Tag: Self Improvement
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Apparently My Brain Isn’t Broken. It’s Just Running Ancient Software
I was watching a YouTube video on my way back home from work. Now, considering my commute is long enough to qualify as a short domestic flight, I consume a lot of content while travelling. Most of it gets forgotten before I even reach my destination. This video didn’t. It was called 10 Habits That…
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Not Everybody Gets a Vote: Stop Letting Strangers Make Your Life Decisions
Lavanya From Bihar Doesn’t Get a Vote I need more people to stop caring. Not in a “be rude to everyone” kind of way. In a “why are you allowing complete strangers to sit on the board of directors of your life?” kind of way. Because some of you are out here making life decisions…
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How to Rewire Your Brain: Simple Ways to Use Neuroplasticity in Everyday Life
Having gotten the whole “what is neuroplasticity, explain to me like I’m five” thing away (which by the way is my last article, you can read here) — it’s time to leverage all that five-year-old-level information into actual action. So let’s recap for a bit first. Your brain has tiny labourers called neurons. They communicate…
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What Is Neuroplasticity? Explained Like A Normal Human Being
For reasons unknown to mankind, the internet loves complicating things. Using jargon to describe things that could otherwise be described easily. Maybe it makes people on the internet look smart, maybe it makes the viewer look stupid, but if you try even minutely, you’d be able to understand just about anything in the world. Because…
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My Ideal Day Routine: A Calm, Productive & Feminine Lifestyle
My ideal day doesn’t look dramatic. There are no luxury vacations, no wild parties, no “hustle till you collapse” energy. Honestly? My ideal day is just me feeling pretty, productive, peaceful, and a little bit delusional in the best way possible. It starts at 5:30 AM. Not because I’m one of those hyper-disciplined productivity gurus,…
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I Wish I Could Work Towards My Dreams Every Day (Instead of Feeling Stuck)
What do you wish you could do more every day? I wish I could say I’m building something. Not in the vague, Pinterest-quote way where “healing is building” or “rest is productive too.” I mean actually building something. Something tangible. Something that moves me even an inch closer to the life I keep romanticising in…
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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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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…
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The 2026 Reset: My Realistic (and Aesthetic) Resolutions
Dreams don’t work unless you do, and now that you know what I am eyeing, it’s only fair to tell you how I am planning to achieve it this year. Now that the goals are out of the way, here’s everything I think will fix me this year. I am Bob the Builder-ing myself. Having…