My Way of Existing
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The chessboard we didn’t sign-up for
Everyone’s Playing Chess. You Just Didn’t Know You Were the Piece. Ever feel like life’s a giant chessboard and you’re just… part of the game? Look around. People are making moves, strategic, subtle, sometimes ruthless. But instead of rooks and bishops, they’re using us. For someone, you’re the pawn they push forward. For someone else, you’re the knight they rely on to leap over chaos. And if you’re lucky (or powerful), maybe you’re the king they protect, or the queen they fear. It’s wild when you realize: we’re all pieces on someone’s board. But here’s the thing, we get to…
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10 Cups of Creativity: A Forgotten Reminder
Found this gem deep in an old folder from my Creative Thinking course. The assignment? “Draw 10 cups.” That’s it. No brief, no model, just 10 different ways to cup.Looking at them now, it’s wild. There’s the cracked, detailed one; the fluffy, blue, on-fire one; the messy scribble one; and the structured grid one. They’re all over the place, and that’s the point. At the time, I was just doing the work, probably stressing about the grade. But the prompt was actually asking: “What does creativity look like to you?” Looking at them now, it’s wild. There’s the cracked, detailed…
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The Tragic Beauty of Weekends & Leisure Time
In my pursuit of precious freedom, leisure time becomes my sanctuary. I fragment these fleeting moments into rejuvenation, family love, cherished friendships, and growth. Each experience enriches my soul, be it meditative stillness, laughter-filled family moments, or skill-building endeavors. I strive to live fully, embracing life’s beauty without regrets.
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My Top 6 Favorite Drinks (Non-Alcoholic, duh)
The author shares their favorite drinks, including pomegranate juice, lassi, and peach iced tea, highlighting each drink’s health benefits, nostalgic feelings, and personal significance in their life.
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A Break from “Caring What Others Think About Me” and “Me Caring To Much About Others Feelings Over Mine”
The content reflects on the struggle of individuals in prioritizing others’ opinions over their own desires, highlighting how societal pressures can hinder authenticity. The author seeks freedom from these constraints, aiming for a life uninfluenced by external judgments.
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Today Ain’t My Day
The day started with the continuation of my fever that started from Saturday. The head ache… Felt like millions of minions banging hard inside the right side of my head. Hardcore pain. Still, I took some meds, packed my bag and started to work. Like always, pre-planned the tasks to be completed for the day. There was some hurry burry works, waiting to be closed and buried. That’s the primary reason that I didn’t take a sick leave. But… Well well… Day didn’t turn out the way I wanted. Entire day my vision was dark tinted. Felt like my entire…
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A World Without Plastic
If you could un-invent something, what would it be? Without doubt – Plastic. If I had the chance, I would give everything to un-invent plastic. I would journey through the corridors of time to find those people, every single one — who dared to plant the seed of this idea. Though Leo Baekeland is credited with creating the first fully developed plastic, my search wouldn’t stop with him. I’d go further back, peeling through the layers of history to uncover the mind that first envisioned this synthetic curse disguised as innovation. And look where we are now… This so-called marvel…
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In the eyes of my Dogs
Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? Being a human has made me lonesome the moment my door of consciousness opened. The human-human connection. The longing to be loved by fellow humans has always been beyond my scope. It’s just a facade. Or should I say a mirage. The love I am talking about is not the one that fits just as romance. Love is never a one size fits all. We all know that. To be accepted for who you are is the purest form of love. Every time I watch anime, I love the…
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Learning: A never ending trail that keeps our life a little more interesting!
What skills or lessons have you learned recently? I always have a clear understanding about the difference between studying and learning. And that is why the word learning always excites me and it quenches my curiosity without bias. My greatest teacher in my life is life itself and myself. And my learning courses are always intense and annoying. I better split this blog post into two, first I talk about skills I learnt and next I’ll talk about lessons I learnt this year! The Tiny Little Skills I Learned Recently: I want to learn a lot more new skills in…
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12 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Buy Impulsively!
Impulse buying entraps us in a cycle of regret, fueling waste and environmental destruction. Choose needs over wants; your wallet and the planet will thank you.
