Change is The Only Constant

Don’t shy away from trying

I cribbed about not being able to finish my daily tasks,

Also making me anxious about work-life balance.

A simple change of waking up an hour early every day,

and the problem was resolved.

I always marveled at how my mother managed to cook well every day,

A simple look at the way she did things, aided by help from YouTube,

Which helped me learn and gain confidence as I began to cook regularly,

and I could do it too.

I could only read a handful of books every year,

It left me unhappy and highly unmotivated to write,

A simple target of reading just 25 pages every day,

and I am now able to read a handful of books every week.

“I don’t have time” was my excuse to justify the increasing weight,

Looking at myself in the mirror made me cringe one day.

A change in my daily diet mixed with an hour’s exercise every day,

and “I can manage time to focus on my body” became my mantra.

I envied others and wondered ‘How are they doing better than me?’,

A change in this mindset and learning ‘How are they doing it?”

Now I get inspired, inculcate their habits in my own way,

and am able to improve my productivity every day.

This poem is in response to Tree Langdon’s prompt to write a poem about Routines and Change. The original prompt is given below. I was invited to a be a part of it by Dr Preeti Singh. I would like to invite Patrick M. Ohana Sahil Patel Bhavna Narula Jennifer Friebely Anshul Kumar Zoe Yu Alice Cunningham Seth Honda Janhavi P. Niru to join in.