Rahul Sharma

7 yo niece woke up early on a school off to go for "jogging". Then she spent 35 minutes packing a backpack with a water bottle, a snack and a hand towel. I asked her, "Who runs with a backpack?" She said, "I do." All this to not go further than 10 metres from the house. 😭

I, surprisingly, was excited before this Diwali. So, foofaji decided to ruin my mood on the day of Diwali. Woke up with my throat fucked up yesterday with incessant coughing & burning eyes (fuck you firecracker burners). Today, it's painful and I woke up to some devastating news.

Happy Diwali, my dear people. May the lamps shine even the darkest corners of our minds and hearts and bring light into lives. Celebrate responsibly and compassionately.

Successfully pestered a friend into talking to a therapist. 🙂‍↕️

Our cleaning help saw me completely naked as I was walking to the bathroom after putting my clothes in the laundry bin. 😭 I tried to hide my crotch with my hands with the speed of light and turned but then she saw my butt. 😭😭😭

Just saw everyone's childhood fantasy come true. A ceiling fan fell in the gym. There was no one beneath it though and no one could be the hero.

I recently started exfoliating my body and gosh, my skin really feels so different. Much smoother all over.

7 years old niece brought my clothes to my room after laundry and asked, "Do you know how to fold the clothes or should I do it?" Like sit down girl. 😭😭 In her defence, she just learned how to fold clothes. 😄

Not my father using the box of my body grooming trimmer as a container when it says "balls" on the side. 😭😭 I don't think he noticed it though, plus I don't think he associates the word balls with testicles but it's still weird.

It might not mean anything to anybody else but I achieved a small milestone in my recovery yesterday. I was able to walk 1 km on the treadmill uninterrupted and at a constant pace. 🥹

Thinking about when I learnt about the Large Hadron Collider in the late 2000s, the future felt so full of possibilities like there was going to be a scientific breakthrough every day. Who knew that we'd come to a time where being unscientific is so normalised?

This is what I currently looking like. My chest and arms are already coming back into shape but the abdomen will take some time to become flat again.

I never grasped it when Gandalf said to King Theoden,"Your fingers would remember their old strength better if they grasped your sword" until this past week when I started lifting weights again in the gym. Of course I'll need to start from the beginning but muscle memory is real.

A lot of you aren't any better than neighbourhood uncles and aunties, just giving your unsolicited opinions on every single thing. Like it's okay to keep quiet sometimes.

So when I'm summoned to the sky I won't fear anything Even enjoy that last goodbye Cause I've something to believe in & baby u're the reason I'll turn my face up toward the light Surrender lovingly & disappear into the night I've my something to believe in & baby u're the reason.

Told my friends that I ran into and talked to my ex situationship at the gym and nobody showed any faith in me. 😭

Went to the gym yesterday for the first time after my surgery and ah, it felt so good to work out again. It'll be a while till I can do all the exercises and motions but just to move and lift was euphoric!

I thought that I ran yesterday a little bit only to realise that that was a dream. I miss running. I don't necessarily like running or could run for long distances but the runner's high is real and I like how I feel when and after I run. I hope to be able run again soon. 😮‍💨

Written me and spoken me are two different people.

All I ever wanted was you I'll never get to heaven 'cause I don't know how Let's raise a glass or two To all the things I've lost on you, oh Tell me, are they lost on you? Oh Just that you could cut me loose, oh After everything I've lost on you, is that lost on you?