Getting Rid of It Is the Biggest Productivity Leap You’ll Ever Get
The pre-pandemic urban mornings were beautiful and busy. Every day had a pattern. After the alarm strikes, I’ll lie awake trying to decide whether I should get out of bed at that instance or sleep for 5 more minutes. After thinking about it for 15 minutes, I’d get up.
An hour and morning rituals later, I’ll sip my first glass of water. And I’ll look outside the window thinking about what to make for breakfast. Midway through making toast, I’ll wonder whether oats would have been a better choice. By the time the food is ready, my husband would have…
An Experience that’s Hard To Forget
“I hope I won’t get scared in the last minute!” exclaimed Vijith keeping his eyes fixed on the distant aircraft steadily descending from the vivid blue sky. I looked at him, he did look a bit nervous. That was unexpected. After all, he was the one who had planned that trip. He was the one who went around at the office inviting everyone to join.
This happened five years ago, on Nov 1st, 2015. It was a clear sunny day in the lush green suburb of North Wollongong, 85 km away from Sydney City.
It felt strange that Vijith was…
A Listicle About Lists
Medium loves listicles. But Medium shouldn’t be the only place for which you write lists for. Lists help in every aspect of our life where we want to get this done. Lists are the simplest yet the most effective dopamine boosters.
Wait, what’s dopamine ?
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter. In simple terms, it is a chemical that your body makes. Your nervous system uses it to send messages between the nerve cells. While I do not want to extend this article to the realm of neuroscience, I wish to note one thing here. Among all the functions dopamine performs, the most well-known one is…
A Brief History of a Big Dream
The recent event at the Suez Canal has made many of us realise how much the world still depends on physical transportation of goods despite all the e-revolution. Suez Canal has been in the news for the last few days for the wrong reasons. It plays a critical role globally, yet we seldom spoke about it before this issue.
What is the Suez Canal ?
In simple terms, a waterway that connects Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Interestingly, it was artificially created in 1858 to shorten the route between Asia and Europe. Prior to 1858, ships travelling between Asia and Europe had to go around…
Particle Matter Matters
The silhouette of tall black buildings in the backdrop of a scarlet-red sky was a spectacular sight. The scenery from my 10th-floor apartment looks beautiful every day. But that day, it had a rare, deep hue. I wanted to go out on the balcony for a closer view but couldn't go because the air was smoky.
This happened last year, in the early months of 2020 when the Australian forests were burning. The bushfires in the Blue Mountains were gifting red skies to many Sydney suburbs.
It isn’t just forest fires that can gift such views. The sky after a…
Why Throw Them Away When They Can Be Used in Many Different Ways?
Our council’s green waste-bin received a surplus amount of fresh-cut lawn grass from me for months. I moved to my new house after living in an apartment for ages and didn’t know that there were other options until my Mom pointed out a few during her visit. Days later during a casual talk, my neighbour shared more ideas.
Lawn grass is a great source of Nitrogen. Yes, you guessed it right, it makes a great fertilizer. Here are some creative ways to reap benefits from it.
A mid-layer while potting plants
When store-bought plants are potted to new containers, the chance of them dying out…
GDPR 101
Once upon a time, data was scarce. When technology grew exponentially, it led to an increase in data, an increase in the ability to collect data, and eventually an increase in the ability to process data at speed. Many companies didn’t know what to do with this superpower. A few giants figured that out and implemented new ideas exceptionally well. New ideas led to new questions. What is ethical and unethical when processing data? Do companies know too much about their customers? How much is too much? Is it good or bad? Is it getting out of control? These questions…
And Why I Don’t Regret It
Everything that we write reflects us. In fact, it is a combination of many reflections that represent us. The reflections of our perspectives, experiences, knowledge, intention, and most importantly the reflection of our mood at the point of time when we wrote what we wrote. All these elements evolve with time.
Something that seemed right to us yesterday might no longer be right today. Maybe we came to know more about it and realized that we were wrong. Or may be we started viewing it from a different angle. What we wrote as an angry response to a political event…
Tried out the Current Trend-Inspired Minimalism and the Results Were Not What I Expected
Whenever I read about minimalism, there is an image that comes to my mind. The image of a clean living room. That room has a blue ‘L’ shaped sofa accompanied by a light-colored rug and a round metal coffee table. The coffee table is clutter-free and only has a small decor tray on top. Few tile blocks away stand an elegant white TV stand coupled with small bookcases on either side. The TV and the stacked books add more charm to the room. That entire image feels so comfy that as I am shopping for my new home now, I…
The Former US President’s Prioritisation Strategy
Dwight D. Eisenhower lived and died years before I was even born. Yet, something that he has left behind has helped me and many others like me. He left behind a simple yet powerful prioritization tool that we call Eisenhower Matrix today.
During his life as an army general, statesman, and eventually the President, Dwight Eisenhower had to make numerous tough decisions daily. When there were a million things that ‘had-to-be-done’, but only a handful that ‘could-be-done’ each day, picking up the right task was a very serious issue. This was especially true while he served in the World Wars…
