…said someone who was so burnt out and considered quitting Do you consider yourself a victim of crazy targets, gazillion deadlines, unrealistic expectations, killer boss, intolerant clients, and everything in between? Trust me, it all feels familiar to me. And I am not exaggerating, those are real. I’ve been there. …

Got 2 mins? “To be happy at work, you don’t have to hold a fascinating job that represents the pinnacle of your educational achievement or the most prestigious use of your “potential,” and you don’t have to make a lot of money.” -Arthur C. Brooks Isn’t that counter-intuitive? I mean, that’s now what…

Do you see more? Want more? Need more? For some, my career journey must have looked “unorthodox”, as I keep on changing roles and industries till date. I’ve been in business development, marketing, sales, account management, internal communication, csr, project management, and now human resources. …

Or have you realized this all along? The past few days, I just discovered one brutal fact about life. It may not be brutal or new to others, but it is for me. That all these times, I may not search for happiness, I was just looking for some comfort…

I’m turning 30 in a few weeks. What I am experiencing is probably not an existential-crisis-magnitude, but it’s a crisis for sure. Background story: My daughter is two years old, so it’s been 2 years I’ve dealt with this new responsibility and dynamic as a mother. Few minutes before I…

I am getting a lot more anxious lately, maybe overthinking too. And the pandemic probably exacerbates it, in such a degree. I’ve been working tirelessly over the past few months. …

And I truly hope you don’t have to go through what I’m through — Being a mother is certainly the hardest task I’ve ever encountered. I am so used to doing and getting things my way, to the organized plans down to the very details, to the idealism I’ve hold on to all my life — and now, they look like an obsolete furniture…

and my life is such a “misery” because of it… I know it in my heartbeat, that the source of a lot of pains in my life is because of my standard. Being the perfectionist that I am, I have a “high” standard in cleanliness, tidiness, all-things-structured and organized. …

And why I am not getting any closer… Have you ever been in a situation when you think that if you have X, then you will be able to do Y? A pre-condition to set you on a successful path to reach a certain destination? I think of that often…