Why am I focusing on increasing my typing speed as a student?

Musings, Productivity, Tip & Tricks

If you are a student like me, you know the drill. Wake up, attend lectures, do tons of assignments, focus on research, come back home to find yourself occupied with homework, and then the cycle repeats. It often is a blessing to find a few hours free, let alone an...

The fear of not growing with time

Musings, Productivity

This will be a short, single-write blog (in one sitting without re-reading to check for corrections). The reason? I don’t want to alter and modify things that might not make a ‘good impression’ on you. I always have this innate ideology that as long...

Put a Stop-loss order on Your Worries

Book Scribbles, Musings

Disclaimer: The idea behind this writing is taken directly from Dale Carnegie’s book titled ‘How to Stop Worrying and Start Living’. If you have time, discard reading this short blog and read the book instead. It is way better. If you don’t...

Putting Pen to Paper

Musings, Productivity

At times life gets busy. Very busy. We find ourselves so occupied by stuff around us that we neglect the routine activities- be it taking medicines on time or going out for the post-meal walk. For me, the past month has been one such time. I had on most days forgotten...

Is giving Constructive Feedback ALWAYS the right approach?

Musings

It is drilled into us through self-help books, motivational lectures, and seminars that the best way to give feedback is by utilizing the constructive feedback approach. Very simply, constructive feedback is one where you appreciate what the other person is doing...

How to deal with the burden of not overachieving in life?

Musings, Productivity

When I graduated, I did so at the top of my class. It was wonderful. I had made so many people proud. Mostly, my parents who continued recalling that moment for years (still do). I had made my close friends proud too. They had always believed in my potential...