Thoughts
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Do you have those times when you feel like you tried everything, felt like you did all the right things, followed the books and articles. and yet the result was quite not as you expected. It can be immensely saddening when things don’t go our way, especially after all that thought and effort. Some stoic…
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Some time ago I posted a quick sketch I made on social media. It wasn’t my best but I just wanted to post it, spontaneously. Got a few likes, but one friend commented on what was ‘lacking’ in the sketch and how I can ‘fix’ it. We have seen this many times, and I must…
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Imagine walking down a street after a lunch with friends, still indulged in animated conversation with them. Suddenly you run into a another long forgotten friend coming down from the other side. Its both delightful and pleasantly surprising. I have had such encounters many times now, meeting known faces in least expected circumstances. Being born,…
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Being a Bangalorean and staying in the same city accords me some privileges. One major one is option to visit my relatives and friends. At least pre-pandemic, that meant an invitation to an array of weddings, naming ceremonies and other myriad social events which make the fabric of an extended Indian family. One thing you…
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One of the not so pleasant realizations of entering your adulthood is that everything changes. People who you thought would forever stay for you, friends who you had decided to get old with, an office where you saw yourself for years, all of them at some point fade away. The separation can be circumstantial, a…
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As you keep growing up, different aspects take the center stage at different life stages. Once you get into adulthood, and you are past the initial days of euphoria of earning, enjoying great freedoms and even financial leeway to an extent, things start to settle down. And sometime in your late 20s or early 30s…
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So for a lot of things in life, to succeed, you need to build the skill, have perseverance, maybe have some luck as well. But the most important question of all, which will decide the amount of work you are willing to put in is the why. You often see this is in motivational talks…
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One of the many things which has got upended by digitalization is the concept of physical books. In the age of mobile phones and kindles, people still sticking to read from a physical book is dwindling. It might well be on the same path as newspapers. As apps overtake the news market, newspaper which once…
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When I started with my first job, it wasn’t an easy transition from college life to full blown five days a week corporate job. I had few of my friends join the same company, so there was some sense of continuity. However it was really difficult to keep yourself focused for 9+ hours five days…
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Among other things, one thing which changed a lot due to quarantine, is everyone had to clean and take care of their space on their own without any help. Quarantine or not, I always find cleaning your space therapeutic. Some might find gold being in a hot mess, but many have professed the simple task…
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