Sometime the best thing to do is nothing. By nothing I mean, making no decisions about whether or not to continue or to quit, to change directions or stay the course. Last week and the week before that I was in a state of what should I do as if…
There are quite a few times I feel justified to take a break, some of the time these are valid and I do feel the rest helped. But only some of the time. Most times, there is a voice in my head says, you might regret this. It turns out…
Within myself is the truth about my fears, joys, insecurities, competence, weaknesses and strengths. And many more things which words cannot articulate or I don't have the words to do so, yet. Quite often I find myself wanting to react to discomfort that I feel within myself. It…
I was going to write this tomorrow but just idea of me writing almost two hundred posts in the last two hundred days feels unreal. Considering just ten months ago I was at the darkest point of my life so far, at least one of them. How one thing can…
I'm currently on day five since I decided to stop watching YouTube. I was addicted; the withdrawal is real, and so are the upsides. Without even thinking about it, I find myself pressing ctrl + t > You... the moment I find myself bored, distracted, or overwhelmed. So far,…
I've been pondering resilience and removing things from my life that make the important things seem harder—like deciding to not watch YouTube ever. It might seem harmless, but it is far from it. It's been less than a week, so it's too early…
A couple of days ago, I made the decision to do something about my constant need for distraction and its subsequent effects on my inability to focus and do hard things for long periods of time. The approach to dealing with this bad habit is not novel, but it has…
When I decided that I wanted to be a programmer, way back when I was still a dive instructor, totally dissatisfied with life. I knew that I had to commit to this thing. Not stop till I put my foot in the door. For the next year that's…