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The Starry Sky
We don’t usually get to see a starry sky. Well, there will be few visible stars here, but not too many to lie down and admire like it used to be when I was a kid. Back then we used to lie on the rooftop often. Eventhough our place and surrounding is not as polluted as the city, we live close to airport, naturally air pollution and light pollution is inevitable on certain days. But yesterday, I am not sure if its the calmness after the rain and cyclone that the city faced last week, I accidentally noticed too many…
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Falling in Love with Flawed Mangoes
It all started accidentally, one of those moments when you’re not even looking. I was scrolling through Spotify late one evening, lost in the endless sea of suggestions, when I stumbled upon Flawed Mangoes. I didn’t expect much, but something about the name intrigued me. In a world that often expect you and force you to be perfect… I am someone who learnt it’s okay to be flawed. So the name Flawed Mangoes hit a home run right there. I clicked play, and before I knew it, I was falling into a world that felt like it was waiting for…
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In Three Years: Living Like a Peregrine Falcon
In three years, the author aims to embody traits of the Peregrine Falcon, focusing on personal growth, confidence, meaningful relationships, and purposeful achievements in life and career.
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I Cried Today In Front Of My Mother
Today was that day for me. The day that we INFJs have… The day when all the worries which we have been ignoring and stuffing inside the closest inside our mind so that we make believe everything is fine and try to carry on with life breaks out. And today is the day for me… The day everything broke open overflowed infront of my mother – My source of existence. May be I was desperate to know how to steer past this part of my life that has been drowning me. Ofcourse both our paths are different. She is the bravest…
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Life without computer looks like this…
Your life without a computer: what does it look like? After ages… Finally I am experiencing travel without thoughts occupied by work… ie travelling without my laptop. This is my first international trip… Most importantly, I realised this is how life would feel like without laptop in picture. Guess where…
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What No One Tells You About Your First Corporate Job: 10 Takeaways
Stepping into the corporate world can be intense. Working smarter, finding support, setting boundaries, and prioritizing health are crucial.
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Food: The Motivation To Look Forward In Life
What are your favorite types of foods? Introduction: My Love-Hate Relationship with Food As a child, I was the kid who despised food in every form. My mom would often get frustrated with my refusal to eat, and some even thought I was being neglected. The reality, though, was quite the opposite—my mom tried her best. It wasn’t until much later that we discovered I had slight health issues that affected my appetite. With the help of Liv 52, my appetite improved, but my relationship with food was far from normal. I remained a picky eater, carefully choosing veggies and…
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Finding Comfort in Solitude: My Healing Journey at Kuuraku Japanese Restaurant
The last thing that excited me was indulging in Japanese delicacies at Kuuraku. Life’s uncertainties weigh on us all, and prioritizing well-being comes with a cost. Loneliness had become a familiar yet unwelcome friend, but by treating myself to a comforting meal, I found solace and learned to love myself. Embrace your strength and self-love—better days await.
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Making Myself A Priority Again
Life is a journey with its ebbs and flows. Sometimes, we find ourselves at a crossroads. We feel lost and undervalued. Yes, people are scary and unpredictable. It’s okay to close the doors to your heart after getting yourself pushed to the edge of a cliff. It’s alright. It seems hopeless today. But this is also the sign that life is protecting you. It keeps things and people that are not meant for you away. It’s in these moments that we must remember to rank ourselves, to find our way back to self-love and self-care. It’s not just a way…
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The Quest To Happiness
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? How to define happiness? We all define happiness differently, don’t we? Not everyone is made happy by the same things or people. For me, happiness feels like warmth and comfort. It’s like resting under the shade of a tree while watching big, fluffy clouds move aimlessly across the sky. Happiness is like breathing without difficulty. It’s the overflowing emotion I see in my dogs’ eyes when they catch sight of me as I return home. Some days, happiness is just a feeling that comes naturally. Happiness is the kind of emotion…
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Sink or Swim: Learning Swimming as an Adult
Picture this: A land-dwelling creature (Me) with lungs that occasionally protest. And then there’s water, the mysterious, liquid abyss that I have never understood, always seeming like it’s waiting to swallow me. Back in 2019, I decided to create a bucket list. List of – things that I wanted to do, things that I thought will give me a reason to look forward to the future, things that drifted me from the thoughts of existential crisis. My list had everything from “Seeing Fireflies” to “Travelling to Barcelona”. But nestled among those wishes was the granddaddy of them all: swimming. Yep,…
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Grandfather
I always want to shut my ears when someone talks about their grandparents, especially their grandfather. Maybe it’s because I don’t have them. That’s what I told myself when I was a kid. Maybe it’s because I couldn’t relate. That’s what I told myself when I was a teenager. Maybe it’s because I couldn’t change the past. That’s what I told myself today. The past me always looked in awe at kids who talked about their grandparents buying them this and that, giving them allowances and hugging them hard, cooking them their favorite dishes, telling them all the random funny…
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Being Weak: Personal Reflection
Weakness is a word that we often associate with our inabilities, negativity, shame, or failure. We tend to avoid it, hide it, or deny it. But what if we could see weakness differently? Weakness has two sides: physical and emotional. I experienced the extremes of both. Physical Weakness The first time I felt physically weak was when I was diagnosed with a health condition that affected my muscles, nerves and bones. I had to undergo several diagnostics, and treatments, and I spent months in the hospital and at home, unable to do the things… Things which I thought were not…
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For Some, Experiencing Life Close To Death Teaches Self Worth
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? We are the sum of all the people we met since our birth, all the things we have seen, all the food we ate, all the books we read and most importantly all the experiences we had. Feeling Out of Place: How I Struggled With Fitting In From my childhood, despite having parents and siblings who loved me I found myself not fit in this world. I have allowed people to define who I am most of the time but I am always unclear what…
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When love for pets ends up paving way for new career!
