My personal story on dealing with ambition impacting my mental health — My entire life has changed in the last 18 months. A year ago, I was at a soul-sucking job that was uninspiring. I knew I wasn’t meant to be there. I didn’t want to do any ‘job’; I wanted to do my own thing because the 8-hour workday and office…

I don’t wake up at 5 am or eat salad. — I’ve been in my best body for a year now. Of course, it wasn’t easy. It resulted from six years of working out consistently and having a balanced diet that got me here. I now look and feel happy with my body and my mental health is strong, which I…

Here’s why I’ll probably never go back. — A year ago in July 2020, my phone died. Little did I know back then that this was the beginning of my entire life to turn around. I had a little above 11k followers on Instagram, all organic. I had been blogging about my weight-loss journey since my undergrad in…

A new career, more money, and a greater sense of life purpose — Imagine this. One day you’re looking at some people having a wonderful life. Not in just superficial terms, but they genuinely look so happy. They’ve found a purpose, and their passion pays them to pursue it. It’s almost envious how sorted they look. You want this freedom. You want to…

Follow your unique path. Own your time. — It resulted from dissatisfaction. I didn’t like what I was up to. Most of my waking hours went in doing something I didn’t enjoy. Moreover, the growth felt so, so slow. The Vice Presidents were warming their seats for 17 years to get to this position. That’s a long time. …

Here’s what you might want to do. — I know how it feels to be stuck. To feel as if nothing is working in your favour and it's the same damn monotony. To feel that you have so much more inside you waiting to be unleashed, but you’re lost on how to tap into this energy. You live…

It helped me quit my job. — I wanted to write full time. It just looked so much better than what I was doing — slogging to earn tiny annual appraisals, doing work I don’t enjoy, and not finding sense in why I have to work 8–10 hours every day. And in India, hierarchy plays a big…

I hope more of us can chase this. — The society that I live in has deep social stratification. My reality doesn’t match that of the entire society because our differences make us lead different lives. So typically, everyone has a drastically different version of life here. Even though casteism is against the law, classism still exists, unfortunately. And…

I didn’t anticipate this. — My entire career trajectory since I quit my job has been a sum of random experiments. I only had my intention clear but not the path to reach there. Since then, a lot has happened. Just like I didn’t imagine running a one-person biz because I quit my 9–5 to…