From Showy to Low Key

HAHA! I am not sure if I am eligible to write about this, well honestly I am a newbie in the world of staying low key, but could not wait to express the impact it has made in my mindful lifestyle practice just in few days. I used to think that people who do not share much on social are not so expressive or may be they aren’t confident about themselves or may be conscious of putting things out there. But hey! hey! hey! it did not take long for me to break this ice in my brain.

I was too consistent lately on instagram as shared in my previous blogs where I posted something daily, so number one it was about sharing what good I receive and some mindful practices and thought and second was to just be there so that people who follow me do not leave my group. (the people who I do not even know that well). Anyway, that obviously added to my anxieties, irritation and frustration and found myself too occupied and honestly got quite away from myself. I got of instagram and facebook as in I do not post anything any more. Like the blog I write automatically gets posted on facebook and I do not even open facebook anymore. I do not have instagram app but can access on browser and now I only do if there is any favour I am asked to share some work of my friends who ask me to. Just so that it can contribute to their social media presense.

I never thought I could even consider living a life as a low key, imagine all my life I have been making videos, writing, sharing, talking to people about what i believe in and so on. I was fortunate to receive national and international awards and posting those made me feel I have accomplished something and receive so much love and praise from people. But what good that do to me? I am know about good but certainly it kept me on my toes and away from ‘NOW’. At a point of time my brain either thought of things I said or did or plan what will be next. So there was no pause in my mind to appreciate the ‘present’ time.

To stay low key in my context all I did was

meditating to live in presentWhenever there is any urge to pick up the phone and scroll, I rather picked book to readI began cooking mindfully and eating alone without screen time and even talkingI added skin care routine to my daily taskI push myself to workout for about 1 hour / complete 15k steps every dayI write or speak 3 things I am grateful for before going to bedI began to smile, whenever I go into any thoughts and smile turns my mind into being grateful and being happyI acknowledged love for god and began to have my mind visualise by chanting in (Radhey Govinda)

SO who are low key people,

They are the ones who are authentic with themselves and live life by living in NOW. They accept life as it comes and are free flowing.

-shruti nagar dave