Sundays are always spent re-focusing. Trying to catch hold of the life I really want for myself, and capturing it to memory. It’s when the newsletters pour in from different parts of the world, from people, who in my opinion, are lucky to have found a long time partnership with creativity. It’s when I scrollContinueContinue reading “Sundays”
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Koi no yokan
It was sometime before I actually noticed you. Like really saw you as a different person, not just the blur of acquaintances. And once you had my attention, it became impossible to get my eyes or my mind away. It was that feeling of familiarity, of sensing that person in the room. Even when youContinueContinue reading “Koi no yokan”
Book recommendations on Creativity
It is such a misconception that we only have to be hustling all the time to succeed. It is definitely great to be ambitious and to work hard, but does that leave any space for creativity then? Human beings are creative beings at heart. Yes, routines and disciplines are a part of our existence, butContinueContinue reading “Book recommendations on Creativity”
Guide to an uncomfortable life
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled.” I always thought it was easier said than done. Get out of your comfort zone and all that overdose of online quotes. But 2021 was my year of rebirth. I evolved. It was pretty,ContinueContinue reading “Guide to an uncomfortable life”
Window Seat
Perhaps you are a hopeless romantic like me too.Perhaps you too prefer beginnings more than endings. No wrong comparison. Endings are usually never liked.What I mean is, maybe you too prefer beginnings more than the journey. The happily ever afters.Cause there are no happy ever after. After all, there is only a beginning and anContinueContinue reading “Window Seat”
HOW TO ROMANTICIZE YOUR LIFE?
You have to romanticize your life. The small moments. When you smelled the rain on the grounds, when you had that first sip of tea, when the sunlight touched your skin making it warm and loved. When your parents shared a funny anecdote. When you slept in late. The big moments. When your phone beepedContinueContinue reading “HOW TO ROMANTICIZE YOUR LIFE?”
Yet another attempt.
I know. I know before you even speak a word. This is exactly how I keep feeling as well. Incomplete. Unworthy. Insufficient. Wannabe. The waves of sorrow and self-loathing are so huge, they wash away the Jenga blocks of self-confidence I built all this time. It took just a minute. Comparing myself constantly. The dizzyingContinueContinue reading “Yet another attempt.”
How much is too much?
Yes, a lot of us are probably privileged enough to romanticize every moment of our life. But that doesn’t mean, your feet leave the ground too high to ever touch down. While I understand we should try to be optimistic, look on the brighter side of things, it does not give us permission to exploitContinueContinue reading “How much is too much?”
Words without meanings
Have you ever wished the long journeys you took derailed itself of the mundaneness, so that you could breathe differently? Did you ever hope for a catastrophe to hit the town, so that your mind would have an alternative thought to choose from? Have you ever wanted from the bottom of the heart to justContinueContinue reading “Words without meanings”
Letters to storm 