I was watching an interesting YouTube video about life being short and how to spend our limited time, and there I stumbled across an interesting chart - data on who we spend our time with across different social groups (family, friends, partner, coworkers, etc.) and how that changes over time. While this data is based… Continue reading Who do we spend the most amount of our time with?
I take the weather very personally, as a poet, as a person. I know people usually speak of the weather why they want to small talk but unpopular opinion: Talking about the weather can be a very intimate experience.
Like a responsible 25-year-old adult, I decided to finally look into life insurance. So, on this rare morning when I feel like I have my life together, I decide to check what the premium of a life insurance policy for me will be. I go to two of the most well-known life insurers, let's call… Continue reading Insurance Companies: Leave Me Alone, Please!
Here are a few items on my self-care menu that help me get through life even when it feels like it is falling apart.
The summer I was sixteen, this boy I was friends with and liked told me, ‘I can’t be friends with someone who is sad six days and happy one day.’ Soon after, he ghosted me. That was the first time someone ghosted me, and sadly, I can’t say it was the last. People are now… Continue reading Being cool about not being cool
A little (long) poem for the distressing times we are all in.
This is a self-reflection list I make every December and quite enjoy it. Helps me pause and ground myself. Read mine and maybe also make yours 🙂
I’m sorry that we give up on you before we even give you a chance. And I’m sorry that we do that every single time.
Hold a goodbye card before you enter into any kind of relationship with a person. It’s a card I never held and it led to a decade of unhealthy relationships and some plentiful sprinkles of trauma.
Betrayal is another one of life's bitter pills we all have to swallow at some point. Here's how I am going to deal with it.
Hargun Kaur Sachdev 