Let's skip the drama

Ignore the internet trolls and quiet-quit draining relationships. Here's how to stay unbothered, moisturised and in your lane

- SEEMA GOSWAMI

They say that true happiness lies within each of us. And it is up to us to access it with our own efforts. So, we shouldn't depend on other people to make us happy; instead, we should dig deep to access our own happiness. Well, over the years, I have discovered that the same is true of peace. You cannot depend on the people around you to preserve your peace; you have to safeguard it yourself.

And, as I grow older, I find that I treasure peace over happiness. Or perhaps it is more accurate to say that peace and happiness have converged into one emotion in my life. I am only truly happy when I am at peace with the world and myself. And I am only truly peaceful when I am happy with the world and myself. So, my priority these days is to safeguard my peace so that I can be happy (and vice versa). And these are just some of the ways in which I endeavour to do so: