound. Maybe the steel bombilla straw or the IKEA coffee mug had something to do with it. Maybe it was just one of those accidental alignments — like a holiday falling just before a weekend, or catching the smell of someone making Maggi in hostel.
By Siddharth 9 months ago in Motivation
