Thoughts — motivation

Here’s a fun fact for January. We are social beings and the reason our species has survived is because of our ability to band in groups and form connections. Forming these connections means occupying space in someone else's life and letting someone else occupy space in yours. It comes with us experiencing a wide range of emotions in relationships - from unbridled happiness all the way to gut-wrenching disappointment - while also allowing others to be concerned about you and caring for you and vice versa. Quite the spectrum, isn’t it? There is a common belief that when one shows...

As people, we love looking forward to things. Always living with the hope that things will get more exciting and better…one day. As a kid, I always idealised being grown up. It was a way to imagine all the independence I would end up having when I was a fully-functioning adult. But I don't think I realised that you just don't become an adult overnight.  It's more gradual and a lot less glamorous. I remember when all I wanted to do was grow up. It started with the smaller things - like wanting to wear the ‘cooler (read: less baby)...

Have you ever felt blah, whatever, not particularly sad but not happy either? Ever had moments where you stay in bed all day scrolling on your phone, binge watching shows, not particularly motivated or excited to do anything else? Had that thought where it feels like you're living the same day over and over again? It seems like you’re getting by at work but are more distractible than before? Always end up feeling listless and joyless but yet you are certain that you are not depressed because you still have energy? If you answered in the affirmative to even one...

I am going to tell you about one of my favorite studies that I happened to come across during my Masters degree. The research basically focuses on the spread of happiness and talks about the impact of other people's happiness on us. As social beings, I think that very often we include food, water and shelter as essentials for survival. But we mostly tend to forget another crucial and extremely important facet - human connections! Here’s the thing. Our relationships (and connections with others) play a huge role in determining our mental and physical health, resilience and most importantly, our...

Make your mental health a priority in this busy corporate life “Life is a race, if you don’t run fast, you will be like a broken andaa”  - Viru Sahastrabuddhe, aka Virus from 3 Idiots  The famous dialogue dictates the competition we have been taught to strive for especially in an South Asian context. We are told we must be at the top of the class, and must get that promotion but what for?  What does top of the class or that promotion bring to us and mean to us. What impact does it have on our lives both in...