Here’s why clutter in mind weighs you down

Namaste and a warm welcome to you all! How are you? Well, I hope that everyone’s been in the best of their health and mood and that’s precisely why you are back once again for another quickie read on LeisureReadz, your weekend online destination! 

Artist's Corner 04

Hello Everyone! Here's another Artist's corner on LeisureReadz! :)

A great pencil sketch of Lord Ganesha by my younger sister for all LeisureReadz readers on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi! :)

Ganpati Bappa Morya!!! 

A simple guide on how to achieve Email Zen

Hi and welcome to LeisureReadz! Today's read focusses on one of the common problems that we all face, i.e. a cluttered email inbox! How do we deal with it?? So, this post will act as a guide to help achieve the cleanest and the most optimized inbox possible for anyone! :)

With the snowball effect of internet on our lives these days, it’s quite easy to end up with a cluttered digital environment. 

Leisurereadz is back!

Hey there! Welcome once again on LeisureReadz! Although I wasn’t able to blog frequently in the month of June due to a hectic schedule, nevertheless, I am back after a short hiatus and new posts will surely resume from here on. Hope you all have missed the blog and its posts!

Writing for my blog has become a part of my current routine, that is why I am eager to be back! :) Today, while thinking about the upcoming post topics, I thought why not have a theme for this month? It will be interesting for you to read and better for me to write as all posts go based on the same theme to help me come up with nicer topics. So, my dear friends, I have chosen a theme for this month (you'll know it when you read the next post)! I know it sounds a bit confusing at this point of time. But in simpler sense, all the posts published in this month will have a central idea focusing on it. So, lets gear up for the upcoming fun and informative readz!

Till then,
Have a great week ahead!

Cheers
TSM

green tea

Hello there! :) How are you?? I know, its been two weeks and no new post came up on the blog. Sorry for that..Won't give any reasons or excuses but promise you a fun and cool read this time! :)

Its a totally different topic today that you'll be reading here. From the title, most of you have tried guessing its content. Let me tell you, this one's not what you are thinking. Lets not waste any more time and get into the post right now!

So, this world is full of all types of people. But when it comes to tea selection, I guess it is majorly divided into two important groups - There are green tea lovers and then there are green tea haters 

Book Review - "Don’t lose your mind, lose your weight"

Hey there! Welcome back on Leisurereadz!!! :)
Hope you all are doing great!

It's a health and fitness post today but slightly different this time... Well, I am happy to start writing book reviews here on my blog! :D 

Today's post is a short review of the famous book in India and in health and fitness domain titled 'Don't lose your mind, lose your weight' by celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar.

Title: Don’t lose your mind, lose your weight
Author: Rujuta Diwekar
Publication year: 2009

Publication House: Random House India

Pages: 279

Genre: Health and fitness

Artist's Corner - 03

Hi! Here's yet another artist's corner on Leisurereadz!! :)



Enjoy and have a happy weekend!! :D

Cheers,
TSM

The fancy and elegant art of Journal writing

Hello Everyone! Hope you are doing awesome as usual!! Welcome to another fun post at LeisureReadz!

Everyone online these days seems to be crazily addicted to some sort of Journaling, be it for gratitude, food, exercise, day planning and so on. Won’t lie, I have also tried to do some kind of journaling and it turned out pretty much ok.

Be a successful Time Manager with these four Must-Try strategies

Hi there! Hope you all are enjoying the posts on LeisureReadz! Today’s post is the second post in “Work-Life Balance” series.Want to know and learn something new??
Ready? Lets begin! :) 

Artist's Corner - 02

Hi Friends and welcome to the Artist's corner on LeisureReadz! Today's sketch is beautiful pencil sketch by my younger sister.

Enjoy! :)

Six Common Nutrition Myths

Hello and welcome to a great new post on LeisureReadz! Today's post is a special one as it comes from a guest and a very dear friend of mine, Mrs. Ritu Sikchi, who has happily agreed to be with us for the recently announced and upcoming nutrition series 'Healthy Living'.

"Artist's Corner" - New launch on Leisurereadz

Hey there! How are you all? Hope you all had a great weekend!

This time, I have decided to start a new section on the blog related to Art! I personally love sketching and have mentioned this a couple of times in the earlier posts; so here's starting a totally cool n fresh section called the "Artist's Corner"! It will be a small section in my blog to showcase the Artistic creations at least once a month. I intend to publish some of my own sketches but you all are welcome to share yours too! Just reach out to me through the comments section below and we can get your art published as well.
Looking forward to hear from the Artist in you all!

This week's sketch is the one that I made long back. Again, I am no great artist but feel good when I sketch.. :)
Till the next post,
Stay creative and feel the happiness!

Cheers,
TSM

Summer's delight trio on Leisurereadz!  

Presenting the Nutrition Series 'Healthy Living' on LeisureReadz!

Bonjour and Welcome! How are you all doing?? Rocking as usual??? Awesome!!! :)

Here's presenting a brand new Nutrition series on your favourite blog "LeisureReadz" with a guest,
certified nutritionist Mrs. Ritu Sikchi.

How much of Autopilotism is there in our lives?

Hi!! Welcome back to LeisureReadz- your weekend destination for interesting readz! Today's post is about a very interesting topic 'The Autopilot'. Please don't get confused thinking of this as a technical post. The Autopilot refers to the automated modes that we have or are activated in our lives making it more mechanical day by day. So without any delay, let’s start with the leisure read called 'The Autopilot'.

No more excuses! Find some ‘Me time’ in your overloaded plate

Hey there! I am pleased to have you all here for another interesting post on LeisureReadz!  So, here’s the introductory post in the ‘Work-Life Balance’ series.

