Finding the costume Yesterday was an interesting day. It started off at 3:40 AM morning. I did my morning routine which includes some exercise, a little bit of meditation, and then some vocal exercise to develop a deeper and a more clearer voice. Today I followed some amazing Youtube tutorials for making my voice better and clear. I think that sharing these useful youtube tutorials here will be better and it might help someone who wants to train their voice. Or maybe it will inspire some of you. Here are a few videos that I watched and followed to train my voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-HVPOB0YB8 And the second video that I want to share here is not actually a tutorial but a video from Australia’s Got Talent. It was inspiring and I enjoyed the performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_agY4LlTI My days are better when I wake up early in the morning and when I manage to do most of my daily tasks. I had a few posts to write and I finished them before I had my breakfast. Breakfast I am trying to eat healthy foods these days. My normal breakfast usually included a generous dose of uppit, Idli, Vada, or Puri. These are healthy South Indian foods but they do have a lot of calories. These days I start my day with a small bowl of sprouts or a cucumber. Sprouts are my all-time favorite food. I can just eat them raw or add salt to them or I can cook a dish out of them. It is simple to cook and easy on the calories. And one vegetable that I can eat as much as I can and never worry about calories or anything else is Cucumbers. I read online that they have very fewer calories and are healthy for our stomachs as it has a lot of fiber and some essential minerals. I think eating a cucumber is like drinking mineral water with a lot of fiber. Nap I have been taking short naps. Sometimes my naps get longer and as long as two-three hours but then it is all good as I wake between 3-4 AM in the morning. I took a nap in the afternoon and it was refreshing. I was getting a bit tired from the heat. The climate has been quite hot for the last few days and I have been sweating a lot. My room gets the maximum sun and it makes it hotter than the rest of the house. I live in one of the hottest cities in my state and the temperatures go as high as 45 Celcius in the summers and 30+ Celsius is normal for us. Over the last several years the temperatures have risen up to 1 Celcius around the world and many colder countries are facing issues due to rising temperatures. I think that we all must try and plant more trees to make our earth cooler and get cleaner air. I know it is difficult but we all must put in some work and try harder as a community, and as a species. Finding the costume It is the month of August and on the 15th of this month, India celebrities its Independence day. All the kids in school are preparing for some cultural activity. My nephew is in kindergarten and he has online classes these days. The teacher asked him to dress up like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and talk about his life for one minute. Maulana Azad was a freedom fighter and he was India’s first education minister. He is the one who designed and guided the education system in India. So, to dress my nephew as the great freedom fighter we went to the costume rental store. I visited this costume store a few years ago when my niece was part of a play at her school and her part was of a police officer. The costume show did not have the costume that we were looking and we went to the market to look for someplace where we could buy a costume. The Market and my anxiety I do not like markets and crowded places. I was a bit uncomfortable going around different shops and checking out the dresses. I have been feeling anxious for the last few days and I was a bit uneasy in the market. It took us less than half an hour to find the right one and we bought it. Back home Once I was back home I was relaxed and I had some food to calm down my nerves. Food brings me comfort and I am trying to eat healthy foods even when I need comfort food. Meeting At around 7 or 8 PM I had to meet a friend and discuss some technical stuff. It was almost 9 when I returned home. I was tired and exhausted. I spent some time with my niece and nephews and then I went straight to bed. I woke up at around 5 AM this morning and it is another day of trying to live a calm, healthy life. Why I am posting my daily reports a day later? I usually complete my daily Actifit goal of 10,000 activities late at night. I am usually tired and I wanted to go to sleep. If I sit down to write then my brain gets active again and it gets difficult to fall asleep. In some ways, it is a good practice to ponder over what I did a day earlier. I can reflect and probably find ways to improve my day. Writing my last day’s activities early in the morning is kind of therapeutic. I have seen a lot of people writing daily diaries and add a lot of photographs. I do not take a lot of photos and I am kind of shy when it comes to taking photographs with people around. Whenever I take photos I make sure there is no one around and click them.