This grandma’s journey shows why it might not be too late to start doing what you love… 🏋️♀️
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00:00After starting, this stage also came when I felt that I won't be able to do it, I won't be able to do it.
00:12I am not just a grandma, my identity is beyond that too.
00:2385% of my followers are women.
00:26That capabilities can come back at any age.
00:29Earlier I used to wake up early, now I wake up early.
00:31The only difference is that earlier I used to wake up early for the kids,
00:34and now I wake up early for the dog.
00:35And I wake up early for myself.
00:41At that time, engineering was not an option for girls.
00:43And I had to try in engineering.
00:47So at that time, it was very offbeat for girls, for women.
00:54I did teach at a college for one year.
00:56And after that, after my elder daughter was born.
01:00And after that, I took a maternity leave which kept on extended and extended up to 22 years.
01:06I had two conflicting desires that I should take care of the kids and career also.
01:10I chose to be a stay-at-home mom, but with regret.
01:14I have a regular job.
01:16And apart from that, I am now on Instagram documenting my health journey there.
01:30I make all the reels myself.
01:31Shooting, editing, everything.
01:33One man army.
01:44I named it because, especially in our society,
01:48when you are a mother, you feel that half of your existence is left to the mother.
01:55You feel that your own identity is finished.
01:59And I feel that my identity will be formed during my later motherhood,
02:03when my kids had grown up a little.
02:05And well into my grandmotherhood.
02:14I started with walks.
02:15It was the time of COVID.
02:17So, I wanted to get out of the house even more.
02:20Because when I was at home, everyone would remember tea, food, everything.
02:24And after that, it got longer.
02:26I used to walk for 2-2.5-3 hours.
02:28I started hiking.
02:30Then I started doing more exercises like bodyweight exercises online.
02:34Which was never athletic.
02:36So, I used to take pride in that.
02:39This was something I had never done.
02:57A woman can be a complete woman even without becoming a mother.
02:59Being a mother does eclipse a lot of other areas in your life.
03:04It is very difficult to be a complete woman.
03:07It is very fulfilling also.
03:09Very fulfilling also.
03:11So, I think it is to each his own.
03:13It's not like motherhood completes you.
03:15It's a very good experience.
03:17It's a very enriching.
03:19This relationship is very special.
03:21But it's not like they glorify it in pictures.
03:23It's not like that.
03:25I had an exam for M.Tech.
03:27It was in the afternoon.
03:29And I was writing a book since morning.
03:31Just like the last moment.
03:33And my son, I think he was 9 years old.
03:35And then he came and he said,
03:37Mom, I am hungry.
03:39I said, I don't know anything.
03:41Go and see what's in the kitchen.
03:43I heard a crackling sound in the kitchen.
03:45I came back after a while.
03:47I made a paratha.
03:49I would say, guests don't understand this.
03:51They used to think,
03:53How did my exam become so important at this age?
03:55But just because if I was a mother,
03:57It doesn't mean that what I am doing
03:59has become frivolous.
04:01You can make your children your team.
04:03And at the same time, you can make them your responsibility.