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she said yes.

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i took her out on a date.

i’ve always held pride in knowing exactly what she likes. but then she wakes up one morning feeling the opposite and i am thrown off my game.

i knew she likes spending time at the mall. but ugh the holiday rush is such a turn off. i knew she likes sappy holiday movies that made absolutely no sense whatsoever. especially this time of the year. but every time netflix suggested one, she picked Friends. her pinterest is flooded with home decor pins. so i knew she loves that. but she changed her phone a year ago and hasn’t logged into her account ever since. she loves books. so maybe i could ask her out to an afternoon of books and chai in her balcony? but she hasn’t gotten past the first three pages of the last Murakami book she picked. shopping, she loves! but the last thing she bought was korean instant ramen off the marketplace on amazon. she likes puppies. but she lost the two she had recently adopted to food poisoning, so must steer clear of that. she loves facetiming with people she loves, but work’s been crazy and she has barely found time to clock eight hours of sleep in the last few months. journals! yes. but her last entry was on the 12th of october. and it’s december now.

i haven’t met her in a while. she looks just the same but so much has changed. it’s like watching your favourite movie but someone changed the subtitles language. i watch her, but i don’t see her. i hear her, but i can’t listen. i touch her, but i cannot feel.

then the sun rose today. she woke up a whole minute before she intended to. with nowhere to be and nothing to do. she made her bed and her chai. she finished her seventh book this month. she showered and went to the mall. she bought presents for people she loves. she bought photo frames and potted plants. she bought a rug. traffic was crazy as usual, so she spent her car time facetiming not one but two friends. she bought herself a new pair of pajamas. she came home with takeout chinese boxes and watched a sappy christmas movie. she cleaned her room for the first time in well over three weeks. and then she sat down to write.

a wholesome day.

some would even call it a date.

so yeah,

i took her out on a date.

finally.

P.S. – she hates it when i romanticise a regular day in a blogpost. she also hates whole articles written in lower caps. but that’s a discussion for another day.

322 Comments

    2. Debadrita Baral
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      the beauty of everyday life. it’s filled with failures and hardships but still beautiful. simply because, its mine 🙂 🙂

  13. Shreeeeeeeeee
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    For someone who has been dealing with mental health struggles this is exactly how it feels. i mean there’s sooo many bad days but then there’s good days and the thing is even in the good days i feel like there’s always something wrong, i wish to have a day like this where nothing goes wrong. Prajakta di(mostly sane) this is awesome and i could read it a million times. I loveeeeedddddd it. Tysm from the bottom of my heart.🤌🤌

  14. Atanu
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    Every time I think of writing a blog about myself you come up with the one that I can resonate my feelings with. This time it’s so true that I can feel and imagine your words. Love each and every piece of the blog.
    I hope to see you soon with my blog and my work one day.
    Love,
    Atanu

  21. Yashika Karamchandani
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    I’d always known that you’re an amazing writer but this is beyond that. It’s beautiful in a way I can’t explain. Just enough to leave someone with a smile on their face❤️much love prajakta✨

  23. Kittu shilu
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    Prajakta it seems like you’re writing on yourself.. it looks like you have imagined your today and you wrote it but seriously it’s too good Just keep going ✨

  25. Suchismita Priyadarshinee
    Reply

    Kya ho yar tum! I thank god for your existence. Your hard work, your self love in the best way possible is such an inspiration. We all do this, we lose it sometimes. It’s hard to understand if it’s depression or am I really becoming lazy (because I am usually active) or I am just getting a break that we are not used to. But then one such day comes when I do so much that I fall in love with myself again. Love you P ! May 2023 bring you gifts you didn’t even pray for 🧡

  33. Amera
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    Absolute love.. she took herself to this date it’s like everyday we rampage through so many things be it work or everyday chaos but it’s SOMEDAY that we actually do everything we love(almost) or atleast try to and that feels such a heartfelt wholesome day.. penned so well 💜🤍

  34. Khush
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    By this time It isn’t weird for me anymore, That I read your writings in your way of speaking, You know😉 I just adapted it growing up watching you I guess. And I love it. New year’s P! Keep shining!

  36. Manasi
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    I felt fuzzy and warm, it was a sense of home somehow. I can’t express the warmth I could feel through your blog. Please write more often P, you’ve done a fabulous job! Lots of love your way ♥️

  39. Rashi jain
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    I just love your picturization. Your blogs always have have unrealistic reality that I really really like to read. I am a keen reader and specially a romantic fanatic so every I loved the setting ams the feelings that are portrayed that too in so less words.loved it
    Thank u prajakta💜
    Looking forward to more stuff💕

  42. Suravi Hansda
    Reply

    You know what P! I’m kind of obsessed with you 😩 how can a person be so perfect in everything??? I want to be you when I grow up 🤗 LOVE LOVE ✨💜

  43. tryphenaanetchettri
    Reply

    This is the first I’m reading your blog and I also have interest in writing. And reading your blog made my mood so much better. Loved it.

  46. Kashvi Jayraj
    Reply

    New to blogs, and I think the best first blog to start with. You have always been my inspiration for everything I do and yet you have inspired me for another thing that is blogging, so yes I will start my own blog and definitely share it with you when I do so. And as I am very younger than you so thank you for inspiring me as an older sister, thanks to you diiiiii…♥️

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