Social media detox.

I know I speak for everybody when I say that social media is one of the purest forms of addiction. Taking myself as an example, to elaborate on that, I spent an average of 3 to 4 hours daily on Youtube, Twitter, Instagram and Reddit on weekdays. I averaged about 5 to 6 hours on …

Cold showers.

I have been taking a cold shower everyday from the past one and a half months. There are only 3 reactions that I get whenever I tell this to people. The first reaction is "Why?". The second being "So?" and the third is my personal favorite, "k.". This seemingly useless venture of mine started when …

Seek discomfort.

I was introduced to the concept of seeking discomfort about a year back. Before that, life to me has always been about avoiding discomfort. To stay in my own little comfort zone. To be surrounded by the people that I am comfortable with and sticking to routines and habits that I am familiar with and …

One life.

The red setting sun is shimmering off the waters of the lake. There are mountains around the lake lit up by the half-light of dusk. The birds are chirping. You're sitting on a rocking chair by your lake-side shack breathing in the fresh crisp air. Your end is near. You've lived a long life. You've …

Gratitude

Sympathy vs Empathy. We have all come across this comparison various times. Debates, books, interviews, everybody talks about what empathy is and why it is important. It is essential to be empathetic and to understand situations and livelihoods. Once you become empathetic, you sense an aura of gratitude. I felt that aura in Nele, which …

Internal monologue : Competition

What drives me? What motivates me to do what I do? I love being productive. I enjoy working. I enjoy doing multiple things. But why do I do it? I keep telling people that "learning" motivates me. That I do what I do because I enjoy learning. And that's what I tell myself too. I …

Perspective

It's scary and interesting to think that no person views the world in the way that you do. The sensory organs might work the same way for every person, but the fact of the matter is that, it is still a completely different world. The way every person perceives what the sensory organs detect is …

The night sky.

Humans have a tendency of being surrounded by egoism. We get a sense of accomplishment by doing little things in this poorly constructed society. We become proud. Our society is constructed in such a way that millennials get satisfaction by getting likes on photos or after completing some very petty work that's fairly insignificant. And …