Importance of Life Skills

Do you often hear about cases of depression among people & its disastrous outcomes? Why is this prevailing and more or so among youngsters? A major reason is the lack of solid foundation. Our society believes in beauty, wealth & materialistic pleasures; forgetting about the ethics of living- happiness, peace and health. 

The life skills I am emphasising upon might not be able to pleasure the society but would definitely help you lead a contented time & fight the odds of life better. Benefits of nurturing skills are infinite; let me list some for you:

1. Better focus & determination to ace your goals
2. The passion in you will create its aura & speak its own language 
3. You would never feel helpless in your life because your skills would be there to support, grow & feed you.
4. Your thinking capabilities would increase. 
5. It will be easier to put life together & be aware of yourself. 

The psychology says it is important to gain this "5 skill set" for every individual. 

1. One that makes you creative
2. One that you can monetise 
3. One to increase your knowledge 
4. One to evolve yourself 
5. One to keep you in shape 

These skills are all equally important paying no heed to its numbering. As an evolving person, I love to learn new but always felt a gap when it came to preparing myself for life. When I got my hands on this life rule; I made sure to embrace it. Luckily, I had a lot of them in me; thanks to maa but I was ready to invest in myself.

Here sharing my skills & how they improve me each second:

~ Art makes me creative, calm & serene. A creative lifeskill will always give you a better prospective in daily activities that you won’t even recognise. For eg. I understand the worth of the word “process” which many people lack to understand & panic or over analyse for no reason. Everything is a process & its going to be beautiful so just learn & enjoy it. Art is therapeutic to me. I know that whenever I am in a dark spot, the process of a painting itself can give pull me out & fill me with a gush of positivity. 

~ The one I can monetise? Now here I want to engross as much as possible. This skill set is about living on your own feet. For me I know the process. But for beginners, start by jotting down your interests. Shortlist 4 & start working on them rigorously...gain certificates, add experience & ace your CV. Imagine, you have knowledge of 4 fields where you can try your hand and choose whatever makes you more money! 

~ To increase my knowledge & push the walls of my brain, I read books. Every genre is great in some or the other way. If nothing else, your communication will be polished, writing will improve & your dictionary will have new words. Its one of the most productive distractions to keep you aligned with your goals. Another habit I have inculcated is to listen to podcasts or to research about my curiosities. 

~ This is my current favourite lifeskill- manifesting & meditating. I am 100% enjoying the procedure of exploring & evolving myself. As far as meditation sounds too high or boring, it is very simple & fun. Literally 5 minutes of my night time & I do feel a change. 

Will talk about this in my coming live on 17th April @9:30pm & probably write another blog about it too. But if you are keen on starting, you can hit me up on social media or email.

~ One to keep me in shape- yoga (my go to routine). In these times if I have learnt something majorly is the importance of being healthy. Our society says slim or fair is beautiful which is utter bullshit. We should be taught to give our body (our temple) at least 30 mins of our day to be healthy. To all the people who consider exercising a need for the curvy people; get up and prioritise your body. 

Zumba, cardio & walking are some other measures I take to keep my body in shape. 

When you start investing on yourself, you realise your worth & worry less about what the world says. Everyone wants to be unique & on top of their game but are not ready to pay the price to become successful. You will be rejected, failed or demotivated plenty of times in life, but these skills will help rise above the sky.

So what are thinking? Do tell me in comments... & share whoever needs to know this. 

In short,

Prioritise

Invest

Practice 

Evolve

Stay tuned for the next gyaan & keep reading good ;))

What about my future studies?- Part1

I have heard questions about choosing a course or career several times. I thought why not address these questions according to what I know!

For introductions, I am Purnima Chopra who is pursuing Fashion Business and Management in London College of Fashion. Now my course is purely business, giving me a go through about how things work in fashion industry. (PS. it is definitely not about designing or styling.)   

Okay, let us begin by the most common concern:

How should I know about which course is right for me after school?

1. Okay let us start by knowing the pros and cons of something you are passionate about, something you know can make you a promising career and your back up planner (For example: passionate career-fine arts, promising career- acting, backing up career- family business)
2. Well, now research. Our Indian system of education generally promotes cramming rather than original learning and creativity. Sit on your google space and spend every free hour to find your answers. (For example- the future jobs for fine arts or pay scale available for your interested subject and so so on).
3. Do jot down your learnings and discuss! Now here is the pro tip: always discuss these matters with someone who is ready to listen to your confusions, is open minded and does not force you. (Like for me it is my Mum.) 
4. It is advised that at this point to contact a career councillor. The first 3 steps will prepare you better for this as they are important decisioning and conditioning steps.

List of Councillors one can opt for:

• The Chopras Global (India & international)- https://student.tcglobal.com/login  
• Edwise International (Overseas)- https://www.edwiseinternational.com
• CareerWise (India and global)- http://www.careerwise.in/
• Career Achievers 360- https://careerachiever360.com

Usually the career councillors take from there to guide you towards the best shortlisted options. While you are with them, do not stop researching your own concerns. 

How and when should we start preparing the kids for careers?

Well, I think this should be very basic. Read below:

Foundation tips for building yourself (From class 8 onwards):

• Read and research a lot. It makes you wiser and confident.
• Write, create and learn basic skills like Blogging, Adobe, Microsoft.  
• Dream big and in multiple directions. Do visualise about that fantasy car but instead think of how will you earn it. 
• Know about what is a resume and how to make the best. Start now.
• Be passionate about careers and not parties (Though have parties too but passions should be constructive!)
• Follow good leaders and better examples. Instagram can be productive too... TRY!
• Eat healthy and be positive.
• Accept challenges and embrace yourself with a strong personality. 

Our futures are very bright if we start right :))

Next question-answer blog will be out soon!