{"id":5138,"date":"2012-01-16T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2012-01-24T03:34:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T08:34:34","slug":"pondering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/pondering\/","title":{"rendered":"Pondering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Martin Luther King Day \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">S<\/span>o, I&#8217;ve finally taken the bullet &#8211; figuratively of course. Being ill for far too long really got me thinking of my lifestyle and the changes that I must incorporate soon. I&#8217;ve been drinking boat load of fluids, getting way too much sleep (not enough), lethargic and deprived of <del datetime=\"2012-01-16T02:32:15+00:00\">mom&#8217;s cooking<\/del> nourishment.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, I&#8217;ve used this time to seriously ponder over how much time I am spending in blogging etc. It&#8217;s a huge commitment, requires a lot of hard work with NO pay whatsoever. But it&#8217;s my baby and I love doing what I do &#8212; sharing this space with each and every one of you.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, I tend to annoy the heck out of Husband whenever I take so much time photographing foods for <a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\" target=\"_blank\">recipes<\/a>. That takes a lot of patience and when hunger kicks in, temper&#8217;s flare!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/pondering\/kiran1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1.png\" data-orig-size=\"612,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kiran1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1.png\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5145\" title=\"kiran1\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1.png 612w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kiran1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to top it off, I love taking <a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/lens\" target=\"_blank\">zillion photos<\/a> of everything! I literally click away whenever I have the chance and often given dirty looks as though as I am a crazy tourist from another world. Geez, keep cool people.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it might come across as a total waste of time for others, but I love what I am doing. And that matters, right? I mean, it&#8217;s perfectly justified that I don&#8217;t care what others think of my hobbies so long it doesn&#8217;t hurt them in any way.<\/p>\n<p>There are many more reasons as to why I chose to spend so much time blogging. But I am leaving that up to assumptions at the moment. I refuse to draw too many conclusions and just go with the flow. Sheer fun.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm.. by the way, I am feeling so much more better now and the credit goes to,\u00a0<em>of course<\/em>, the Husband and the ability to rant out my frustrations on my blog. There, another brilliant excuse of blogging in my opinion \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I hope you all are having a healthy, ill-free, happy and prosperous 2012!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Thought for the day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.&#8221; &#8211; <span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Jack Handey<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Question:<strong> Should there be a reason for <em>everything<\/em> you do in life?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Martin Luther King Day \ud83d\ude42 So, I&#8217;ve finally taken the bullet &#8211; figuratively of course. Being ill for far too long really got me thinking of my lifestyle and the changes that I must incorporate soon. 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