Culture And Society
At Last! My Book Is Finally Complete!
February 22. That’s the day I sent my first pitch for a quote for my book. To Ashwin Sanghi of all people! I don’t know what got into me to aim so high right at the beginning, but I did. And come March 1, his quote was in the bag. I was elated – and …
21 days to 2017: what will you change this new year? Here’s my list of 3.
Whoosh! Yet another year has flown by! I can hardly believe it, can you? I had planned way too many things for 2016, which is probably why I’m feeling less than pleased as I review the year today. Well, 2017 is the year I don’t want to have this dreary feeling in the pit of …
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Are You Living Life in Reverse?
A lot of people do this to themselves. They work at jobs they hate to buy things they don’t need. They date and/or marry just to avoid being alone. Then after years have gone by, they wake up and try to turn things around.
Tone Matters: Are You Saying It Right?
So many times we focus on speaking the right words but we forget how we are saying them. For instance, if we are mad at someone but we don’t want them to know, we will hide our true feelings and talk to them like everything is peachy. We keep calm and speak like all is …
Working Part-Time Isn’t Always A Compulsion. Sometimes, It’s A Choice.
Everybody is different. We all have unique lifestyles and philosophies, and most of them are accepted as personal choices. Why then, when it comes to our professional life, do so many of us regard working full-time as the default standard? Isn’t the number of hours one wants to devote to work a personal choice too, …
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On Keeping It Real And Going In A New Direction
For months now, I have been looking for an appropriate headshot to use for all my social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Now I have quite a few potential photos that I could use—and have been actively taking just for this very reason—but my search stopped as soon as this photo came …
When Will The Desperate Quest For Physical Perfection Stop?
First we had IQ. Then EQ came along. Going by the current state of the world, we will soon have a new quotient: GQ aka Gorgeousness Quotient. Hmm. It sounds ridiculous. But wait, doesn’t it already exist?
Writing: What’s Coffee Got To Do With It?
I need a strong cup of black coffee twice a day – once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Sometimes, I even need three cups to ensure that my mind and eyes are open and functioning. Of course, there have been days when I have gone without it, and they turned out to be …