59/100. The last three years, I have been on a rescue-and-reclaim-and restore mission. Sometimes this mission of mine zips and zooms along, oftentimes it moves at a steady trot and sometimes, it stalls. At least, that’s what it looks like from the outside…

But inside me, inside that box that my friends worry I will forever be in, I am stretching. Every single day, I am pushing at those walls. Some days hard, some days not so much. But even on days that I am not pushing, I am gathering the energy and momentum for the next push…

And the box – it is getting bigger every day. It has developed cracks as well. And very soon, it’s going to break down. ?

This story is a thank you to my personal cheerleaders – and it’s not a squad, it’s a veritable squadron. You keep believing in me, putting opportunities my way even when I give you not much reason to…

This Sunday morning, I had a blind date for breakfast with a young lady our common friend had set me up with. She needed a freelance editor, I needed to remember that there were skills I could and should use and so, we met. She turned out to be a lovely young woman who had cajoled her grandfather – a legendary doctor – into writing his memoirs. And I was to work on that book-to-be. Two pages and I was hooked, but more on that later.

It was a lovely breakfast where we chatted like old friends. She was not aware of the pact as she is not on social media but loved the idea and was more than happy to click pictures of me.

The saree I am wearing is one of the sarees bought for my trousseau – a lovely pink crepe with flowers woven all over – creating an embossed effect. I wore this with my Old Navy tie-up shrug, worn the right way around this time.

I am not exactly sure what kind of saree this is. Which seems to be quite apt, considering I started off exploring options with this meeting and I am not exactly sure which way the work thread is going to weave its way in my life either. And work or otherwise, that I could wear a saree from my trousseau and mention it as such, tells me my mission is on course. And working. ?.

So, pushing on and hoping this saree spells a new chapter in my workbook… Hoping to come up roses…