The New Me

Summary

Gurpreet Dhariwal shares a personal transformation journey, embracing self-love, productivity, and professional growth, while actively engaging in writing, reading, and coaching, despite facing a three-year work drought.

Abstract

Gurpreet Dhariwal has undergone a significant personal transformation in 2020, marked by a deepened self-love and a structured daily routine that includes early morning writing, extensive reading, and consistent exercise. Professionally, Gurpreet has taken on roles as a Digital Marketing Coach and Emotional Wellness Coach after a period of unemployment, and is actively pursuing writing projects including a novel and a book of prose. The article reflects on the author's spiritual journey, the impact of community support, and the importance of self-reflection and creativity through painting and sketching. Gurpreet's narrative is one of resilience, self-discovery, and the pursuit of personal and professional fulfillment.

Opinions

Gurpreet has a strong belief in the goodness of others, influenced by the love and respect received from the Medium community.
The author expresses a sense of accomplishment from consistent morning writing sessions, reading a substantial number of stories on Medium, and maintaining a workout routine.
Gurpreet is critical of the book "The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer," despite it being recommended by Khaled Hosseini.
A new professional chapter began for Gurpreet after being approached on LinkedIn, leading to a partnership and roles that align with personal strengths in digital marketing and emotional wellness.
Despite not earning money from new work initially, Gurpreet is committed to giving their best effort without immediate financial returns.
The dream of writing a novel is in progress, with seven chapters and 9,000 words completed, aiming for a full manuscript by the end of 2020.
Gurpreet values the power of storytelling and the importance of supporting others by lending an ear or a helping hand.
The author acknowledges the therapeutic role of painting and sketching in maintaining creativity and mental well-being.
Gurpreet expresses a profound sense of self-love and affirmation, viewing themselves as a source of blessings and positivity, inspired by the compliment of being seen as a beautiful soul by their mother.

All in all, I would say I have fallen in love with myself so passionately, deeply and graciously after such a long time.

Since past few days I have been thinking about writing on the same and it was magical to get tagged by Michele to share the new version of me.

As most of you already know how my journey began in the quarantined time period to discover my spiritual self, there are many things I have been proud in the past five months because I have seen the major transformation in me in 2020.

To start with, I wake up early in the morning mainly by 4am to write on medium. I set up a particular time to read as many as people possible here on medium for two hours. I rejoice reading the stories because it makes me feel happy and inspired. I believe in goodness of others and you all have shown me enough love, respect and warmth.

By now, I have written more than 150 poems and some of the articles sharing my journey of life with you all. I am done with reading the 15th book of the year yesterday named “The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer”. I didn’t like the book much but few of the excerpts were awesome. It was recommended by Khaled Hosseini so I believed in it a bit more but it turned out to be a sheer disappointment.

I have been working out a lot and I am starting with 103th week of the workout from today. It’s an amazing feeling and I don’t think so I can express in words the kind of satisfaction I get after sweating for hours. This is also the week when I would be completing one month of consistence running sessions in the park covering 3 to 4 miles every day. I took Sunday as my day off in the past three weeks.

This turned out to be a blessing for me when someone approached me on LinkedIn stating he has been reading my work since past few months and would like to have a word with me. We spoke and understood where we come from and in a week or so, I joined them as a business partner to work as a Digital Marketing Coach and Emotional Wellness Coach. I have been appreciated by all of my team members like a queen and they have instilled this idea in me of being my own boss.

When I joined Medium, I didn't have work for three years. I haven’t earned a penny from my new work too but I am giving it my 100% because I cannot work half-heartedly in anything. I give my best and wait for the God to show me the right path. So far, this journey of work is going in the excellent direction and if everything goes well, I will be going round and round throughout the world.

Writing a novel has always been a dream which is coming true in 2020. I am done with 7 chapters completing 9000 words and planning to complete the manuscript by Dec 2020. The story is based on fiction and I am doing my best to write it in a manner that people would be able to relate to it.

I am almost done with consolidating my books of proses and I will soon start looking for the traditional publishing houses for the same. Some of the incidents in my life shook me up but I geared up again to get my feet back on the surface of the earth. I have been very blessed by coming across each of you and things are happening in such an awesome manner in my life that I feel blessed every day.

I am embracing myself like anything else and I talk to myself every day looking in the mirror praising the way I work, look and uplift others. Yesterday, I spoke to a very genuine friend for two hours on phone and I realized we all are stories at the end of the day in this world. It’s always good to hear the part of their story and helping them fixing the pieces which they may not have been able to fix by themselves. There is no harm in lending a helping hand or an ear.

I miss sketching and painting as I have been overloaded with work at present but I make sure I set up a routine for this too as painting gives me peace of mind and doesn’t let my creativity die.

All in all, I would say I have fallen in love with myself so passionately, deeply and graciously after such a long time. I am pouring blessings in myself and seeing the world with hope and positivity. My mother considers me a beautiful soul and that’s a great compliment for me to go on and on without any fear and remorse.

I hope you all are staying safe, healthy and sane. I love you all.

Gurpreet Dhariwal is the author of “My Soul Rants: Poems of a Born Spectator.” Her eBook is now available at Google PlayStore, Amazon, and Kindle. Connect with Gurpreet on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or Youtube