Unraveling its impact on our lives and careers — Amber is at a crowded restaurant, trying to keep a conversation with friends, but the clamor of chatter, clinking cutlery, and live music drowns out her words. Then she receives a phone call, someone drops a spoon next to her feet, her children are tugging at her sleeve, she hears…

Drafting, drafting, drafting, and no actual publishing — As I write this, 91 is the number of drafts on my Medium account. The same number goes for everything I have published so far when, a month ago, the drafts wouldn’t come near. Reason to ask, what the hell is wrong with me? I didn’t take me for such…

I won’t touch it until I reach my financial goals — If I could choose one single trait for a successful life, it would likely be discipline. You can talk about focus, patience, persistence, resilience, all of that is valid, but the truth is, you need discipline to achieve that and much more. That’s why I’ve chosen not to unpack my…

If you like what you read — I hate begging. I seriously do. I feel it goes against my values. But sometimes, we must learn to embrace new opportunities. And perhaps I should look at it through different lenses because it really is different. It’s not begging, but recognizing that I deserve recognition for the value I…

A timely poem (or not) — It’s so strange to talk about time When time is so strange to us, Isn’t it? What do you think you know about it? You know seconds, minutes, and hours. You know clocks and timezones. You know deadlines. But you don’t know time. Time is free, You are not. You…

It’s never too much to help you save — You probably heard it a lot. Or maybe not. Either way, Black Friday can hold the two edges of the sword. It often does. Don’t let yourself be tricked into deals that aren’t much of a deal. I will tell you how. And know that even the idea of having…

Some things are too dark to see the light — Do you know that uncanny feeling you get now and then for no particular reason? I used to think it was for no reason. I was a fool. And now it was either live with the consequences or get what I deserve. It’s just that someday, the thing you least…

A dialog —

Don’t ask me why. It has been happening since I remember. And no, it’s not in my mind. Today, just like any other, I didn’t even have it in mind. Sometimes, it doesn’t happen, but that’s not often. Most times, I sneeze as I take the first bite of dark…