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What a beautiful phrase. Probably one of my favorites of all time. It is intimacy and connection in one of their highest forms. Because what do you mean you took the chilis from my food because you know I can’t eat spicy food. You researched the place to check if there are any birds because you know I’m scared of them. You put more ice in my glass because you know I like my drinks colder. You…
The longer I stay at this job, the more stupid I feel. I feel so exhausted all the time that I am not able to execute the things I have to do. I used to feel so competent, but lately I’ve just been feeling inadequate. Like, there is no improvement. I have ideas in my head on the actions that I could do to improve my work, my team, or upskill myself but I cannot do it. They just stay as ideas.…
The people we love the most are often the ones we learn to overlook. English Vinglish is the kind of movie that hooks you right from the beginning. You know, one of those movies where it shows you a glimpse of what it's going to be about, and makes you swallow a lump in your throat. As kids, we used to think our parents were the smartest people in the world. They taught us how to read, write, and…
The thing about writing is not to talk, but to do it; no matter how bad or even mediocre it is, the process and production is the thing, not the sitting and theorizing about how one should write ideally, or how well one could write if one really wanted to or had the time. — Sylvia Plath No one could have said a better reminder to me than my dear companion, Miss Sylvia Plath. So here I am, in…
In case you're wondering (probably not.) Why is her heading "insatiably insane?" Did she just pick random words? No. Is she insatiable? In some areas, yes. Indescribable insatiability. Is she insane? Clinically? No comment. Metaphorically? Yes. Getting to the point... It's a lyric from one of my favorite songs by one of my (former) favorite bands—uh heavy on the former, cause it's been a shit show…