Link List – May

May is finally over. An eventful month for me, as I’ve mentioned here. Now on with some great links to check out!!

1 You’ve heard it a lot, but ever wondered what the word ‘chic’ actually signifies? Sal at Already Pretty explains. 

2. Want to eat healthy, but simply can’t stay away from junk food? FitStudio tells you how to get that fix, and yet stay within limits.

3 It isn’t easy to explain success in a generic sense, but J’s Everyday Fashion makes a pretty good attempt.

4 Stephanie provides you a detailed step by step tutorial on how to groom your eyebrows, at ClothedMuch.

5 If you’re a loss when it comes to accessories, Imogen at Inside Out Style shares some tips on how to use them to highlight your best features.

6. Setting up a home office? You’ll be overflowing with ideas after checking out StyleFrost’s post on the same.

7. Adrienne at The Rich Life (on a budget) explains the joys and tribulations of being a stepmother. A wonderful, heartfelt read.

8. From the DIY basket: Aayushi at Styldrv has a great tutorial on making some plain shoes super glam without much effort.

9. You’ve probably heard all these before, but Laura has some really sensible tips to help you clean out your clothes clutterin a pdf form at I’m an Organizing Junkie. Print out and pin up on your wardrobe door. (Save it to your smartphone too, for good measure)

10. I love everything about Karishma’s outfit at Purple Peeptoes – when was the last time you saw a simple black top-blue jeans pairing look so stylish?

11. All of us make new resolutions at the start of the year and then let go blaming one thing or the other. Jerome at Daily Spark tells you how to take responsibility for your actions.

12. Do you wonder what happens to all those hours in your day? How did all that time just pass by? Stop wondering with this nifty time management tool at Real Simple.

13. Another one from Imogen at Inside Out Style – Pretty much everything you need to know about a pair of jeans.

Hope you guys enjoyed the links, see you all in June!!

Toxic!!

Please don’t be shocked by the title of this post – it isn’t a warning for any impending disaster, unless you count toxic people a ‘disaster’. And they might as well be.

I just wanted to talk about a certain ‘species’ of people, for whom I can’t think of a better name than ‘toxic’. Have you ever had anyone at any point in your life, who could bring you down with just one snide remark? A person, being around whom always felt like an effort? Well, chances are that most of us have faced one or more of such people at various stages in our lives.

A toxic person doesn’t just harm him/herself. He harms people he meets on a daily basis as well as those he meets one-off. She could be someone you met for a few hours on a train journey, or she could be your grandmother. The first scenario is easy enough to avoid, but the latter, not so much.

Such a person doesn’t really understand or care about the impact of his words. He could be discouraging, negative and terribly biased. It is near pointless arguing with him, because his opinions are written in stone. He carries such an aura of negativity around him that Tweety bird would turn into Ebenezer Scrooge.

This person can hurt your self esteem, trivialize your feelings and make your dreams appear unreachable or insignificant. Just having a (mostly one sided) conversation with this person can make you feel heavy and loaded.

Of course, avoidance is the best way out. But then, this is easier said than done when he/she is family or someone you really can’t avoid. However, you can find a few workarounds:

1. Try and minimize conversation with such people. Limit your responses to ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or (even better) ‘hmmmm’.

2. Don’t disclose your personal goals or ambitions, they are bound to be mocked or discouraged.

3. Don’t give out strong opinions on any subject, especially those that might be deemed controversial by Ms. Toxic. If they offer theirs, just tune out momentarily and think about a vacation in the Bahamas. Or Bradley Cooper. Or both.

4. Remember, such people usually have deep insecurity issues. So don’t flaunt your achievements in their face as well, it could make them even more bitter, which means more negativity in their stock to spare.

Don’t forget, you don’t have to put up with their sh*t. You have every right to live a full, peaceful, ambitious and well balanced life. Don’t let ANYONE take that away from you.

And who am I to give all this advice, you ask? Good question. Only I don’t have a good answer, except that I have been in contact with a few toxic-ians till recently and these have been my coping strategies. They’ve worked for me, so hopefully some other suffering soul out there will find them helpful.

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Tell me, have you ever had any toxic personality in your life? How did you deal with it?

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