Gathering thoughts…
A world of little thoughts.
you thought there would be more monarchs at the end -- and perhaps there are, far too far above to see -- here, in this wasteland of husks and maggots. how many times have you circled back around to the same point in life? all these useless rotations; little changes for a hopefool. not [ ] enough, each time. it's…
A sense of assurance that eventually things will fall into place and you will be more than fine. Its a state of mind which makes you calm, happy and at complete ease. The last I felt this is when I was in Kannur, Kerala for New Years. The clean and calm beach with the shades of sky changes from orange to hot pink, the…
Few things offend me more than ignorance masquerading as knowledge. “In our polarised world, a productive disagreement is a rare occurrence. People would rather talk to a stranger who shares their political views than a friend who doesn’t. That’s a travesty.” When you preach, you’re trying to convert people to your…
When we feel displeased with someone, we make every effort to stop any interaction with them. It is liberating to see the difference it makes. In fact, once we have managed to master this detachment, we tend to feel bouts of motivation. The real tragedy is when something that causes us great pain is nothing alien but…
Just be interested in what you truly wants to know If you think that the materialistic stuff & the factories and the stories are interesting - genuinely try to understand first Hey you got this new knowledge - you should be grateful not being sour about it right? Previously I’ve been quite conservative to understand…
My parents video call me everyday. It could sound like I am complaining but that's not it. I like that they do. Most days I do pick up the call regardless of if I am out, at a party or at a friend's place. Usually, the conversation goes as follows- where are you (when I'm out) did you eat? what's happening? what else…
You want a journaling habit, but journaling requires thinking. Thinking is hard work. You are wrong if you think creating a journaling habit requires deep thinking. Don't overthink what you write when you journal. You journal for yourself. No one else will read what you write. Journaling is getting your thoughts on…
I'm currently visiting my grandparents in the Franconian countryside. Here, everything moves slower, costs less, and feels more personal and comforting. The scenic views and quiet pace remind me of a simpler, more orderly life. As I sit on my grandparents' balcony, overlooking the village and the fields beyond, I'm…
What I want to learn to figure out: how to forgive and forget? I think the reason I got triggered again is because I dealt with the Nelson story by painting him as the villain and moving on. But shoo dating him is just clear evidence that I can’t be right and it has deeply challenged my beliefs on that. If Nelson…
new strategy for finding books: follow booktubers who don't like the same books as me (that's very easy to do lmao) i feel myself branching out!! hearing people talk about why they like something primes me to like it too. seeing their smiling faces hypnotizes me into liking what they like i thought i wanted to do a…
(original: 2009 April 18) in memory of jengyee: april 27 tree planting at Cal for the tree planting ceremony ... To commemorate Jengyee's lasting devotion to Cal, a beautiful California live oak tree will be planted on campus just south of Etcheverry Hall. We cordially invite you to join us for the planting and an…
Where I'm from, asking your waiter about the ingredients in a dish usually prompts one of two responses: 1) "You can't have this, this, or this. But this and this are safe to eat." 2) "Uh, I'll ask the kitchen and get back to you." While visiting London, I was really surprised that the near universal response was…
Sean Strickland has shocked the world. Last night he became the new UFC Middleweight Champion of the World by beating Israel Adesanya in Sydney, Australia. Both fighters are quite the characters with totally different fighting styles. Strickland stuck to his guns and damn near ended the fight in the first round with a…
Recently built my first kit guitar! Really happy with how this one turned out. After years of fixing up cheap guitars I was ready to build one of my own. Picked the kit up as a local guitar show and finished it in about a week. I also picked up a Harley Benton Tele Style guitar a few days before the show. It had a…
What percentage of your time is spent consuming and what percentage is spent practicing being the person you aspire to be? When you are growing into adulthood, it is natural that you are a big consumer of information on the worlds around you. And of all the options you have of dealing with that world. However,…
A ex-Google engineer name Blake Lemoine was fired for falsely asserting that an "AI" chat bot called LaMDA was sentient. It made for good headlines, with plenty of interesting comments from armchair experts. Here's another hot take. When the time finally comes, how can we determine if a computer is intelligent? Or…
It finally happened. I dipped my pen nib into my morning coffee. Should have put a lid on the cup. Can't dip in the wrong container if there's a lid over one of the liquids. Another drawback to drinking coffee black; out of the corner of your eye, it looks like your ink. One of those moments you figured would…
Austin Kleon has the right idea. His lesson in Steal Like an Artist applies to more than your creative output. It applies to anything you are trying to build. A website A business A new habit What is the first action you take when you delve into something new? You research. From your research, you pull ideas you can…
Life’s too short to be chasing someone who’s chasing someone else 🌙🌸
Every once in a while, it's good to make a break from the traditional routine. This is outside of the normal breaks that one should have during the day or the different activities done in the weekend. Those are fine and work well but there's need for something more drastic sometimes. Changing the routine, changing the…
A couple of days ago, I was really struggling to come up with ideas for that day's writing challenge. Feeling stuck, I was riding an electric scooter through the nighttime streets to get home. With the rush of wind and the feeling of moving forward, ideas started flowing. I came up with concepts for six different…
Same time. Same place. When you’re new to journaling, routine is important. The consistency of routine will create the habit. When I started journaling, I followed the same routine for 13 months. Every day I wrote gratitude as soon as I walked into the kitchen to start my day. It worked for me. I still prefer…
It is never a good morning to mourn.
