just married and moved to the united states says my current life status i am 26 a true delhiite and have been a workaholic all my life in a passionate 9 to 5 job until i finally decided to tie the knot and here i am now like most other newlywed nri wives on a dependant visa and the roads are suddenly different with the righthand side drive conveniently becoming the lefthand side drive the transport looks twisted so does my freedom to work and my friends and family seem to be farther than they actually are fact is even though the first few months of being married are as rosy as you can imagine with mr husband i hate to admit that the journey is not that easy every life changing experience comes with its own pros and cons while there are some cons of this situation there can be a long list of pros too only if you work towards them so i made myself a little daily diary writing down all i could do to keep myself busy and useful using all the free time i have on my hands something that all nri wives should try at least once before they find themselves that hardtoget jobbe the master chef even though i knew the basics of cooking i was always too lazy to perfect my skills mostly because all my time went into working but after coming to the us and having access to the never ending food supermarkets the idea of cooking fascinated me think chinese italian mexican japanese american and mediteraninan or even indian there is an ingredient available for everything all under one roof so why not use the free time to cook and bake although this is not what i plan to do for a living ever its nice to confess that its fun to cook try new recipes and achieve that title of a master chefeducation is ageless my visa says i cannot work but it surely allows me to study for me education is ageless and you are never too old to learn new things if our professors could be phds so can we and this is the right time to do it there is no other time consuming responsibility or job that is stopping you to study further and these days a masters degree can do wonders to your career ahead also making new friends in a foreign country is easier in school than sitting in your apartmentpick your hobby i was a painter in school and was buried in novels since the times of nancy drews but as i grew up i realized i had less time for my hobbies and more for work and social life i craved my sundays without any plans where i could just sit and spend time with my canvas or a book and now i know this is my time to pick back that hobby i missed for so long read