Fear of missing out is defined on Wikipedia as “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent”. This social anxiety is characterized by “a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing”. Before I started writing this blog I thought it was just a cultural term…
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What is the opposite of bliss?
This blog, like many other blogs I have written in my life, was triggered by a book I am reading. The book I am reading right now is called Krishna: The man and his philosophy by Osho. I don’t believe in religion for sure and was a little skeptical about reading this. But it came…
Continue Reading10 pounds down: My fitness journey
The story really starts about 10.5 months ago when I bought a Fitbit. I thought now that I have spent some money I would have more incentive to be fit. But my real journey started way back. Back in 2007, I was in my 2nd year of graduation. I was a thin person. People (mostly…
Continue ReadingThoughts about time (ideas while meditating)
As I mentioned in some of my blogs from January, I started meditating this year. I had started to not like myself because I was always ready to snap. I had long thought of myself as a cool and composed person but that had started becoming more of a fictional character. So I turned to…
Continue ReadingFleeting Moments
For a moment if you sit and consider This world, this grand universe Where we exist but fleetingly And yet so much potential in this moment To change, to create and to destroy We argue over meaningless issues We fight over small issues We crib about unfair life But we never stop To consider what…
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Tonight, when the world is out And I sit outside, on the grass Looking at the dark lush valleys And sounds of ruffling leaves I think about those moments When life as I know changed Yes it is all too simple, all too clear For the world, for you! Its apparent what I do is…
Continue ReadingShadow at Night
I wrote this about a year back and found it recently under some old uncatalogued text files. I still wonder why I never came to put it up. Its night, a decent one at that And i am sitting by the water There’s a shadow under my feet And its shining bright tonight There’s a…
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