Last week, I went for my monthly grocery and choosing the cereal took the hell out of me. I was wondering, What cereal? Though it was not a difficult choice or multiple choice questions from the exam that it was taking effort. That is the thing about small decisions. They do not announce themselves. Nor…

It has happened to me on two occassion. One is very personal and close to my heart. Other one was an opportunity I wanted so badly that even the thought of me performing made me excited to the toes. It felt like every moment I was pouring my energy in would be the perfect when…

Sitting idle sucks bro. And that’s what I have been facing since childhood. ADHD has played a significant role in it but sitting down or getting to lie peacefully after a busy day never seems relaxing. Instead, it is another kind of performance to get your body to rest. And with all these things swirling…

A director I know once told me something I have never forgotten. He said: “The hardest part of my job is not making decisions. It is making decisions when I know I am probably wrong.” He was running a division through a merger. Every week brought new information that made last week’s plan obsolete and…

What Emotional Intelligence and Sustainable Success Is? A friend texted me at 11 PM. She had just gotten home. Again. She said: “I don’t even know why I’m tired. Nothing bad happened.” I wrote back: “You don’t need a bad thing to happen to be exhausted.” She said: “Then why do I feel guilty for…

When I was in college, me and my friend used to walk to college together. It took fifteen minutes on the same route. One day, he was absent so I went alone. After college turned off, I was coming back with some other fellows following a different path. When I separated from them and crossed…

I was talking to a close friend once, when the conversation went a little too deep. She told me that she sees most of the talented achievers around her are somewhere broken inside. The ultimate engineers she sees, often called born to be engineers or high achievers or the ones that are called reserved, shy,…

Have you talked to people in their late 30s or 40s? I have. And there is a pattern I noticed. Some of them are doing excellent in their jobs and roles but whenever a long talk happens, they love to tell their ambitions they had when they were young or teenagers. Why could not they…

Has it ever happened to you that some random person on street says that you look amazing and you go, “Oh, no, no, thank you!”. To me, it occurred in a different way. I was a very good student. A dream student, you can say. Securing the best grades and participating in extra-curricular activities. I…

It is a very common and I would say naïve perception among many that after a traumatic experience, you are expected to go through therapy for “healing purposes“. And after that, you are to act normal and sometimes act like nothing ever happened. But nothing do a lot of people know is traumatic experiences you…

One of our family friends had a series of tragedies in his life. His brought up was done by one of his uncles because his parents had died. He was sent to a hostel in another city and was unfortunately bullied there because of his background. He was good at studies so he worked hard…

Burnout and exhaustion are not a badge of honor. If you have ever felt anxious while relaxing, undeserving of a break, or unsafe letting your guard down, you are experiencing a psychological and physiological phenomenon: The Guilt of Rest. This article is your definitive guide to understanding why rest triggers guilt, fear, and anxiety—and how…