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Doing Nothing, Accidentally Shopping, and Other Leisure-Time Skills
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? If I’m being honest—and leisure time deserves honesty—I enjoy doing nothing. Not the aesthetic, soft-life version of nothing that comes with candles and calming music. Just regular, unfiltered nothing. Sitting around. Existing. Letting my mind wander into unnecessary overthinking and then pretending that was intentional.…
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5 Simple Things I Do for Fun That Keep Me Sane
List five things you do for fun. Fun doesn’t always look like parties, plans, or packed calendars. Sometimes it looks like staring at a wall and mentally ruining fictional lives. Sometimes it looks like skincare at 1 a.m. for absolutely no reason. Here are five things I genuinely do for fun—no productivity pressure attached. 1.…
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How to Hit Reset in Life: 10 Simple Ways to Restart When You Feel Stuck
Because sometimes the best way forward is to pause, breathe, and begin again. We all hit those phases where life starts to feel… stale. Like you’re just going through the motions, watching yourself from the outside, feeling stuck in routines that once felt exciting. It doesn’t necessarily mean anything’s gone wrong, but it definitely means…
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What Does Your Name Mean? (And Why Mine Almost Didn’t)
Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. I’m an Indian. And if you haven’t had the privilege of experiencing Indian/Hindu culture, let me tell you this — names are a big deal here. When a child is born, there’s an entire SOP the family follows. Priests look at the date, time, and…
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My First Time Writing CAT and XAT: What No One Tells You About the Experience
I wrote CAT and XAT for the first time this year, and before anyone asks – no, this is not one of those “I cracked it, here’s how” pieces. This is for people who want to know what it actually feels like to show up, sit down, deal with the chaos, and come out the…
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Period Symptoms for Women Who Don’t Have Typical Period Symptoms
Menstruation is by far one of the most beautiful yet gut-wrenching experiences of a female life. Beautiful because it holds so much power. People often misjudge periods as a suffering the female body inflicts upon itself to punish itself for not getting pregnant. Whether that’s true or not, I’ll let science deal with it. For…
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Mistakes I Make Every Year (And the Ones I’m Not Repeating This Time)
A brutally honest personal essay about the mistakes I make every year – habits, people, and patterns I’m finally done repeating for good. Look, the thing is, I know I have issues. I know. I am aware. When 2024 began, I was already going through a rough patch in life. I had seen a picture…