About Renuka
Hi,
I am Renuka Gavrani. I am an author who now wants to be a blogger. I have always dreamt of starting my own blog but in the past few years, I went through so many changes, struggles, and achievements that my dream of blogging took a sideline. Until recently, when I was cleaning my wardrobe and I found myself thinking about all the things I wanted to share and talk and write about in my blog. I knew my soul desires to write about things that ignite my heart and I must honor it. So here I am. I love to write and read. I am a big fan of slow living, a firm believer in minimalism and living with pure intentions. I don’t have goals or big visions. I just have one life-long mission – to honor the voice of my soul and live in alignment with my truth even if it means walking alone.
My Story
How I Started
I have lived 20 years of my life being afraid of my own mind, and believing that other people know better than me so I must ask them ‘What should I do next?‘ I tried to follow the footsteps of successful people, read all the great biographies, and self-help books, and listen to everyone who claimed to ‘have life figured out.’ But…It didn’t lead me anywhere. I thought if I adopted all the great habits, and did as suggested by the successful people then, I would become successful too. Until it exhausted me. Mentally, physically and emotionally!
That’s when I GAVE UP.
I gave up on everything that I had learned from the world. I gave up on society’s definition of success, happiness, and what ‘making it big in life’ meant. I started following my intuitions and not a script. I started giving more chances to ‘what I truly wanted’ and paid attention to the voice of my soul. And somehow, that led me to write a book – The Art of Being Alone which is a bestseller today. Life became beautiful when I allowed myself to choose what I wanted even if what I wanted was scary and full of uncertainties. I want the same for you. I want you to learn to GIVE UP everything that didn’t come from you and see how life becomes magical.
Magic Begins After You Give Up On The World & Choose to Honor Your Intuitions
In the past three years, I went from being confused with every little thing, scared of every little choice, and afraid of life to feel confident with my choices, excited to try new things, and most of all, I fell in love with my life. How did that happen?
In one sentence, I stopped listening to everyone and spent more time alone to understand ‘what I wanted.’ I realized I was working hard, and doing everything necessary to become successful but I didn’t even define what success meant to me. It took me months to realize that success, to me, is being at peace with myself. I wanted freedom from my own judgments so I could follow my heart without fear. It took some time to accept that ‘what I wanted was uncertain and didn’t match with what I had dreamed till now.’ I left my job and chose to write on a platform called, Medium because I wanted to be an author one day. I didn’t have money or stability. I was living with my parents and everyone around me had questions to ask me. But somehow, I felt more at peace with myself than I ever had.
That’s the magic of giving up on the world and following your intuitions and internal guidance. Your heart knows what you truly want, all you need is – silence and some time alone so you can listen to your internal voice. You have spent years following what everyone said was necessary to become successful and followed a script that was planned for you but where did it take you? If you could trust society with your life, can you not give yourself a chance this time and trust yourself enough to make that move you know will change your life? You know what you want. You do. You need to come closer to yourself. You need to listen to your truth. You need a stronger relationship with your internal voice. You need to welcome the whispers of your consciousness and follow them so they can guide you toward your unique path.
I did it. I still do. It’s a lifelong process to listen to your internal voice for the noise from the external world is too loud. I know I will keep mistakes and learn from them. I will realize new things and observe a new way of life. And I want to share it with you so you know life isn’t about ONE FINAL DAY, you will be everything and have it all. Life is a constant playground to make mistakes, laugh, make memories, experience new things, abandon old beliefs, make new ones, and all in all, enjoy it so much that whoever created us smiles upon us.
My Mission
I was the dumbest kid in school and the topper in college but in both these phases, I never knew what I wanted to become or what’s the meaning of my existence.
However, the past few years made me realize that the purpose of my existence is to live a life that aligns with our truth. The purpose of my existence is to NOT become someone I am not. The purpose of life, in my belief, is to ENJOY LIFE so much so that life is moved by you. Life falls in love with you.
I am on a mission to make you realize just that. I want everyone to understand all these big talks about purpose and passion is just society’s way of making us question our worth based on how much others were able to achieve at our age. I want you to realize we don’t find a purpose in life. Life is the purpose. Society has made us believe that we have to find something outside of us to attach our worth to so we keep chasing an illusion. Isn’t that the prime reason ‘why even after having more than enough majority of the people are sad, depressed, and miserable?’
I am here to break that illusion. I am here to introduce you to a new way of life – a life that follows your heart’s desire and reflects the beauty of your soul.