Bored

I have been a lot bored recently on the internet. I need some changes to the way I do things. More than anything, I need some bouts of inspiration -- I am missing them. I don't know why. I can always blame external factors. Maybe my writing tools aren't right, or they need change, or I am not reading the "right" voices. But deep down, I know this is all meaningless. The problem lies with me.  I can change everything I use, and it would not impact anything I do online. I should put my head down and search for...

My daughter loves her music

My daughter loves her music. Listening to it. Making it. Learning it. She enjoys her music classes and recently started self-learning Ukelele through YouTube. It didn’t take her long to get the chords right for one of her favourite songs. As she performed, I recorded it, and up it went on her channel. A new video is out now.She’s also super excited that she is a click away from reaching 100 subscribers. I calm her down. But the excitement of any milestone is challenging to push away.

On Resting

I have been resting since morning today. After a period of physical rest, I had to focus on resting my mind. With work being very stressful these days, my mind needs much more care. One thing about rest is that I can never have enough. I can spend a whole day doing nothing at all, and yet I may go to sleep tired. If I idle my time away on the internet or watch movies, TV shows, or YouTube, time goes by quickly, and I hardly feel rested. What I do while I rest matters much more than how long...

Suspense

Suspense works brilliantly in films. It arouses attention. Suspense works brilliantly in life, too. But unlike films, every moment in life can be suspenseful if you want to make it so. I can live my life in suspense. Anxiety. Anticipation. Living through suspense is tiring, and attention is exhausting. So, a life where every moment is suspenseful is not pleasant. It is better to leave anxiety and anticipation for the most precious moments of life.

5 Reasons Why I Don't Do Listicles

I don't generally write listicles because I don't enjoy that form of post. Without being too burdensome on readers, let me list five reasons I don't. 1. They are shallow and, hence, easy for readers to digest — why would I want my reading to be easy? I want it to be dense. After all, if you write to prove your smartness, you make it less readable. Right? 2. More people read them — again, why would I want more readers? I want very few readers. That's why I even stopped posting micro-posts. The introvert that I am, why would...