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Jul 17

How do our identities become commodities?

How do our identities become commodities? I am amazed by the speed of our copy-paste culture and how it turns everything into a commodity so quickly. Just thinking through the last year, we all have been exposed to the waves of tribal communities on social media. A wave of nordic…

Lifestyle

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Jun 8

Why are some people like sunshine?

I was recently having a low energy moment until I had seen a friend with a little warm smile that lift me up. …

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Jan 9

What does make life interesting?

What does make life interesting? When I was younger, I was trying to guess what type of life I would have when I grow up. Now, I remember it with a smile or more of a sarcastic laugh that I was struggling to guess what it would look like but…

Psychology

2 min read


Aug 15, 2021

How did our lives get more complicated with capitalist ease?

How did our lives get more complicated with capitalist ease? The way we live has been significantly changed. We have access to giant amount information like never before, reaching people is just a click away, follow and get inspired by thought leaders in social platforms, reading is easier with all…

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Apr 24, 2021

Why We Need to Tune Into our 3rd Brain

Why We Need to Tune Into our 3rd Brain “Return to our bodies rather than remaining in an unconscious thought trance” was Nicole LePera’s advice as one thing humans need to heal. I was not consciously aware that I was living in such a thought trance. And, I am discovering I was not even consciously differentiating what is a…

Intuition

4 min read

Why We Need to Tune Into our 3rd Brain
Why We Need to Tune Into our 3rd Brain

Jan 30, 2021

How to Build Courage

How to Build Courage Recently I have found myself strongly speaking up for the things that I probably would not dare in the past. When I try to reflect, I have realized this was coming from a place of courage and resilience. …

Psychology

3 min read


Jan 12, 2021

Is Being A Good Person Subject to Privileges?

Is Being A Good Person Subject to Privileges? I do not think there is anything more bothering than the fact that being a good person is correlated with privileges or at least not equally achievable for everyone. I was ignorantly surprised to see studies showing a negative correlation between wealth…

Life

3 min read


Dec 7, 2020

Never Settle for Bare Minimum

Never Settle for Bare Minimum I have half-jokingly made this quote my wallpaper in an attempt to motivate myself to get things done, even though it feels like one of those productivity scams. It is not always easy to feel motivated for what you do. And motivation is very crucial…

Human Behavior

3 min read


Oct 12, 2020

Losing, who knows?

Losing, who knows? We all go through these little existential crisis moments that we question our potential, what we do, what we really want to do. Then, majority of us forget everything, go back to our small worlds and continue doing small things with big ambitions. Sometimes ambition comes from…

Life Lessons

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Sep 6, 2020

Wait, but What Is Success?

Wait, but What Is Success? “I have always had the view that how successful you are is really a function of how you deal with failure. If you deal with it well and you persist, you have a high probability of being successful”. I have recently come across this quote…

Psychology

3 min read

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