Jun 26, 2021Screw Hustle Culture, Embrace Life at Your Own PaceYou were not built to work until you literally can’t anymore. — Being a victim of hustle culture myself, I’ve spent nights debilitating the purpose of my existence simply because I hadn’t found myself doing anything productive in the last 14 hours I had been awake. …Personal Growth3 min read
Jun 4, 2021The Ironic Greed of the Rich & Privileged: A Review of K-drama ‘Penthouse’Warning: Massive spoilers of Penthouse ahead. With the current climate in cinema and TV, we have stumbled upon a new genre of popular media on-screen that can simply be defined as “rich people things.” This genre gives us entertainment purely in the form of extremely wealthy people being extremely dramatic…Kdrama4 min read
May 24, 2021Me and the written wordThe written word has piqued my interest since I was a kid and I’m going to tell you all about it. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” — Stephen King This particular topic probably doesn’t surprise anyone since writing has been my thing for quite some time now. I was eight years old when I…Self5 min read
Apr 27, 2020How Do You Live in the Present When the Present Is a Pandemic?“Live in the now.”, “Forget about the past and the future. Live in the present. It’s all you have.” — we have practically grown up hearing this preached or trying to internalize it in some way. Especially us anxiety-riddled kids (and adults). …Pandemic4 min read
Sep 16, 2019I’m Not a Workaholic, I Just Love My JobHow I found a job that makes me want to get out of bed every morning and where it’s gotten me today — Over a year ago, if you had told me I would find my passion in a startup — I would have laughed in your face. My relentless, perfectionist, over-achieving, and ambitious self couldn’t have imagined in her wildest of dreams that she would end up working in a startup and…Work Life Balance4 min read
Apr 22, 2019Don’t fall for the Instagram posts and LinkedIn updates — nobody has their shit together!Ask any veritable adult if they have their shit together. Point blank. Here’s a non-verified statistic, 100% of them will tell you they don’t. …Life4 min read
Oct 10, 2018A poem on anxiety — The CageTrigger warning: This contains mild representations of an anxiety attack & chronic anxiety. Please do not proceed to read if any of that is a trigger for you. — Little by little Ounce by ounce I crept into this space That kept me renounced It renounced me of my ability to think rationally It renounced me of my ability to function normally What is normal, you might question Only if I knew Could I educate youMental Health2 min read
Aug 19, 2018an open letter to my 17 year old self.I have contemplated writing this for a while now — never actually putting pen to paper. Just contemplating it. But last night, I had an epiphany of sorts wherein I realised how much my life has changed in the past 5 years. My 17-year-old self could not have imagined in…Life Lessons5 min read
Mar 27, 2018Let me be the annoying little optimist I amI’m not forcing you to be one as well but you have no business raining on my parade. — I’m pretty sure people (who in all probability genuinely do not care about me) have reached their saturation point with me rambling on and on about everything I’ve been through and how it continues to affect me till date — positively and (at times) negatively too. I might be that…Life Lessons3 min read
Sep 1, 2017Be Your Own HeroGrowing up I always wanted a hero — someone to look up to, someone to idolize, someone to depend upon when things got rough. What I failed to realize is that I was always looking in the wrong places. My hero wasn’t outside or external. It wasn’t a fictional character…Personal Development3 min read