I am a good example of how striving for perfection can be paralyzing. Yes, indeed. This blog demonstrates this point. I’ve been thinking about it for so long now, imagining how it would all come together, thinking of topics that I will write about, pictures that I will upload and all that glory. And yet: What should I call it? What would be the perfect name? And how would it come across? Would it even interest anyone? And do I really have the courage that Brene Brown talks about to be vulnerable and share honestly? That’s in contradiction with so much of who I used to be. And what would be the best medium? Which tools are the most effective? I had the illusion that continuing to think about it would somehow solve some of these dilemmas. But alas, I am calling myself to action. Just like that. Taking the courage, I’m not sure from where and putting the so-called perfectionism aside.

So, here goes. This is our blog. The Chopra’s Online. And it includes members from our dear little family – primarily Ram and I, Yael. I have some hopes that our kids might join in on all the fun, if they choose to, but I will definitely not push them to do so.

This may sound somewhat messy to some of you – a family blog? What about: family-life, parenting? Here is another instance in which I decided to let go of the perfectionism mentioned above. Since I was a young child I had many interests, I couldn’t choose just one thing to dedicate myself to. I liked reading, drawing and later additional kinds of arts & crafts. I liked spending time with friends and later the youth movement took up a large part of my life. I liked learning new things (sorry, but I can now admit that I was one of those weird kids who enjoyed school and many of my classes), I liked playing the piano and various types of sports such as swimming, tennis, volleyball and basketball. And I just didn’t want to narrow it down to one thing. Indeed, this had a price: I didn’t become a champion or a “talent” in one or the other. In school I was forced to choose a major, and I chose Physics (perhaps a topic for a different blog post altogether…) but I enjoyed Literature much more and aced my finals.

One can see this on the negative – being not here and not there; not excelling in one field. But I decided to look on the positive and to embrace this – in my life and now in my blog. I know that this goes against most of the blog professionals’ advice, who teach to choose a niche, to become an expert in your field and in that way to grow more audience to your blog. But I am choosing to continue in my all-inclusive approach, or at least to start off with it, and just see where all this takes us. I am probably taking some of my courage to do so from the concept of being multi-hyphenate, or as Emma Gannon describes this as having many fingers in different pies…

So what can you expect from us?

We will write and share about the things close to our heart. I will share thoughts about interesting lectures, podcasts and ideas that I hear about and my twist on them, I will write posts about books that I recently read, I will also share some insights from my world at work and my growing interest in the future of work. Ram has so much wisdom about parenting, in his calm and supportive way. He will share good recipes of tasty meals and baked goods that he prepares for us with so much love. We will share about our family trips and give you some good recommendations. We decided to begin this journey without having a clear path ahead of us, and without any idea at all where we might land eventually. We hope that you will join us and find interest in all of this and more and we will love receiving your feedback at any point along the way!

Let the games begin!

The Chopra’s.