About Madhavi Ghare

So, who is Madhavi Ghare anyway?

Here is an interesting interview / introduction of me – i.e. – Madhavi Ghare!

How Do You Pronounce Your Name?

My name, Madhavi Ghare is pronounced Maa-dha-vee Gha-ray.

So Madhavi, What do you do?

I have been working as a freelance web copy writer and blogger for over 5 years now. I also read Tarot cards and teach Tarot card reading.

How did you get into all this?

I used to do the corporate grind for a while (seems like ages to me!) – because for many, many years of my life I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life, and in my life.

As a consequence, I ended up doing a bunch of random jobs. Most of them were pretty un-connected with each other, but then I actually learnt quite a bit from these experiences.

Mostly, I learnt about what I did not want to be doing with my life, and in my life.

For example?

Well, for starters, I quickly realized that corporate office politics was a very sophisticated game, and that I wasn’t the kind of person who wanted to spend more time playing it while I could actually get some work done and go home and read a book.

Also, I very quickly realized that I did not – rather, could not – see the rest of my life just passing by this way. The pay was decent, but it wasn’t something I saw myself doing for the rest of my life. I always thought back to the standard job interview question where they ask you:

“Where do you see yourself five years from now?”

Well, I always lied and gave them the answer they wanted to hear. But honestly, I always saw myself sitting at home, in my PJs, and working on my laptop, and doing things that I liked to do and having a great time doing them.

So where did Writing come in?

Well, I always loved to write and I used to fill up pages and pages of notebooks and diaries and what-not. I write poems and make up stories. And I love being able to express myself. And in my spare time, I had made a website on Geocities – and I had put up my stories and poems on there. I actually ended up meeting a lot of nice people who read them and liked them and stuff like that.

Coming back to my story, one day, I just decided to quit everything and bring my life to a crisis point. It was now or never. I felt as if I had to force the hand of the Universe or something…

And then, out of the blue, I got a phone call from a company, asking me if I was interested in this copywriter position. They had seen my Geocities site and liked my writing style.

Well, I did end up take up the job, and till date, those four months that I worked for them were the most fun I have ever had while working in a ‘job’. But of course, the fun didn’t last long. Stupidly childish office politics took over, and I just quit. Walked out.

The very next day, I purchased my domain www.madhavighare.com and everything began from that point onwards.

You see, I had realized that writing was what I had been wanting to do all my life – in fact it had been what I was already doing and enjoying, all my life. And web content writing was one of the ways I could make a decent living, while avoiding all the silliness and stupidity that I encountered in corporate life.

Cool.. But what about the Tarot thing?

Ah! It was during the time that I had quit the job that I discovered the cards. You see, I never really believed in all this – I used to think that it was just a huge scam – all that astrology and stuff. But then, one day, a friend of mine told me to just go for a Tarot reading. She figured that since I was so confused, I would get some guidance from a reading, and all that.

I had no clue what Tarot was all about and she convinced me that I had to try it out and see for myself. So I went. And oh boy! The experience really shook me up. I just felt so connected to the cards and the pictures and the entire process…

When the reading was over, I asked the lady if she would teach me and she did and then she pushed me into reading professionally and here I am!

So that was it?

Not really. You see, after the first few readings I did professionally, I realized that there was so much more that I simply wasn’t ‘getting’. So I started to look around on the Internet and I found these amazing books which I ordered from Amazon.Com and started to read them. I learnt so much from those books, that I was amazed at the amount of knowledge and information that the cards contain.

I quickly realized that as with Writing, so it is with Tarot – you never really know ‘everything’.. all you can do is keep studying, keep learning, and keep on trying new things and discover a world of possibilities and more! The fun part is that this process never really ends and it keeps you going forever!

That brings me back to my question: How do you manage both of these careers?

Its easy. I just go with the flow!

(Smiles) Just like that?

Yeah! Just like that!

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OK. Let me see if I can explain differently…

It is totally a left-brain, right-brain combination thing.

See, the left brain is very logical, rational and objective, and the right brain is very intuitive, random and subjective.

With my Writing, I tend to engage my left brain, and with my Tarot, I tend to engage my right brain.

And sometimes, with both, I tend to engage both these sides and come up with some really amazingly creative and sensible stuff…

I feel that both my ‘methods of expression’ are extremely creative and sensible at the same time.. there is always a logic to the intuitive stuff I get from the Tarot cards, and there is always a randomly subjective side to the rational writing stuff I do.

Okaaaayyy… But how does it all work out?

It just does. I can’t quite explain it .. its as if I end up wearing a superhero costume and doing something really randomly creative and sensible and objective whenever I sit down to write, or sit down for a reading.

You know, things just seem to magically fall into place and life is simpler and easier and much more fun that way!

Bottom line, it just works..

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Well, it was hard for me too, at first, to make sense of it. But I just accepted it and it just became easier to live and breathe.

(Shakes Head and Shrugs) Ok.. I guess… So what is this site all about?

Well, a while back I took the big leap and started a freelance career, and today I am well on my way to creating the life that I had envisioned myself in. I can totally relate to the picture I saw in my head when they asked me where I wanted to be five years later.

Along the way, I met many people who asked me how I did it, and what I did and so forth. They also asked me many questions about writing and other related stuff. I too ended up asking them many questions. And we all learnt a great deal.

So my idea with this site was that I can share all the stuff I have learnt and help other people understand and know the stuff that I do know. That will be the main core principle of the next part of my journey in my freelance life.

So there is a next part of the journey?

Of course! It can’t just stop here, you know. There is so much more out there! Today, I have the picture of the next five years emerging in my mind and I am striving for that.

The fun has only just started!

Stick around, and join the journey with me!

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