The leaves have fallen and will be replaced soon by greener ones. Newer ones. Fresher ones. If it’s the end of a cycle for you too, doing these things will add to how much you believe in getting a new bark..

– Get a new hair cut. A style you have never done before. It will make you bounce on new feet.

– Rearrange the furniture in your house. It can really change perspective.

– Clean out your shoe cabinet.

– Stack clothes in your wardrobe in a new, unpredictable order.

– Give yourself a pedicure.

– Send a pizza to your friend in another city. It’s possible yes, they now do online orders for India.

– Gift a vada pav to a child that’s begging. Or a Dabeli. Or a burger. Whatever you can afford. Watch that little face light up with the innocence it really is supposed to live.

– Smell a flower.

– Hug a tree, tell it you care. Mean it.

– Tickle a baby.

– Go for a heritage walk.

– Read old chats – it gives you seriously new perspective on how much you have changed and how far you have come.

– Sit alone in a restaurant, order your favourite ice-cream and lick the bowl clean – you would be surprised if I told you how many of us, with company, crave doing that but cannot.

– Go for a movie alone. You will learn a lot more than if you went with a friend.

– Order something you have never eaten or tried before in a restaurant.

– Leave a large tip.

– Bake a cake.

– Plant a plant. Name it.

– Write a poem. Even if you have never written one before.

– Stay happy – when all the things you are not die away, then you realise that there is no death.