in case I lose my capacity to write
working on a list of posts I want to write in case I lose my capacity to write anytime soon. we wouldn’t know how much time we have left, so why not…
notes/ notes
small meaningful thingsthe time never comes for a thoughtful reply
everytime I wait for a time and space so I can be thoughtful when I reply to someone’s comment or email – the time never comes and I end up coming across…
expecting a fine-dining experience from a world
last week I said goodbye to my therapist because she’s moving. I’ve not seen her for 2 years, so I tried to explain how I’ve become less unhappy in between. I said…
self sabotage looks a lot like self sacrifice
also sometimes self sabotage looks a lot like self sacrifice so people (including myself) think they are being good people by having no boundaries, not knowing how to say no, volunteering to…
trying to wipe off the decades old operating system I’ve been installed with
Learning to be happy for me has been trying to wipe off the decades old operating system I’ve been installed with, reformatting myself and trying to install something new. Human beings are…
it is impt to create obscure stuff
FWIW I think it is impt to create obscure stuff. 1. historically impt stuff are sometimes unpopular in their times, 2. the world is full of diverse beautiful weird nuggets but popular…
leaders in therapy
It should be a norm for people in leadership positions to be in therapy. 1. leaders have disproportionate power to impact many lives, 2. everyone has blind spots and unconscious emotions 3….
full archive of my writing
I believe in keeping a full archive of my writing no matter how idiotic I used to sound but wow I’ve just been frowning so much while migrating them from Medium.
trying to be alive
for me trying to be alive is some version of trying to find some joy and aliveness while somehow bearing survivor’s guilt, complicity and hypocrisy in the midst of injustice, violence and…
the unbearable weight of being
It is always difficult to accept complicity and therefore, responsibility. It is just easier to believe everything is fated, happens for a reason, etc, than to believe we can have the power…