Smile To Shine - A Guest Blog by Kanchan Choudhary
I'd like to welcome a positive guest blog from another writer today. I highly recommend you check outsmiletoshine.comand get in touch with Kanchan Choudhary.
Smile To Shine by Kanchan ChoudharyAs ironic as it may seem, the website through which I love to spread smiles around the world, was started by me at a time when I was low and down in life. It so happened that I had to quit my job as an Editor at the web-publishing firm I was working, and that thing happened so suddenly and shockingly that I was left with a heavy vacuum of sorts in life. I would stay upset at having faced this betrayal of destiny and would desperately find ways to make myself feel better. I did not apply for a new job because I knew I wanted to start something of my own.I had always dreamt of starting my website, based on the entertainment industry, but all of a sudden, I realised I needed to find and spread happiness and positivity around the web world. During the time that I was all upset, I felt a need to feel a heartfelt smile, to feel motivated enough every day and to feel hopeful that humanity still existed in this world. There was not a single webpage which could ever offer all this to me, and then it occurred to me, why can I not create such a space for people and for myself. And that’s it! What I was seeking in those depressing times, set in motion the process of creation of a website, where you would only get things that would make you feel all the positive feels. The website, which I consider as my baby is named, ‘Smile To Shine’.At smiletoshine.com, you will come across real-life stories of human relationships, human-animal connections and inspiring tales of people, apart from the articles through which you can get tips to lead a more positive and a happier life. I also take the freedom of writing Blogs once in a while where I share what motivates me and what makes me happy.Having done Masters in Journalism, I have seen how the media mostly focuses on negative stories, and that always made me feel bad. But, now I feel I am doing my bit to create a space on the web, where people can come up and leave the website with a smile on their face and with a hope in their heart that humanity is alive. I love it when people come up with comments saying that my blog made them feel positively about an issue, and frankly if my creations can make even one person happy, my purpose as a writer gets served.As amazing as it may sound, I also face problems in coming up with those kind of stories and articles. The first problem that I mostly encounter is the need of a constant stream of a happy tone in all my articles. Though, I am a very positive person in general, but life is not always fair, and at times I too get upset, and during those times, maintaining a happy tone is a task. So, what do I do then? Well, I don’t write for that time period. I want to be true to my readers, and faking a happy tone is not what I think they deserve when they come to my website. So, at times there are less postings, but that is only because I cannot feed my baby a half-hearted creation. The next problem that I face is the dearth of positive stories in the world. Now, people love knowing about other people and their relationships and struggles, but not everyone comes out in the open to share the beauty of life.Personally, I like all those stories which give a positive angle to life and give us all, reasons to feel that life is beautiful, even after all the hardships. And I think even people would like to feel motivated through others’ stories and that is why I focus on making people see the beauty of life. But the sad part in all of this is that, I see people gossiping about others, talking negatively about life and then becoming all sad and down in life. Frankly, I don’t really understand that when they breed negativity in their minds, how do they expect to feel the positive vibes! It is always a tough task to find some truly happy and inspiring stories, and when I do, whether through media outlets or directly through people and my experiences, I first feel happy that I got that story and then create my blogposts with a smile on my face. Challenging it all is, but that is why I love doing it even more.Four months after the creation of my website, I feel that my resignation was probably the best thing that happened in my life. The need to feel happiness gave me the opportunity to even spread happiness, and that according to me is the best part of it all now.Hope you like my creations at smiletoshine.com, and if you have any suggestions or queries, you can freely and happily contact me.Website link-http://smiletoshine.com/My Name- Kanchan ChoudharyDesignation- Founder/Editor/Author at Smile To Shine
Smile To Shine by Kanchan ChoudharyAs ironic as it may seem, the website through which I love to spread smiles around the world, was started by me at a time when I was low and down in life. It so happened that I had to quit my job as an Editor at the web-publishing firm I was working, and that thing happened so suddenly and shockingly that I was left with a heavy vacuum of sorts in life. I would stay upset at having faced this betrayal of destiny and would desperately find ways to make myself feel better. I did not apply for a new job because I knew I wanted to start something of my own.I had always dreamt of starting my website, based on the entertainment industry, but all of a sudden, I realised I needed to find and spread happiness and positivity around the web world. During the time that I was all upset, I felt a need to feel a heartfelt smile, to feel motivated enough every day and to feel hopeful that humanity still existed in this world. There was not a single webpage which could ever offer all this to me, and then it occurred to me, why can I not create such a space for people and for myself. And that’s it! What I was seeking in those depressing times, set in motion the process of creation of a website, where you would only get things that would make you feel all the positive feels. The website, which I consider as my baby is named, ‘Smile To Shine’.At smiletoshine.com, you will come across real-life stories of human relationships, human-animal connections and inspiring tales of people, apart from the articles through which you can get tips to lead a more positive and a happier life. I also take the freedom of writing Blogs once in a while where I share what motivates me and what makes me happy.Having done Masters in Journalism, I have seen how the media mostly focuses on negative stories, and that always made me feel bad. But, now I feel I am doing my bit to create a space on the web, where people can come up and leave the website with a smile on their face and with a hope in their heart that humanity is alive. I love it when people come up with comments saying that my blog made them feel positively about an issue, and frankly if my creations can make even one person happy, my purpose as a writer gets served.As amazing as it may sound, I also face problems in coming up with those kind of stories and articles. The first problem that I mostly encounter is the need of a constant stream of a happy tone in all my articles. Though, I am a very positive person in general, but life is not always fair, and at times I too get upset, and during those times, maintaining a happy tone is a task. So, what do I do then? Well, I don’t write for that time period. I want to be true to my readers, and faking a happy tone is not what I think they deserve when they come to my website. So, at times there are less postings, but that is only because I cannot feed my baby a half-hearted creation. The next problem that I face is the dearth of positive stories in the world. Now, people love knowing about other people and their relationships and struggles, but not everyone comes out in the open to share the beauty of life.Personally, I like all those stories which give a positive angle to life and give us all, reasons to feel that life is beautiful, even after all the hardships. And I think even people would like to feel motivated through others’ stories and that is why I focus on making people see the beauty of life. But the sad part in all of this is that, I see people gossiping about others, talking negatively about life and then becoming all sad and down in life. Frankly, I don’t really understand that when they breed negativity in their minds, how do they expect to feel the positive vibes! It is always a tough task to find some truly happy and inspiring stories, and when I do, whether through media outlets or directly through people and my experiences, I first feel happy that I got that story and then create my blogposts with a smile on my face. Challenging it all is, but that is why I love doing it even more.Four months after the creation of my website, I feel that my resignation was probably the best thing that happened in my life. The need to feel happiness gave me the opportunity to even spread happiness, and that according to me is the best part of it all now.Hope you like my creations at smiletoshine.com, and if you have any suggestions or queries, you can freely and happily contact me.Website link-http://smiletoshine.com/My Name- Kanchan ChoudharyDesignation- Founder/Editor/Author at Smile To Shine
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