It’s time for NaNoWriMo prep and on the eve of the NaNoWriMo, I feel all keyed up with excitement. I am also a bit nervous about the next thirty days because I am committing myself, starting November 1, to writing at least 50,000 words of original content by November 30. That…
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Sometimes even a seemingly minor issue in life can appear like a crisis. Obviously, am speaking from my own point of view. I know for a fact that one person’s crisis can be another person’s …er….amusement. Naturally, we all have our own definitions for a crisis. For example, if the milkman…
I am sure most of us have experience setting goals, or making resolutions. Some of my friends have made goals for the decade. Not surprising, since we are all in our forties – and it does make sense to look at where we see ourselves during the next few years. It…
Not to sound clichéd – but stress is behind that job burnout everyone goes through at some point or other. An interesting study in the BMC Psychiatry journal talks about the factors responsible for each type of burnout and also recommends “cures” for these.You can read the full details of the…
“Oh, I am depressed” Do you say that sometimes? I do, too. Fact is – depression can be caused by chemical imbalances in the brain that are a product of environment and heredity. But we’re not talking about clinical depression here – that’s another line of thought altogether. We are talking…
Yes – to change your life, all you have to do is learn to say NO at the right time. Simply because you deserve to be happy and lead a fulfilling life. Why wallow in self-pity and guilt just because someone bullied you into doing something you did not want to,…
Actually, we are all hypocrites. That’s right, every one of us does something different from what we say, or at least from what we believe in. Regardless of how strong our personal values, we live in a society of other people. No matter how much we might like to follow our…