Shreya turned 13 about a month ago. She’s a good child. Does a lot of things well. Including sleeping in :). When that happens on holidays, I tell myself: “She’s a child. She’ll get better.” When that happens on schooldays, I’m less peaceful. We’ve split chores between Janaki and me. And it’s my task to…
A hack to attract abundance
My uncle DM’d me recently: “Did 6 Suryanamaskarams just now. Thanks for motivating me.” For someone in his early-seventies and who moves very little, this is a big deal. He had gotten inspired by a 1-min time-lapse video of Janaki and me practicing Yoga. The good news? Sharing the 1-min video had helped my uncle….
Restart!
Have you seen the movie “12th Fail” yet? It has a wonderful song called “Restart“. The hero is an IPS aspirant. Inspite of his humble background, he dreams big and works hard. At every step of his journey, failure hits him hard. But again and again, he “restarts”. He knows that there’s no guarantee that…
A new year gift
New year’s day, 2024. Celebration? Wishes? Joy? Not exactly. Resolution? Launch new goals? Kickstart the new year with a bang? Nope. Well, there was a bang. Just not the kind I was looking forward to. — The day started well. I woke up early. I was going to sit down and write a few words, to…
The dip
In early Jan, I checked the number of blog posts that I’d written in 2023. One. Just one post? The entire year!? I felt horrible. “How could have I let my blog stay dormant for so long?” “2024 has to be different.” — I decided: This year, I would invest at least 30min everyday on…
Enough? No way!
Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller, were at a party hosted by a billionaire. During the event, Vonnegut remarked to Heller that their billionaire host might have made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his popular novel “Catch-22” over its whole history. Heller’s response: “Yes, but I have something he will…
Inimitable
“Ding” That was a notification from the PracticeNow support/ticketing system. It usually means one of 2 things: 1. A customer needs help with something 2. A new customer has signed up (I can’t lie to you. It’s the second that makes me happier 🙂 ) Excitedly, I checked what caused the Ding. And there it…
A YouTube Hack
TL;DR: It’s an extension called Glasp — I love YouTube. Who doesn’t? I use it to research and learn about many topics I care about: Health, Work, Money, Love/Relationships, Hobbies and Spirituality. And yes, for the occasional entertainment too 🙂 Here’s the challenge: I open YouTube to research a topic. I find and watch a…
Going beyond Sonder
I had a…let’s call it…a “minor” difference of opinion with my mother. Rather, we were in total agreement: I felt that she was totally out of her mind. And she felt the same about me. I felt she was being unreasonable, impractical, immature, myopic and egotistic. And oddly enough, she felt exactly the same thing…
Chemistry
At a recent spiritual retreat I attended, Mahatria shared the following anecdote. It was the last day of a workshop that Mahatria had conducted for a group of business leaders. Each of the workshop attendees took turns to share their experiences. They would go up on stage, speak a few words and then step down….