Feeling Strange(r) in a Strange Land

I’m not hiding anymore

I have always lived with this tension between honesty and performance. To an extent, we all do. I don’t know exactly when it started, but it has always been there subconsciously, colouring my work and my lived experience

How to Move Fast without Losing Yourself

The faster you do the hard things you want to avoid, the faster you will receive the good things you actually want. Do you ever get that thing where you are conversing with friends and suddenly a word or phrase jumps out

The Caves We Fear to Tread

The magic you’re looking for is in the work you are avoiding – Joseph Campbell. I have been thinking quite a bit about caves in narratives. I recently rewatched ‘Dracula Untold’, a movie where the protagonist, Vladmir ha

The Art of Locking In

How to Achieve Anything You Want in 2025. It is the start of a fresh new year and if you are like me, you are probably eager to get things started. You have the goals you want to tackle, obstacles to face and problems to

Collapsing the Space Between You and What You Want

Some weeks ago, I was listening to some YouTuber wax on some esoteric concept or the other, and he made an off handed comment on his way to making another more salient point…about how sometimes, we don’t get the things w

Why You Need a Second Brain

By nature, building a Life by Design requires a perpetual sense of intentionality. Getting clear about what you want, where you are, what is standing in your way, and what action you can take. To process these questions,

Deepening the Texture of Your Life 

As you walk down the path of intentional living, you will end up refining, curating and building a life tailored to your soul. Your routine, your habits, and your environment all working together to move you to the place

It’s a New Year, Now What?

I know, I know, It’s been a while. But hey, it is a new year and yes, I am here again, back on my bullsh*t about how this is gonna be a great year for my content and all of that. No lies, I really did have the best of in

End by Doing it Perfectly

A couple years ago, I wrote this piece – Start by Doing it Badly. Inspired by a Jordan Peterson video by the same title, it is a powerful concept that can be used to free you from the shackles of perfectionism and serve

These 8 Bad Habits Could Help You Succeed

As a person who has been obsessed with the ideas of personal development and self growth for a long time, I have espoused many times the usual mantras of hard work, putting in the time, waking up early, and so on. In my

Some Ideas to Keep in Mind as the Year Begins

So it has been about two weeks into the new year. Things are getting into full swing. With school and work opening again, we are all easing back into our normal lives and routines. If you are reading this, you have proba

I Beat God of War Ragnarok and It Made Me Want to Call My Dad

For most of my teens and 20s, I had little interest in video games. Sure, I played a fair amount as a kid but something about getting stuck on the DMC3 Cerberus boss fight as a teen really just put me off the whole thing

In Praise of Cyclical Productivity

If you have been a long time follower of my projects or content, you would know I’m prone to abruptly taking time off for up to months at a time. I used to think this was an issue, but lately, I have come to look at it a