What’s going on?

I like to document and journal my daily life. This is something new, I have never blogged it so openly on a public platform before.

Before I even get to the point, I want to say, what has really led to this is everything I see around. No matter how much I try there are days I look around and the world does not seem so bright. I know it is not any sort of problem. Because, if I were to be honest, I would say life has been pretty smooth. The roughness I have witnessed and trying to overcome is the one I show myself. I just wish I could be less harsher – to myself. I have tried and failed, umm, I would not say a hundred or a thousand times but probable 50 or 60 times?

That’t the thing about writing, as I write, it just puts everything in place. The way it is supposed to be. I think I have not tried enough. You know, realizing, complaining and trying to change once or twice on a whim – that really isn’t effort enough. I got to try harder and I assure you, I will.

What next comes to my ever-wandering mind is that I don’t want to alter how my blog would look. I want it to be as raw as it can be. At the end, the purpose is to hear the real me. Then it gotta look as it flows only then will the real me show.

So yeah, now that the other thoughts have been waived away, why I really did write this is because tomorrow is my first day at a new company. I am not including the name here because I don’t want any attention, just yet. Who knows, my blog might just pop up if I include the name of the startup.

So, yes! I am looking forward to it. I have never really worked in a start-up before. And I am really excited.

That is the hue of my upcoming Monday Morning in this weather.

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My Monday Morning Hue

What’s going on?

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