The journey from making a living to making a life
I wrote the following post one morning in March after I woke up to stories of blame doing the rounds in Washington, D.C. over the failed Republican healthcare bill. In the political arena we have come to expect people to play the blame game so they can shift the conversation from themselves to someone else. It’s […]
30 days ago, I took on a deranged assignment of committing to being creative everyday for the month of March. The reason this is a deranged assignment is because I am one of the most consistently inconsistent people you might ever meet (there are reasons for this inconsistency but this is not the post to get […]
Ever since I was a little kid I’ve been inclined to express my creativity in many ways. Watching my older sister practice her music, I started to sing as a little kid. Watching my cousin at dance performances got me excited to learn Bharatnatyam, a South Indian classical dance form. A keyboard that my brother […]
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing – Marie Kondo I’ll be very surprised if you haven’t heard about this book because it’s been popping up ALL over the internet. When I heard about this book last year, I knew I had to read it because it appealed to […]
It’s been two years since I embarked on a journey to live a more wholehearted life. Today I had the opportunity to have a lovely conversation about what I’ve learned from this journey with a friend. Without a doubt, the biggest takeaway for me these two years has been the importance of a gratitude practice. For […]
After three weeks of what seemed like a cough that was here to stay, I was finally ready to get back to a day that didn’t involve cough medicine, the hot water kettle and a box of tissues. So obviously, I wasn’t happy when I woke up with a stuffy nose and scratchy throat yesterday. […]