You Asked: I am a 19 year old girl doing Eco Hons. from Delhi University. I want to know how can I enhance my personality to be able to face this world better? PAPA Answers: Read! Read just about everything you get your hands onto: books, magazines, flyers. Dont restrict yourself to academic reading/reading for pleasure. Expand your horizons by reading stuff you wouldnt normally want to read! Appreciate Art. Be it music, the roadside graffiti, architecture, pottery or poetry. Meet new people. Meet as many people as you can. Talk to them. Be interested in learning about their lives. Ask them questions. Be genuine and respectful. Get a hobby. Im sure theres something you like doing just for fun. You dont intend to monetize it, although it doesnt hurt if you can/want to do that. Spend time getting better at it. Be a master of some trade. Travel More. Visit new places, experience new food, new culture, new people. Once in a while, be adventurous, crazy, stupid. Enhance your awareness: Be aware of how the government works, the science behind everyday life events, history of your state/country, little bit about the economy etc. You need not eat an encyclopedia and spew out facts during conversations. A basic understanding of all subjects would suffice. Imbibe discipline in your daily routine. Dont let your life be a mess. Clean it up. Sort things out. Be punctual and disciplined. Make time for all the silly things that you want to do. Smile more often. Be happy. Be grateful about being so fortunate. At the end of the day, jot down three positive highlights of the day. Look for the good in people! Get in shape. Eat healthy, live healthy. Exercise more often. Exercise your grey matter. Think things through. Be critical, creative and open-minded. Your appearance matters. Be style-conscious. Wear something that suits you and that isnt out of place. Im not telling you to gorge fashion magazines or consult a fashion guru or follow fashion trends religiously. Stay clean. Be confident. Brush off your insecurities. Everybody has those. Pursue a goal: Honestly, life is pretty much a mess and quite meaningless unless you ascribe any meaning to your existence. Pursuing a goal is just one of the ways of doing so, so that you dont get bored!
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:31:02 +0000