Don't know if one more writing and social media platform, which says it is not a social media platform, is worth the effort of writing. It is like having several notebooks in blank, or many books on the shelves that were never read. The objects are there, but their functions are ignored. Maybe because our brains,…
For the last month or so, I have been sitting on coding up a weekend project to launch for my next "startup" or web app. Whatever it is. I have been procrastinating, again. The idea is simple. It's a read-only portal for all of my wallets. Google Pay, Venmo, Paypal, Cash App, Strike, and many more. I took my kids to…
What distinguishes a democracy from mob rule? A couple of things, but chief among them is the legal protection of individual rights. You can't hang all the redheads just because the majority wills it. Redheads have as much of a right to life as their brown-haired fellow citizens - not more, not less. The cracks start…
Are the poor more generous than the rich? It's an interesting if romantic notion, somewhat backed up with serious but contested research. But while the science isn't clear, most of us have personal experience of the generosity of the not-so-fortunate. As a little boy in mid-70s Srinagar, I'd sometimes be given the…
Governments the world over, want to be able to exert better control over Twitter. So far their only options have been to enact laws that compel the company to shape its behavior in particular ways. But Twitter is a global company that has to abide by the laws and regulations of all the countries in which it operates.…
Vi går bort fra hverandre Inni oss bærer vi hver vår halvdel av det samme svaret Avstanden blir stadig større mellom det som er sant og det som er sant Vi går og går i håp om å glemme spørsmålet
In the taxi last night, conversation with the driver turned to identity - religious, national, cultural. He was a melange of Middle Eastern, Eastern European and Turkish. I'm Indian with connections to various parts of India. Neither of us was religious or believed in god, but we agreed that religion had value and…
Schumpeter's theory about how capitalist economies tend to continually renew themselves through creative destruction is kind of like how forest biomes are supposed to work when they are not being mucked up by humans. Emergent systems like forests and markets have a lot of commonalities in this regard. They are not…
Be it in relationships, careers, personal development, or any other line of interest. The core is and always has been the same. "Keep doing small intentional efforts" Without this the relationship feels like it has come to an end or at the very least you feel unloved. You can't make Career change, personal development…
Isn't it odd that two words from two different languages sound nearly the same? Does anyone else wonder about the twists and turns in the history of our world that led to such coincidences?
We have steadily become trained to gather inspiration like a humpback whale gulping down thousands of krill. The constant inundation of images and concepts can confuse the mind and stifle your own creative spark. Really, the most profound moments of inspiration happen, not within the outer noise, but within the inner…
Fear of the future Fear of the past Never living Meaning Love Regret Always hoping Fear of losing Fear of the unknown
i’ve been rejected so many times in the last year or so. Countless job apps, applied to accelerators for funding, no nothing in return, even reached out to contacts. Nope. Gotten kinda numb these days. Must not lose hope. Maybe better days are ahead..
My antisocial personality would like to talk, but at same time don't have energy to be socialite!
Sometimes you come across a pair that is clearly very close to each other. Observing them interact, it's unclear who is taking care of whom. The daughter still seeks to impress and seek validation, while showing her mother how things are done. The mother still instructs, but also follows instructions, probably…
Some days, my brain can be a chaos of endless worries and scenarios that give me anxiety. These thoughts can be exhausting, but deep in my heart (very deep inside), I appreciate this aspect of my mind. It probably comes from my survival instinct, a part of me that is trying to anticipate and prepare for any possible…
There are no holy ideas in Academia. We should always strive to get better, always. I believe in the ideas of improving the human condition with the help of rationalism and science. Understanding the world and finding approximations of the truth that serve as practical solutions to the problems of our time, is the age…
The big picture is tempting, especially if you’ve been there before. You think you know exactly how to get there. There’s a problem focusing on the big picture. Whether it’s familiar or new, there are many distractions. Having that big picture in mind is needed as a goal. The options you have to reach the goal can be…
ahh i started a new design process for a creative output. it is foreign to me because i have not used that technology to inform design choices, yet it is familiar to me because i typically use reference material to inform my creations. its exciting to think of where this creative output will go...
acho esse negocio de criar expectativa a coisa mais cagada do mundo. assim, claro que todo mundo cria expectativa com as coisas. sempre. é impossivel viver no mundo onde há relações e nao sair criando expectativas, mas eu acho maluco que a gente ta sempre ou ficando muito feliz porque elas foram alcançadas ou…
recentemente, recebi a notícia de que estava com uma infecção em decorrencia de um corpo estranho no meu corpito tão territorialista e fechado. toma-lhe dez dias de antibiótico. nesse meio tempo, viajei pro mato grosso, ponto central do brasil, para um evento sobre sementes. uma loucura de calor na rua + frio nos…
This is my first post of nicheless, I think the idea for the website is great, and I am happy to be a relatively early adopter. What gets me excited about the platform is the late of likes, reposts etc, and just the ability to get one's thoughts on paper. I'm not sure I would consider myself a writer, but I surely…
Today I had dinner with the marketing head of a client of mine. We had nice conversations but one thing particularly struck me: How genuinely helpful and supportive she was. In the course of the evening she proactively offered help and support on several topics, without expecting anything in return. I'm always…
On our first day in Washington, D.C., we woke up to rain. My family turned to me. “What are the plans?” I love planning. Vacations, menus, my daily schedule, planning my new Substack newsletter, any kind of planning. There’s satisfaction in looking at all the possibilities. Plans make me feel safe. Details and options…
Finally got around to this project after buying the cigar box at a thrift store a few months ago. All the rest of the parts I had around from other builds/mods. I’ve modded a few guitars now but I think I might be most proud of this one. It wasn’t a struggle the entire build, only took me 3 days in total, and best of…
