The Year I Spent ₹3.77 Lakhs on Things I Didn't Need (And the Survival Frugality I'm Still Unlearning)

I sat down with a pen, a notebook, and a year of online receipts. The number was ₹3.77 lakhs. Here's what was actually underneath it.

How I Started Unlearning My Parents' Patterns at Work (What Actually Helped)

One Friday with no meetings, I sat down and listed every task I had been avoiding for almost a year. I am not kidding when I say it took me the entire day. Three months later, 40% of those tasks are still pending — and I am still figuring out if that means I am failing.

When My Body Stopped Negotiating: The Rock Bottoms I Couldn't Outrun

For years, I told myself the snoring was just stress. The choking at night was just acid reflux. The bone-deep exhaustion was just corporate life. I was 33 when a sleep study finally told me the truth: severe obstructive sleep apnea. My husband had been watching me stop breathing in

April 2026 Monthly Reset: How I’m Redesigning Life Beyond Work

At the beginning of every year, I sat down with my favourite Milan P1 pen from Crosswords and a fresh journal to write my goals. I usually completed at least 70% of them. But they never added up for a life I was intentionally building. This year, I paused that

Why We Keep Repeating the Same Mistakes: The Difference Between Regret and Repentance

When I stopped scrolling for good and tried to sit quietly with my uncomfortable thoughts (not always successfully), my mind often drifted to the pain I may have caused others through my words and actions. I winced at the guilt it triggered in my heart. This wasn’t the first

Signs of an Unhealthy Friendship (And How to Recognise It Early)

It was a sunny Saturday when my husband and I attended one of my colleagues' housewarming ceremonies. I was dolled up and excited to attend the event. It’s rare these days to receive an invitation, and even rarer for a non-wedding event. Almost everyone we know in our

The Life I Lived Out of Obligation While Waiting for My Own to Begin

Content Note: This piece discusses emotional distress. Please read with caution. Hospital waiting rooms are strange places to be. Some sit with hope in their hands and fear in their stomachs, pretending to scroll through their phones while waiting for life-changing news. Some wait impatiently, thinking about their next tasks,

Five Eye-Opening Books I Read in 2025 and the Lessons They Taught Me

Last year, I set sail on a life-changing journey with the help of five books. After completing a book, I always check online to see if the books I read changed anyone else's life. However, most only mentioned the purpose of the book or lessons from the first

What I Counted as Achievement in 2025—Even When It Didn’t Look Like One

Do you remember a year that changed the direction of your career, health, or relationships, one that quietly set you on a path you either chose or ran from? 2025 was that turning point for me—a year where I shifted enough gears to finally see the direction I wanted

From Fear of Judgment to Breaking the Victim Mindset

Fear has many faces, but the one that quietly shaped my career was fear of judgment. I didn’t realise how deep my fear of judgment ran its course until I noticed how rarely I turned my camera on during virtual meetings at work. Every time I turned the camera

How a Toxic Upbringing Quietly Shaped My 14-Year Career

I almost didn’t write this. Reflecting on this topic meant confronting truths I had kept buried for a long time. Accepting that reality meant forcing myself to examine how I work and how I project confidence. Writing this felt like a point of no return. This is a complex

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Humble beginnings..

Hello, there! I have tussled with writing since I was a kid and walked away from it more than once. When I was 12, I would write stories about a boy with superpowers rescuing the girl (or me) from nasty villains while falling in love. Little did I know then