Mar 3Showing up 80% preparedIt sounds counter-intuitive. Were’nt we always told to show up 100% ready for everything that we are dealing? But the point is when you...
Jan 18Taking break is working tooTaking a break is part of work. We put them on the opposite ends of the spectrum at our own peril. Nothing is more important than knowing...
Nov 25, 2021Shine a light on the dark crevicesOne of the lines that Adriene from her online Yoga class says is to ‘Shine a light on the dark crevices’ and she means this for the...
Nov 21, 2021Busy ‘ness and being valuedBeing busy is considered being of value by many. Having no time to enjoy the gifts of life is merely a sign of being disorganized. In the...
Nov 11, 2021Breaks and Neuronal ShiftAn artist I knew sometime back would always work on multiple artworks simultaneously. He would tell me that in his break from one...
Sep 13, 2021What to do in breaks?Ironically, jobs are actually easier to enjoy than free time, because like flow activities they have built-in goals, feedback rules, and...
Sep 7, 2021White SilenceIt struck me this morning that silence is a place of singularity from where every sound, every word and all of music emanates. Very much...
Sep 1, 2021The Great OutdoorsOnly ideas won by walking have any value - Friedrich Nietzsche This line keeps coming to me time after time. Especially since these days...
Aug 29, 2021Virtues of being LazyOne of my favorite Bruno Mars songs: A line from Cal Newport’s Deep Work: ”These efforts, (cartoonist Tim Kreider) is convinced, need...