Life is full of surprises, and sometimes it makes you wonder if it is already planned by someone. Since I was a kid, I have always doubted that some crazy person scripting my life. As a brand officer of a pet care brand, my education or qualification doesn’t make any sense, so is my childhood dream. I never had control over my life for the past 26 years. What could I expect?! I have always wanted to write a book based on all the craziest things that happened to me. I am pretty sure that it sells like a cake.…
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Anti-Mirror: Power Of Words & Action
By observing people, I realized how predictable humans are. The perk of being INFJ is that judging people at some point becomes a superpower without us realizing it. It used to be my curse because I was so not ready to use it. Or should I say, I underestimated my capabilities to judge people. I often confused my gut feeling with anxiety, ignored my warning signs, and ended up in many toxic friendships. But after embracing the power of judgment I could able to use it well to understand social cues and communication patterns among people when I finally set…
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The Legacy of Dr. Gunashekaran: A Tribute to a Compassionate Local Doctor
The post reflects on the invaluable role of local doctors in providing accessible healthcare, highlighting Dr. Gunashekaran’s compassionate service, affordability, and reliability. His passing leaves a significant void for many in the community.
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Marching Away From My 25th March
March, the month I love the most. The reason is quite simple, it’s the month that my mother gave birth to me. It’s the month I feel at home. It’s the month that made me cry a lot. It’s the month that made me who I am. It is also the month I reborn. It’s the month of spring. I turned 25 this year on March 18th. Since I was a kid, I have never dreamt of my future self. Strangely…? Nope. Naturally… Given what life put me through, I didn’t have time to dream about being an actual adult…
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HOW ARE WE GOING TO #BREAKTHEBIAS IN A WORLD WHICH IS SUBMERGED IN GENDER BIAS?!
March has arrived! March, was a month that was named after the Roman god of war, Mars. If you google, you could get to see an endless number of facts like these that describe the beauty of March. But out of everything, the most prominent event that lights up March unlike any other month is “International Women’s Day”. A day when every organization and media start preparing content around women. Making phrases that describe the phenomenal existence and importance of women, corporates conducts events and provide gifts to glorify women, social media is filled with people celebrating their mothers, daughters,…
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Thriving
Life’s unpredictability fades as we grow. Tom Hanks’ words remind us that all feelings pass. Thriving means disregarding unnecessary emotions and embracing indifference, leading to better mental health and resilience.
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Art: A Way To Let Go Of All Your Complex Feelings
Art is for everyone, not just the talented or trained. It defies standards and rules, offering a liberating outlet for emotion. Embrace it for therapeutic expression.
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The Power Of WORDS
Words hold immense power as they shape our thoughts and experiences. Every word we speak carries energy and impacts our lives. By using positive affirmations and being mindful of our language, we can harness this power for positive change.
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Healing from Bullying: Empowerment and Self-Acceptance Journey
Bullying, the term which was quite aware by a lot, is also the word which I didn’t know about when I went through it. Bullying still happens a lot around in our country yet there are less people who are ready to address this issue. There is a fault at the system all along. When we watch movies we see comedy or humor is something where when one is put down and trashed talk or mocked and we consider it as funny. This again observed by the children and reflects through their behavior. It is basically a cycle. So what…
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Gardening Lessons: Patience, Perseverance, and Joy in Nature’s Gifts
Gardening holds varied importance for individuals, from hobby to livelihood. It offers spiritual presence and teaches patience, life lessons, and perseverance. Building a relationship with nature brings the reward of soulful rejuvenation and valuable experiences.
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