Being So Social Made Me Fall Sick (Literally)

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Hi friend,

I’m writing to you after two weeks because the last week was so packed. The most social week for me, if I can say.

I attended

• a birthday

• an event

• did a couples evening with a close friend and her husband

• a breakfast brunch with Sahil Bloom, Warikoo, and other entrepreneurs

• a workshop with Sahil Bloom (where I met one of you too!)

Here’s a photo during brunch with Sahil:

And I troubled him for a selfie too for which Warikoo said “This is such a Gen-Z thing to do.”

I went for a birthday on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning my head was bursting and my nose felt clogged.

I thought I was hungover…

But my throat was sore too.

I spent my entire weekend blowing my nose to no end until my skin started peeling off and turning red. Later, I got a fever too.

Monday was slightly better.

And I’m typing this on Thursday with my nose still runny, cough still hitting my chest but at least I can work and do 30 mins of stretching (small wins!).

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I don’t know if you know this about me but I joined a boarding school when I was 12.

There, I felt the most homesick when I fell sick. I’d want someone to be there, take care of me, or hug me.

And this weekend was just that - all alone and confined to bed, and to add to that I lost my sense of taste for the first time. I couldn’t taste anything, and all the textures felt enhanced. Eating strawberries only feeling their texture tasted rather mushy…

So saddening that on Monday I asked my mum-in-law and husband to take me out nearby and eat deep friend American Choupsey!

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Anyhoo, by the time you read this we should probably be resting as it was my husband Jai’s birthday yesterday. Or clearing up the mess, who knows 🙃

Here are some articles I recently published:

• I Changed My Relationship With Food so I Could Indulge Guilt-Free (and Continue Staying Fit)

• Solo Travelling to 6 Countries Taught Me These 6 Things

Some stories that did well on LinkedIn:

• A lesson I learnt from Sahil Bloom’s workshop called ‘time travel’

• 6 year anniversary of my 19-day long solo trip across 6 countries

• A post for my friend who quit his job when his baby girl was born

I hope you enjoy reading these with your Sunday coffee (or chai, which is what I’m having until it turns warm in Delhi).

See you soon!

Love,

N