*from a guy who was laid off — Job satisfaction is a two-sided matter. You either love your job or you hate it. But what if you had a third side of the coin? What if, instead of having to choose a side, you were indifferent? Let’s look at the silver lining of this epidemic of lay-offs as…

Is our world better or worse? — The world is one of the best places to be right now. Not the other galaxies but this one. The milky way. The solar system and the big blue planet Earth revolve around the sun for a full year. A whole of 365 days. Speaking of which the year 2022…

And grow during a crisis — 2000 years ago, during what was known as the Golden Age of the Roman Empire, the Antoninus plague spread across the world. A pandemic broke out. The economies were on the brink of imploding. The people of ancient Rome looked up to their Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Most children didn’t yield…

Breaks are necessary — One cannot go on doing work or working on a hobby forever. Every once in a while, a break is needed. If you don’t take a break, then Life will give you one. Key elements of my long hiatus from writing here. Idea muscle burnt out. Going blank every time you look at the…

It’s an unfair advantage we all have — I tried playing an actual football match once. For the previous three months, I had not been picked for the spot of a midfield player. Then one day, the coach said, “put on your boots, specs!” I hurried and ran onto the field. The play was still going on. That’s…

A small compilation of atomic essays on future, anxiety, and Now — Most self-help is full-on crack. I was a victim for most of my life. I looked at the future for my escape from the crap that life threw at me in the present. Like an a-hole, I feel into the trap of self-improvement. The Initial Trap of Self-Improvement This is like the classic cycle of…

It's a psychological plague I want to be vaccinated against — I tend to overthink everything. I overthink to the point where it almost feels like my mind is hallucinating without showing me the consequences. The fact that I have done it all my life is crazy. Yet, only now have I found a way to fight it. Anxiety breeds doubt. Doubt gives the…