All's well that ends well!

Happy new year, people. Wishing everyone a happy 2026. And, this cute whatever this is turned 1, yey! 

I have a lot in my drafts for this blogger. I couldn't bring myself to write anymore since Joel left; things have changed so much. A lot of things have happened, and I have changed a lot too, a whole lot more than I thought. 

Well, anyways, I seem to have refound that vigor in life that I lost, and I thought I'd write and try and get something published before the newfound vigor goes away. As always, to keep you grooving, you need to have a song for the blog. The song for the blog is this. 

Things were not looking all hunky-dory at the end of 2025, but then my folks left for a month, leaving me alone in a huge home for a month, and I honestly think that was the best thing that could have happened to me this whole year. It was like being forced to recalibrate yourself. 

I always had people around me; if it was not Joel, it was always someone else. Then I made my circle smaller, and then Joel had to leave as well. I thought I would be fucked, but hey, looks like the truth was far from it. 

Was I miserable? Well, yes. If I say I was not, I would be lying to myself, and who am I kidding? But when I take the year as a whole, it was an epic year. Filled with so many random cool things. I went to so many places, from Assam to Meghalaya to Sikkim to West Bengal to Thailand to Puducherry to Delhi to Himachal, and so many cities. I also jumped off multiple cliffs, jumped off a ledge with a bungee, of course, and also went paragliding and even ended up camping with paragliders. All of which is fun stuff. Learned a lot through all of this. 

Anyways, coming back to life after he left in December, I honestly don't know how fast it went by. I had so many people over this month that I realized I was not alone; it's just that all my friends are scattered in different parts of the world. I mean, it's kind of symbolic; maybe it's owing to the hippie side of me, or maybe this is a sign. Knowing you have people to chill with is nice, though. 

I also did manage to learn something new at the end of the year: whatever you can do with a group or as two people, you can do alone. Except for tripping on mushrooms, maybe, or any hallucinogen for that matter. I'd definitely get a trip sitter for that. 

I went to the Kochi Biennale alone, went to eat alone at restaurants, and smoked up alone, and I ended up retaining my sanity after I started to do all of those things, especially the last bit. Well, I am not endorsing it, though. 

I just wanted this to be a friendly piece to remind everyone that being alone in life isn't that bad after all, and even if you think you are alone, it may not be the case.