About Travelling, Writing, and Life
About me
Honestly, I’m at a loss for words. Back in 2014, I would’ve written, “Hey! Welcome to my travel blog.” But this isn’t 2014, and I’m neither 20 years old nor just a travel enthusiast anymore. So, I’m going to try again!
Hiiiiiiieee! I’m Teesha.
I’m a full-time agency-owner, part-time traveller, moody writer, and mother to a feisty four-year-old. Welcome to this tiny, hidden corner of the Internet, which just aspires to be a digital journal for me to get things off my chest and toddler tantrums off my mind. The agenda is simple. I’m going to write about life, travel, some more life, and some more travel.
Coming from Chandigarh, the mountains were always a hop away. That’s quite the reason why the Himalayas are my first love (I’m going to TRY to document the smallest of my travels). Academically, I’m an engineer (the one who should have chosen passion over nonsense – that’s another story).
Writing happened to me in 2013, both personally and professionally. I discovered comfort in writing, reading, and travelling, so I started blogging back then. But, you know how difficult it is to juggle work and personal writing. I succumbed to the career race (no regrets – did decently well), which is why blogging took a backseat. After working in the 9-to-5 set-up for about three years, I started a small digital marketing agency with my then-fiancé, now-husband, in 2016. The agency life is a roller-coaster. You have to jump into the shoes of an HR and that of a mailman, all under 5 seconds, so again blogging dropped from the priority list.
Just when our first baby (read agency) was steady on its feet, the pandemic showed its teeth. I thought this would give me more time to give this blog the attention it deserved, but no, no, NO – motherhood was on its way. Rest? Rest is all history! Between sleepless nights, diaper duties, playdates, school drop-offs, household chores, and agency life, passion again sat back! I am growing really impatient now, and so this is my 10,000th attempt to revive this blog. Fingers crossed!
What originally had to be a travel blog will now be a raw account of motherhood, retracing small joys, embracing myself, and everything in between.
My affair with travel does not have a lot of history. I first fell in love with the notion of packing my bag and eloping to the mountains at 16. Ever since, the Himalayas have had my heart, and I always thought it would just be limited to that. Little did I know that I would live week from week for that undying urge to travel more, travel farther!
Though most of my adventures so far have been limited to the armchair, the vistas are unveiling slowly (that’s why the blog). So far, I have been to 10 countries – so this is an attempt to document those trips and more that are to come (hopefully). When it comes to travelling, I’m a planner. Before every other vacation, I take an armchair trip to the destination in question, gather all the facts, book things in time, and plan ahead of it. I do enjoy the impulsive trips now and then, but planned ones just have a different effect on me.
Motherhood. Oh, sweet (also gritty, raw, and downright exhausting) motherhood. The last four years have been everything, everywhere, all at once – beautiful and overwhelming, magical and maddening. It has not been a bed of roses. There have been endless struggles, mental health thrown in the bin, emotional eating at its peak, and let’s not even start on the physical aftermath of childbirth. I’m still trying to wrap my head around so many things – the identity shifts, the constant push and pull, the guilt, the grace. It feels too big to keep bottled up. So I’m going to document it; partly for me, but mostly for other mothers who might stumble upon this corner and breathe a little easier knowing they’re not alone.
Who’s That Hippie has been my Instagram projection for a decade now. I have been documenting my life nuggets there, but it still doesn’t make up for a blog; hence the website.
I’ll try updating the space with my life stories and everything relevant (and a lot of rants). Please sit tight as I invite you to join my journey. Your feedback and comments are invited, as they will only help me stay accountable, improve, connect, and move forward.
xoxo
