Let’s hope quiet luxury is loud enough for those in the back — If you binged the HBO show, Succession or were hooked on Gwenyth Paltrow’s trial, you’re familiar with the trend that has been making all the noise in the fashion industry in 2023. Oops, I mean all the soft buzz ‘quiet’ luxury has been making. Call it what you may —…

Sorry, but I will cringe if you say you will be ‘healthier’ in January — There is no lack of New Year resolutions and Dry January or the New Year, New Me mentality as we approach the last quarter of the year. I am not going to lie, and I’ve always fallen prey to that mindset of attaching new goals to a fresh new year. …

Sometimes, more is more — Glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, is more common than you think. According to recent research, 75% of the world’s population fears public speaking. In the U.S. alone, over 40% of people fear public speaking, followed by the fear of snakes. Snakes after public speaking! If you thought you…

How ‘Quiet’ made me realize the (silent) power introverts have — To all my ‘somewhat’, not-sure-still-figuring-it-out, or semi-introvert friends, I know what it’s like to be a square peg in a round hole. To come up with superficial small talk at parties. To put yourself out there and be bold even if it is unnatural. To be forced to speak in…

We all have a limited amount of social battery — even extroverts — Let me lay it straight without pulling any punches. Networking isn’t easy. Even for those who say they love it, it is an exhausting process. As a URL extrovert and IRL introvert, I often felt anxious before I reached an event venue where I knew I had to be affable…

Yes, l can achieve this ambitious goal in 30 days and so can you — There, I said it out loud. This story is proof. I’ve put this goal out into the universe, and there isn’t any going back. Honestly, I am tired of sitting on the fence. I have been writing on Medium *regularly* since January 2023. …

Why do we constantly optimize our time for more time? — I am trying extra hard to relax today. To just be. It is frustrating when you work to fill up your calendar because you think the ‘busier the better’, whereas an empty calendar is ultimately the goal. The days my calendar is full of meetings or pending tasks, it flies…

#4 was a real game changer for me — Writing on the internet has become so overcomplicated. We spend too much time over-analyzing what stories to write about. We overdo the ideation bit and often reject a thought without writing a word. Writing simply needs to come from a place of emotion. We don’t need fancy routines, tools, and…

300 days of writing & 100 stories published across 30 publications — As I sit on my writing chair today, something feels different. It feels good. I did it! I finally did it and hit publish on my 100th story. I wonder how I got here and yet, I cannot be more grateful for it. About finding a safe space to write…