Is it just me or does there come a certain point while working on long-form research when you're just done? You just stop caring about the quality and the comments, and all you want to do is press the submit button.

For some godawful reason and against my better judgement, I feel like weighing in on the Liver Doc vs Vidit debate. It is hurtful for Vidit to have someone discredit his family online. Although, liver doc did not know say his father is a bad Ayurvedic migraine specialist, or

I found it ironic that I’d have to take a car to reach my gym that was about a kilometre away. But, open flouting of traffic rules, lack of pedestrian-friendly infra, broken roads, lack of well-lit roads, safety issues, pollution… Delhi’s no longer built for its people.

Okay, why aren’t people freaking out about this?!

the whole point of making money is paying for dinner for ur friends and buying a little gift for your cousins and getting flowers for ur parents and giving it away to ur neighbors and every once in a while following a little dream in ur head

You know you’re ready to let go when you’re not even angry anymore. Just tired. You’ve done the “maybe if I say it diff…” thing. But nothings changing. You’re ready to let go when you realise: You’re not asking for too much. They’re offering too little & you’ve normalised it.

Does running actually get easier if you do it a lot or is it that you just get more masochistic

If you’re a student choosing what to focus on, read NOVELS. It will teach you to live the lives of others, see the world through different lenses, empathise more & judge less, & become a better participant in the world. That’s the core skill you’ll need to find fulfillment.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but date someone who actually follows through. Bc we live in a world obsessed with beginnings. There’s a diff between someone who promises with emotion & someone who shows up in practice. Many of us confuse effort with energy. Let me explain..

I’m gonna hold your hand when I say this: Healing isn’t just about feeling better. It’s about becoming better at feeling. The podcasts, gym, your routine isn’t the only work you’ve got to do. Learn how to regulate when you want to get harsh. Let me explain.

Friendship should not be a severance package for a failed relationship.

Pro tip: Always carry a book.

꩜ to live in this world you must be able to do three things to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go -- Mary Oliver

Thinking of about those precious interactions one has while travelling or just existing alone - long conversations w/ strangers whose names you never end up asking. You know that once you say goodbye, you won’t be able to reach them again. There’s something so poetic about that.