I don’t know why, but I was surprised to learn how many sportspeople compete while injured. I always thought I’m seeing them at their best. Like, Federer at his best takes on Nadal at his best. Or Usain Bolt wins the race while in peak physical fitness. Then I found out about how they’re NEVER …
It’s funny how something this powerful can be so simple. A bullet journal is a single book you use to plan, brainstorm, record useful/fun/interesting information, introspect, and more. Think of it as the one place you pour your entire life into. Instead of spreading my day’s ‘data’ over many apps, it all goes into my …
Years later, I still remember that ‘Fuck it!’ moment when I stopped thinking and jumped. I was high up on a building, looking down at a ledge 10 feet below. And there was a passage leading from the ledge into the bowels of the building. I wanted to explore this passage but first I’d need …
For the first couple of years, meditation was about quietening my mind. I would focus on my breathing, and when my mind wandered, I’d bring it back to the breath — sometimes with patience, sometimes without. The Buddhist monk Ajahn Sumedho taught me this in his book, ‘The Four Noble Truths.’ Soon, the spiritual …
I love watching my favourite shows. But I notice that ‘the moment’ has a different flavour when I turn off my laptop and open a book. I wonder why? They say it’s cuz TV dulls your mind, while a book forces it to engage with the ideas or story. But, I listen to audiobooks all …
I’m straddling two very separate worlds at the moment. One world is what I see in front of me as I write this. A peaceful verandah, a beautiful garden to look at, and nothing but wind chimes and birds chirping to distract me. Then there’s the other world. People dying, news channels churning out terrifying …
I used to think I live in an isolated pocket of the world, filled with goodness. Of late, though, I see that my ‘little pocket of goodness’ lies on stained strands of an extensive web. And this web connects me to darker pockets of the world. Pockets I didn’t know about. The sleight-of-hand, though, is …
I love Casey Neistat’s vlogs. I love them because they’re cinematic, tell a cool story with quick cuts, and showcase his creativity and grinding work ethic. But the very thing that makes them exciting — treating life as an adventure with fun stories to tell — can sometimes overshadow a truth I’ve come to cherish. …
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There’s something about the line, ‘I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done,’ that feels badass when you’re struggling on your last set of heavy deadlifts. It’s a David Goggins quote that speaks to the Y chromosome in me. And he has dozens of these sayings, each like a shot of adrenaline …
Why is chess considered the game of kings? I ask this because computer games can be way more complicated. For instance, in Starcraft, you’re a general leading an army of fighting units (up to 200 soldiers, tanks, etc.) over a map, to strategically destroy an opponent’s defences. To appreciate just how complex it is, let’s …