In this post, I have made a list of timeless and uplifting Japanese principles and how we can practice them in our daily lives. A country that I have always been drawn to is Japan. Even though I haven’t visited…
How To Become Mentally Strong
Life tests us all. The question is not how to remove problems from our lives, but how to become mentally strong enough to face them and maintain peace and stability even amidst life’s storms. When we walk, we wear shoes…
Quiet Acts of Grace and The Way Things Inter-Are
Hello Dear Reader, It is 7:30 a.m. as I sit down to write to you. I have returned home to attend a short course, known as a refresher course, which is required for assistant professors in India. If you’re not…
How I Keep My Room Clean and Tidy all the time
Keeping your room clean and tidy all the time might seem like a lot of work. I know most of us are not big fans of cleaning our rooms. We would rather cook or do the dishes, but not clean…
How To Have Slow Unhurried Mornings
What would it feel like to have slow, unhurried mornings? In a world that constantly tries to get our attention from the moment we get up, telling us, “Watch this” ” Hear this” “Do this, do that”, -It becomes an…
On Kind Proofs That We Have Lived
A 100 years from now, none of us will be here. And even if we were to die tomorrow, the world will carry on- softly, indifferently. When my father passed away, one thing that kept striking me was just this….
Open Letter ~ On Heartbreak, Love and Surrender
Hello dear reader, It is after a long time that I am shaking hands with a blank page today. It is hard to believe that six months of 2025 has already passed. I am nervous to show up in your…
40 Birthday Journal Prompts for Self Reflection and Growth
As we grow older every year on each of our birthdays, it’s also important to ask ourselves, “Are we growing wiser, humbler, happier, calmer and kinder or are we resenting life more and more as we grow older?” I hope…
9 Thoughts and Lessons from the past year
These are some of my learnings from the past year, what I’d kind to remind myself more and my intentions for this year. Let me go straight into it. 1. Self-improvement is impermanent Happiness is impermanent. Even if you have…
Year 2024 in review
2025 is here and it finally feels like I’m slowly returning home to myself. According to my yearly tradition, my annual review should have come out before the past year ended, but better late than never. This annual review is…
