Heart Or Head?

Blue Camisole: Mango; Princess Floral Skirt: Platinum Mall Bangkok

Picture Courtesy: Sukruti Jain

Have you ever thought about what life would be like if you said a "Yes" to every opportunity that came on your way? It's true that you would be opening yourself to all kinds of new adventures and experiences but trust me you would also be totally over-committing yourself. I don't believe that I am making this statement because saying a "No" to anything is just not my persona. Yes! I am the kinds who would always be up for anything & everything, be it a work task or planning a random getaway or even doing something which I would never do for someone's happiness. But over a past few months I have started realising that there's a practice of saying a "NO", to make a firm decision and create boundaries. Decisions can be liberating or paralyzing. They are liberating if we relish in the freedom we have when it comes to choosing everything from our outfit to our job to our thoughts. But they are paralyzing if we hang out way to long going back and forth between options. The balance lies between your head and your heart. Our head may be telling us one thing while our heart is nudging us towards another. We are all blessed with both analytical thought and intuitive feelings, which are both useful when it comes to making a choice. You may be thinking that I would encourage making a heart-based over head-based decision. And yes, most of the time that is what I would encourage but sometimes, we have to let our head speak a little louder. It’s easy to see why the heart—our emotional, intuitive side—is almost always cast as the villain when it comes to decision-making. Despite our best efforts to be logical and stay cool, our hearts can lead us astray. Your heart is incredibly wise; however, sometimes what feels like inner knowing is actually an emotional response that could be colouring your better judgment. When our emotions take over in decision-making, we do not think as clearly. Of course you do not want the pro/con lists your head makes to silence the wisdom of your heart, which is why it is important to differentiate between what is truly your intuition versus emotional attachment to something to reach your happy place :)

I do not remember the last time I put up an outfit post. Do you? Phew! Life I tell you. These past few months went by so fast that it just didn’t leave space for me to play dress up! But anyways, better late than never, though, never late is better. A couple of days back I went for a nice brunch with my girlfriends. Now, we are always looking for excuses to dress up and I certainly wouldn’t leave this occasion. I wanted a look which is in between casual and dressy so out came my favourite princess floral maxi skirt which I paired up with this blue camisole  and my mum's black bag which I was eyeing to steal for a day. 

So finally I would like to conclude this post by saying whatever happens in the end, you cannot make a wrong decision. It may not please everyone, but you’ve made the decision to support your own happiness, right? If it doesn’t work out the way you had intended, change the situation. The outcome has occurred for a reason. What is the lesson? You can’t live in the past so how can you use this experience in the future? Only when you give yourself permission to connect with both your head and your heart, and deciding if your final verdict aligns with your life values, can you come to solution. It’s when we fail to listen to our heart and ignore our natural ability to connect intuitively to what we really desire, that we deny ourselves happiness, love, freedom and growth. Only you are responsible for your life. Lessons you’ve learned from your experiences and choices add up to create a beautiful journey that has no limits or boundaries.