Most jobs lack creativity. You are rarely the sole agent responsible for birthing a new concept/idea/framework/product, and even if you are in a creative field, you may only be doing a small part in a much larger production. Therefore, to satisfy the creative itch, you need to seek it in your daily life. Consumption is unfortunately much easier than sitting down and starting to create something. The barriers : I’m not good enough (If you do share) - no one will use this/read/look at this (If they do look at it) - they won’t like it Proceed to either : Read more...

I’m turning 29, and although it’s not yet the big ‘3 0‘—in some respects, it practically is. Here are some pithy aphorisms and ideas to ponder. 1. When you take care of the small things, the big things tend to take care of themselves. Clean your environment. Exercise. Eat well. Schedule time for dinner/lunch with friends. Make time for your hobbies. 2. Your environment sways your decisions and your actions “The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. Read more...

Every morning I sit, pen and paper in hand before the day begins, intending to have a silent conversation with myself. The rhythmic hum of the nearby refrigerator, or occasional bird song colours the morning silence. It is in these early hours of the morning that solitude exists without a sense of loneliness. That the inexorable current of the day, has not yet begun. The whole world crackles with the potential of what is yet to come, and you are there to bear witness; a fly on the wall watching the gears of the machinery whir into action. Read more...

What is home? Is home an external place? What defines a home? Take my childhood home. If my mother leaves, it it still my home? If my Father leaves, then what? What if the house stands empty, and becomes inhabited by strangers. Is this place still home? The more I sat with this question, the more I realised that home is less a piece of soil, but more a piece of soul. Read more...

Finished reading: The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik 📚 This is not an airport non-fiction book with steps on how to ‘master anything’. It is an exploration of the mystery of mastery which is wrapped in beautiful prose. How do we learn anything? Brick by Boring Brick “… that life drawing was just like everything else you learned to do, a slow carpentering of fragments into the illusion of a harmonious whole”. Read more...

Urgency exists in the mind, not in the world I like empty days. Empty weeks. Empty calendars. Yet when I talk to other people, they often pride themselves on how busy they are. Having an empty schedule is anathema. The culture at the moment is that being busy is good. The hidden message seems to be that by being busy you are doing something important, and by doing something important you must be an important person. Read more...

Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful Hazmat Inayat Khan The Office on the surface is a boring uneventful show. It’s literally about a failing paper company. People with ordinary lives. Mundane lives filled with the triviality of everyday. Yet it’s probably the most compelling show I’ve watched (and rewatched). Why? It comes down to the people. It’s a show about ordinary people. Fallible ‘boring’ yet interesting, funny, angry, sad, loving, caring, destructive, chaotic and frustrating people. Read more...

Turned 27. I am going to make some personal predictions. Predictions Career : At the moment, I can’t imagine doing anything other than radiology. Endlessly intellectually stimulating, purpose inbuilt, varied, time to enter flow states, social at work, chilled out. Prediction is : MSK/GI Radiology as a specialty. Love. Regular metta is slowly infusing the world with joy. Location : Trees/Forests nearby with easy access to the city. Read more...

I’m going to talk about SpongeBob. Forgive me. There is a spectrum of SpongeBob - Squidward. Squidward represents apathy. The mechanical man. Routine. Solemnity. Fear of the opinion of others. Self-rumination. Seriousness. ‘The world must conform to my will, otherwise misery’. SpongeBob represents play. Flirting. Treading the boundary between acceptable and unacceptable. Humour. A lack of self consciousness. Presence. ‘Tao : flow with what arises’. We vacillate between these two extremes. Read more...

I had 2 YouTube channels as a teenager. One of them regularly had 1K+ views on Minecraft let’s play with almost 20 episodes. One video hit 1 million views. As a self conscious 16-17 year old, prompted by a comment from a friend - I deleted it. I never made any backups. It was gone. Similarly, I had a notebook with loads of short-stories/insights. One day I just decided to throw it away. Read more...