Atrangi Yaari

It was just another day in qurantine, he knew he was wasting a lot of time. 'Time to be productive' his mind would say to him. He was trying. He meditated. He exercised. He helped in preparing food. He washed dishes. He swept the floors regularly. But it was not enough. And he knew it was right.
One day he opened his eyes at 5:45 am. He was doing that since a week now and slept only to wake up well past 10. Not today. Today somehow he got up. Because of lack of sleep he was not energetic. Still he persisted. Did meditation, listened to music and somehow completed exercise for the heck of it. He was not doing enough his mind was still in chatter. He went to shop got a coffee sachet, prepared coffee, sat down at the balcony and clicked pictures. Not the best ones but he felt better. He went took a bath and on coming back thought should prepare food today. So he put cooker on stove and started making rotis with speaker on. The shuffle playlist started playing 'Atrangi Yaari' and it reminded him of a friend he missed badly in this qurantine, whom he hadn't met in a year now. 'Yaari teri yaari, chal maana iss baari...saari meri fikre, tere aage aake haari...' And for those four minutes he was lost, he was not worried. His mind who reminded him he was not doing enough, was shut. He was singing, he was happy. And when he was done it was 10 am. The time he woke up everyday. Whole day ahead and nothing to worry.