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Drive to Drive !

In case you noticed, I skipped 3 days in my December series - I have good reason for it. I was part of day long trainings followed by party. I did want to still manage to write and then I decided not to do it because i was exhausted and I could not think clearly. Now that I have cleared that, let's get back to the manifestation topic #1 - Driving. #1 because it was the most important manifestation I had for myself. I wanted to drive confidently. I wanted to be able to drive on my own. I set down a target of 1000 km because I was not sure I would stay consistent to hit anything above that. I then started noting down the kilometers I covered evey time I took the car out. Jan 1 - Start of the year, my husband and I went along for a temple visit, just 2 km from home because I wanted to start the driving from Day 1 of the year. Enroute , a bike was speeding on the opposite direction and skid away right towards my car. There was no one ahead of me and behind, so I stopped. Wheeeeeee, he came sliding straight under my car and whoosh, damaged the car and the A/C gas compressor(which we found out a few days later when the A/C was not working). It is easy for onlookers to assume a woman driving a car is at fault when there is an accident. I did not let that affect me. After ensuring the biker was safe, we continued the drive to the temple. All it takes is a second to fall back to self doubt and go back 10 steps again. So I moved forward. A huge step for me. Then, I went on to type the distance every single time and even managed a 100km drive on the way to Srirangapatna. Woohoo! Highway,80kmph and 100kms. I was happy. Even 2 years back, every time I was asked to drive, I would hesitate and bring up some reason NOT to go out to drive. Buying my own vehicle helped me overcome all the inhibitions. I only keep wishing I had taken this step sooner. I wish I could have taken Amma out for a drive and go around the city as and when we wished to. I digress, but I wish I took her on mom and daughter trips. Back to my tracking, I think I have over 50 entries , most of it has been contributed by my 10km trips to pick up my son from school. I got to 1000 km in November. One whole month before the end of the year. I also took the car out to an office party - 18 km both ways. Alone. Listening to Taylor Swift all the way. Recently, I went to an all-girls annual outing 12km away from home, again driving alone. One important part of my driving routine was to play my Morning playlist. It started with Hanuman Chalisa, something that reminds me of Amma and her Amma because they used to chant it together. Then added more songs to it. Now it goes on for 20 minutes before I move on to my other playlists. This is also a huge help in maintaining that comforting predictability to that routine. A couple of weeks back, my husband asked me to drive to his class and hand off dinner and his change of clothes(he was returning from office and doesn't eat outside food). And in an hour, I had to cook and pack and drive 6km(bangalore calculation is 30 min). And here I was immediately making a quick upma and chutney, packing his bags with help from kiddo and MIL and off I started. Did I have 0 self doubt? No. But I definitely was much more confident to drive even after 6pm and at night this time around. While I wonder if this is even worth celebrating when everyone else around me has been driving for years together, I realized that it is purely my journey and I am mightly proud of myself in this journey. I deserve to celebrate my milestones however small it may be for others. For me, these felt like climbing a mountain. So I am thrilled with reaching the summit ahead of time. Also now, my targets are higher. So yes, this is the indication for the check marked off for this task in my manifestation. Here's to 1000s more in 2026 ! Until next time, Happy Reading !

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