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Work Mode – ON !   While picking up all the existential skills and new hobbies during the covid forced stay-at-home phase, one thing which kept picking at the back of my mind was the need to get a taste of real corporate life. I was well aware of it being a necessity for college credit points, but at a personal level too I was equally eager to explore the various opportunities available. Thus having made my mind to search for an adequate internship, I set myself at the task. First step was to choose a specialisation and after lot of search and studying industry trends, settled in for the field of “Digital Marketing”. A major role in this regard was also played by my earlier skillset of a series of Google certifications I had undertaken as part of upgrading my knowledge.   In the entire tenure, I interned with 2 diverse companies - Venuegide and Delhi-very. as a matter of fact, my internship at Delhi-very is still on at the time of writing this blog and I ...

Life on Wheels:- In my endeavor to better my life learnings, I decided to also upgrade my life from 2 wheels to 4 wheels. While my brain immediately started dreaming of the car I will soon (like soon!) buy for myself in future, it also directed me towards searching up for the nearest car driving schools. After an intense research, which could have put any scientist to shame, I zeroed on the cliché “Your Driving School”. They had the best google ratings for my neighborhood and claim to teach driving to even a 4-year-old (though I wonder what made them write so!). I summed up all my courage, spoke to Mr. Manoj and agree to his dictatorial terms of getting up at 0500 am every morning since as per him “subah ka time traffic kam hota hain, ladies log ko sahin lagta hain”. The feminist in me cringed at his words and planned to give it back to him one day by flying past him. However, for now, I meekly agreed and even slept at an ungodly early hour of 1100pm. One look at the new ...

Learn a New Language  As an avid traveller and photographer, I always wanted to pick up a second language. Added to this was also a desire to possibly study or work abroad in a country of my own choice one-day. Armed with these facts, I decided to equip myself with a second language during the pandemic stay at home phase. Moreover, i realize that the advantages of learning foreign languages are mushrooming as the world becomes increasingly globalized and bilingualism is now perhaps the most useful real world skill to ever exist. Being bilingual has multiple advantages in today’s world. The study of foreign languages teaches and encourages respect for other peoples: it fosters an understanding of the interrelation of language and human nature. Foreign languages expand one's view of the world, liberalize one's experiences, and make one more flexible and tolerant. learning a foreign language can improve your employment prospects. More companies than ever are doing...

Take Online Courses A major thing which the pandemic taught me was that if you can’t explore the world outside, you better explore the world available to you inside the comfort of your homes. One such world which opened up for me has been the world of online learning. I discovered there were plenty of online courses which can take for personal and professional development, and hence began my learning curve in a totally different from the traditional method we had been following ever since.   Keeping in my college curriculum and also an eye on the future prospects, I decided to spent time grasping the fine points of digital marketing.   First step in this direction was to look for authentic and free certifications available along with a deeper subject learning. The search led me to Google skill shop, which offered an array of capsules for learning varied elements of digital learning. I logged in with my Gmail id and prepared myself. Initial step was to earmark...

  REBOOT : RE-START : LIFE 2.0                                       “In one of his Ted talks in 2015, tech giant Bill Gates had predicted that viruses pose the greatest risk of global catastrophe; when compared to other threats of humanity. If anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it’s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war or missiles, he warned. His fears were not unfounded. Five years later, Coronavirus or as we say Covid 19, has brought the world to its knees. The current pandemic has created crises of unprecedented nature for almost everyone on our planet. Businesses have been shut, schools and colleges are closed, travel banned. The whole world is in a complete lockdown. COVID-19 tests our resolve and resilience as government’s and communities, world over. People the world over are getting sick and dying, global economies a...