"Around 32% of the total time spend on social media during working hours is used for personal work indicating a huge loss of official resources and productivity" Photo by Lisa from Pexels I wake up at 7.30 am. I brush my teeth and have toast with peanut butter and banana. I watch the news for a bit and then try …
Last week, I read the book, Show Your Work, by Austin Kleon. I heard about it from a YouTuber, Ali Abdaal, and I thought why not give it a try. The book contains very good insights on how to drive yourself in this age of social media, where we share a lot of our work. Show …
The following is a fictional and original story based on the current pandemic. Reading time: 4 min 19 sec I woke up to silence on the bed. The room was dark with a peak of light from the space between the window and the mid-wall curtain. I tried to remember what day it was and …
Ikigai is a guide that gives you step by step instructions on how to have an optimal and worthwhile life. When I started to read the book, I questioned myself. Why would I want to live a long life? Given that we are facing this coronavirus pandemic on top of climate change and other disasters, …
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Hello there! Reading more books has been one of my goals since forever. And, while I do read a book once a while, I tend to either stop reading midway or once I finish reading a book, I stop reading altogether. In order to make myself more accountable, this week I am launching a book …
Your name is your identity. People should respect it.
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Happiness is a set of lines of code defined by society as a set number of if and else statements with a uniform result for everyone which is 100% absurd.
"Becoming self-aware does not happen overnight. After a while of going through life like a robot, you meet people and experience events that make you question yourself, and that makes you think about your status quo."
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Deepika Pydatalli 