When you die today, what do people in your tier 2 social expanse (neighbors, co-commuters, sports club mates, etc.,) call that event as? Today the govt school teacher died, the dentist died, the artist died, the bakery shop owner died, the software engineer died, etc., Once we grow up enter jobs, invariably the work we do becomes our identity for the rest of our life. … [Read more...]
A Crusade Against Monday Blues – PART III
Protecting the piece of mind In an article that I was reading recently I came across a fancy acronym - PYNW. It stands for Plan Your Next Week. I am 2 weeks into this crusade against Monday Blues and still wondering whether the thought of going to office is putting any smile on my face - now that I am clear about demarcating the comfort and discomfort zones. I then seem to … [Read more...]
A Crusade Against Monday Blues – PART II
The Launch of Strike In this article, I am going to talk about how I took my first steps to achieve a state of complete freedom from Monday blues and what were the initial results. Btw, if you haven’t read my first article on this Crusade Against Monday Blues, then please Click Here Don’t get carried away by the last image of my Previous Blog. It wasn’t like I was … [Read more...]
A Crusade Against Monday Blues
When you die today, what do people in your tier 2 social net (those who are beyond the immediate & extended family) say? Today the govt school teacher died, the skin doctor died, the author died, the bakery shop owner died, etc., How do people identify us: Photo by rawpixel.com on Unsplash We pass through various identities in our entire life, starting out … [Read more...]
What the today’s newspaper said about “Belief Vs Truth”
I have been holding on to this habit of reading newspapers for more than a decade now. The habit has stayed with me constantly, what’s the only thing that has changed is that I kept shifting to 4 different dailies (genres) in this time span, in-line with my various life stages driven changes in preferences for news. Newspapers come in various forms, English & Regional, … [Read more...]