Making the best of reading books

We picked up a book to read.Now we don’t quite enjoy it. However, if we leave it midway, guilt quickly jumps in.Should we finish it up or read it fully? The guilt works strangely.Instead of making us decide, it makes us give up on reading altogether.  What if we...

Creativity and content

Creating content is less about new ideas on a random day.It’s more of a process. Showing up each day.Documenting what we did.Being ourselves. Creating content even when we don’t get the muse.And listening to the audience about what lights them up. If we keep on doing...

The extreme emotions

You got promoted.Maybe getting married this year!And oh, you got a pet too.Or you got fired from a job.Went through a tough breakup.Perhaps the family went through a crisis. These are extreme emotions.  People share them all the time on social media. And there...

What are we leaving behind?

We are still using some things in life. Old words.Old thought patterns.Old behaviours. Just because we have accustomed ourselves to them.They’re a habit now.They don’t serve any purpose. As we form new habits, it is also important to question which are the old ones...

Why do we break new year resolutions?

90% of new year resolutions are broken by 15th January. Why does that happen despite our best intentions? The brain is always looking for shortcuts, and its default shortcut is to go back to what it is used to.  Deep down, we haven’t conditioned it to act in a...

Is it enough to ask questions?

We often ask ourselves a lot of questions: Why am I doing this?Why do I not want to do this?What do I want to achieve by taking this path? All are very meaningful and important questions. However, are we allowing ourselves to get the answers?  Or are our lives a...