Since most of us are super busy all the time, achieving ‘Work-Life Balance’ is essential to avoid a 'Burn-out'- the feeling of no energy + enthusiasm at all.

Five must have fitness apps in 2016

Hello everyone! This a bonus post in the health and fitness series. Now that we know the ten rules of achieving optimum fitness; all smart phone enthusiasts, this one’s for you! Gone are the days of wearable exercise gizmos, ask them to step aside as your pocket sized phones can do it all!

Ten inspirational quotes to start your day

Hello again! I cannot believe that it’s been a complete month after I launched my blog and was able to publish quite regularly on different topics (not that I did too many posts :) but well it has been a good experience and fun so far!) I take this opportunity to thank all my readers who have been supportive and encouraging in this journey so far. The comments that I have received to my posts and in person have motivated me to keep going and hence, I’ll be posting on various topics in coming future too!

Ten Commandments of Fitness: How to be healthy in 2016

Hello everyone! Welcome!!! :)

 

Surprise, surprise!!! Here’s a first and brand new post in the health and fitness series on LeisureReadz …. I’ll be subsequently blogging about health and fitness in some of my upcoming posts. 

Top ten things to do in 2016

Hey there! Welcome to another fun post on LeisureReadz. So sorry for not being able to post on this past Saturday, I was stuck with some weekend errands. But nevertheless, let’s jump right in to the post without waiting any longer.

The undiscovered joy of Reading

Hi there!! Welcome to a brand new post on LeisureReadz! Hope you all had a great week! Today’s post is about one of my favorite activities or hobbies (Yes, well you can certainly have more than one hobby! :) ) i.e. Reading.

All about Resolutions!!!

(NOTE: This post happens to be actually from theleisurereadz.blogspot.in. I had started the blog on 1st January but due to some email account signing in issues, I won't be using the same anymore. So, here's the new blog!! Hence, before posting the second post, I am reposting the very first post.)

Resolutions! Ahh!! Quite a favorite word for many of us. Yes, it’s that time of the year to review the resolutions made in the past year- achieving and failing; and end up with mixed feelings. For most of us, the joy of achieving some things this year is often lessened by not achieving the rest of the list.

I know that ideally we do start planning and deciding our New Year resolutions a.k.a goals almost like a week before 1st January; still it’s not too late to decide and plan them at the beginning of the year. While you as a Reader might feel that the post could be a little late, but then hey ‘Better late than never’!

For the past couple of months, I have been a silent reader of different blogs and honestly speaking quite amazed and at the same time overwhelmed by the variety and content offered. It is simply awesome to see all the Bloggers coming up with so much of useful information with well researched articles regularly. All this has sparked my interest in the Blogging process and hence, here’s my tiny step to enter the blogging world!

So, let’s get started with the very first post! Hope its an interesting read for you all! (Note: Posts after this would follow every Saturday when we all can find some time to do more Leisure Reads! :D )

To start with, here’s what the resolutions’ list for most of us this year might look like - (I know some of you would be smiling seeing a couple of them on your list and others smiling as they missed out some from their lists...

- Eat less sugar

- Lose ‘x’ amount of weight

- Read a little daily or start reading more

- Stop eating junk food

- Be a better person

- Learn something new everyday

- Save more and Earn more money or Be Debt free

- Be more organized and reduce stress or simply get better at managing time

-Travel more

- Enjoy life more

We all sincerely vow to stick to them while making an effort to genuinely improve ourselves but somehow end up surrendering to our temptations. Whatever might be the case, most of us seriously try to make at least a few resolutions every coming year and surely, we are quite enthusiastic about it. But in the whole process of assessing and making resolutions, the main part of sticking to them is somewhere sidelined. Which is why I guess most of the resolutions last only for a while and then we remain as we were earlier. Research actually shows that less than 10% of people are actually able to stick to their resolutions while the others surrender long before the year ends. So then why make resolutions? Do they really make a difference?

The answer to this question is “Yes”. There is always a room for improvement in our lives. Hence, the areas in our lives needing improvement could very well use a resolution. But what we need to ensure is that we need to ‘make it work’.

I am outlining a few points below to help you make most of your resolutions this year:

1. Habit Creation: Basically with resolutions what we are aiming for is a ‘change’; to be precise ‘a change in the existing something/stuff/habit/lifestyle’. For any change to be permanent, it needs to be morphed into a habit. Since a habit is something we all effortlessly perform day in and day out, one after another; so when making a resolution, just be realistic and carefully pick a habit that you would like to inculcate over the coming year with a due note of the accompanying satisfaction of being able to stick to this year’s resolution.

2. Be Positive: To support your habit creation, you will need to have more of a positive outlook and a firm belief to achieve what you have decided i.e. think and know that it can be done.

3. Commit to Change: For e.g. If you want to lose weight, make a small change by starting a habit of walking more or taking stairs every time possible instead of the elevator or commit going to the gym on at least 3 days of the week. If you want to read more, take a book with you (hardcopy, kindle or eBook) and read it whenever you get few minutes (if you are like me who can tolerate reading a little at times with breaks in between) or for those folks who take pride in continuous reading, well simply dedicate a time at night when you can read at least a couple of pages with out disturbance.

4. Don’t wait for the Perfect time: Experts say that the perfect time to achieve something is ‘Now’. Whatever you want to do, start doing it now! Today is a great day to start. So, no procrastination anymore!

5. Review and Adjust: Okay, your goals have been chalked out at the beginning of the year but you can always introspect them at certain time intervals and adjust them to your needs. They are not set in stone. The whole purpose of these resolutions should be to make you better than you were last year. So, you are your own competition and hence, you may surely tweak your goals periodically.

Hope, using these points you’ll be successful in sticking to your resolutions and make most of your new year.

Till the next post,

Be creative and feel alive!

Cheers,