I have always been a pampered little princess ever since I was a child. I would get throw tantrums about not liking the food or sulk in the corner when I would not get my favourite book to read. Things changed when entered Junior College. Everywhere I went, I saw that there were people who had more than me, better gadgets, better clothes and the best of everything. I was insanely jealous of it; I wanted all that and more, too. But my family was a typical middle class family and they could not afford to buy a 10k phone just because I fancied it.
That’s when I decided to #StartANewLife. Writing was my passion and I always dreamt of becoming a great writer some day. I realized that I could use this talent for mine. I started working with various content writing forms. Initially I was paid peanuts. Rs. 30 for a 500 word article. But as my experience grew, so did my salary. Finally, there came a day when I started earning five to six thousand every month. I was on cloud nine. The first few months I had a wild time. I shopped on a whim, bought expensive things and went to the best of restaurants. I was really pleased with myself. But slowly, I got bored of it. I wanted more, much more. Content writing started losing its charm and I was tired of writing about inane things.
That’s when I decided to start blogging. I spent one year looking for the perfect name. I started two blogs and closed them down because there just not me. Finally one day as I was travelling from Kalyan to Sion, a name struck me and I was elated.
I started my blogging journey slowly. Initially I could barely write one or two articles per month. I started entering blogging contests and I tasted my first victory by winning movie tickets. I started experimenting with new niches. I strived to create a lifestyle blogzine that would have a little of everything; from my ramblings to make up trips and book reviews.
After completing 1 year and 10 months of blogging, I can truly say that I am a changed person. I’ve had the opportunity to interact with some wonderful people, learn about new things and grow as individual, too. I have managed to improve my writing and communications skills and I must say that when I mention (read: brag) about my successful blog during job interviews, people are truly impressed. I #StartedANewLife and became a hard working girl from a spoiled princess. What about you?
We remember the day seven years back when were travelling in a Mumbai local trying hard to come up withe a name for our blog when struck us; Khushboo was always called a Jack of all Trades. The name stuck (with a slight modification, of course) and Minni was born. Six years, over 100 collaboration, lakhs of readers and several awards later; our love for blogging continues to grow. We continue to write on an eclectic range of topics from the funniest autorickshaw signs that we have spotted in Mumbai to how to bathe an elephant. We are true blue Munni of all Trades and we hope to continue on this joyride with our fellow Munnies and Munnas.