My Story as an Author during Lockdown
In 2007, my husband committed suicide and I had to struggle with the havoc of emotional pain, the financial liability of 60 crores, hundreds of court cases, and two young daughters with no support system. I had no exposure to the business as I was a housewife. I had made a slogan for myself, “ A Lion Needs No Companion.” Struggling through and through, I learned and grew. I was awarded the “Woman Entrepreneur of the year Award” by ETnow as A Leaders of Tomorrow.
Being an Entrepreneur cum Life Coach
The author in me could never imagine myself in quarantine and have this unnerving experience. Authoring my first book, “A Story can change your Life” took me two years to launch it. Now when the world is battling this biological demon COVID-19, I could revisit those harrowing days, seismic events and transformative journey of the five decades of my life. I believe it would not take even two months to pen down my crazy journey from being content, homebound housewife to an entrepreneur always on the run, to working on my dream project to writing my own story someday…. My Autography… Maybe a sequel to my first book .. this time My Story will Change Your Life.
In the past few years, as a businesswoman, my life had become so hectic that I couldn’t even dream of a day so quiet, a solitude so soothing that I could reminisce and write as I do.
Though thanks to the technological advancement of our times
Despite this luxury of aloneness and reliving my life in my mind, I am socializing more than ever in this time of social distancing. Thanks to the skills developed over a lifetime, time management, motivation, goals, and life skills became a part of me. Plus, my interactions with a multitude of people in the corporate world, in my personal life, in the spiritual sphere, and in my children’s circles, made me a life coach by and by. Now, their stories and my stories mix somehow, and as I go down the memory lane, I dig into the epic incidents of my life spanning time and distance and pen it in a fast-forward mode. Where many around me have become zombies, I think I am more alive than ever, writing my triumphant narrative day and night…. Soon My Autobiography will be a gift of this lockdown period.
Ritu Singal
April 20, 2020
Author, Life Coach, Woman Entrepreneur of the year 2011
