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You've entered a new decade but still processing 2020. It feels like everything is falling apart and that is terrifying. Those who assured never to leave, no longer exist within your vision. Time has changed and so them.

I hear your whispers asking ‘where did the time flew?’. People are passing by talking about the New year's eve and you are stuck faking the enthusiasm. In a generation that has glorified the 'fake it till you make it' thing is where you want to adjust and not get judged. And when you introspect, you find yourself in same blurry mess. Surrounded by the piles of deadlines, unopened messages and cancelled plans with friends who wish to see you. I wonder how do you tell them that you're not depressed, that you're not romanticizing your sadness and that you're just tired ?

There are days when your sadness consumes you. There will be struggles and there definitely be disappointments but there will also be days when you'll laugh hard that your stomach would hurt.

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For those happy days you must believe in yourself. I than assure you that the upcoming days will fill the cracks of your heart. You are reminded that you're not alone because you're loved and  someday you'll find that love. So Stop! Stop rushing so hard to find it, relax and don't rush yourself out by chasing someone who doesn't care. You're not half, you're a whole. There is more to life and you to yourself than your doubts that people makes you question on your self-sufficiency. Alone or not, we are all together in this and there still remain warm days to come.

The bad news is yet to pass. Celebrate the endings, for they precede new beginnings. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right in the new decade.

- Abhimanyu Singh Nirban