You might find this surprising but there was a time when I used to be extremely paranoid of giving any kind of negative feedback. This, you have to agree, kind of sucks if you are in a position where one of your primary duties IS to do so. Actually scratch that. I wasn’t scared of […]
Category: Thoughts
Lessons learned after 30 days of being a first-time dad
Well, I think the most important thing that happened during these first 30 days is that we survived 🙂 Like, I’m not even joking. It wasn’t easy, though. If you dig deep into Reddit or if you talk to parents who are willing to share their real feelings, most of them will tell you that […]
Lessons learned after 14 days of being a first-time dad
Last week I published “Lessons learned after 7 days of being a first-time dad”, where I outlined how the first 7 days went through. Compared to week #2, that was a breeze. For us, week #2 was when his stomach cramps started kicking in and let me tell you – this is absolutely awful. It’s […]
Lessons learned after 7 days of being a first-time dad
Calendar says it. It’s been a week. I still can’t believe it, but yep, calendar claims so. It’s been 7 days since my newborn son and wife were released from the hospital. I’m sure some would expect that I’d describe these seven days as complete and utter horror. No sleep. No time. No food. Dirty […]
What should I do if I can’t (or don’t want to) afford therapy?
It’s a fact. Some people can’t afford it, whereas some explicitly don’t want to do it. No matter what your reasoning is, one thing is certain – price of ignoring your mental health is horrendous (and yes, I’m writing a separate article on that). I will try outlining everything that I’ve learned through my 7+ […]
How I Learned to Learn (or how to learn effectively as an adult)
Would you be surprised to learn that acquiring new knowledge becomes much harder once you go past your mid-20s? Specifically, the number seems to reside around 25th mark. Nobody has a definite WHY, but there seem to be multiple factors at play. One, which is rather obvious, is […]
Turning Chaos into a Line
I’m the most chaotic and unorganized person ever. Seriously. Give me an unknown task and, deep down, I go full blown hazard. Favorite example is my manager making a request to provide a timeline and plan to do X, where X is usually something that I have no faintest idea about. Gotta admit that […]
Surviving Breakups: The Handbook
Silence. These are the opening words in my journal, dedicated to my last breakup. This article was supposed to be called “The Sound of Silence”, because, that’s exactly what losing somebody feels like. No more sound of their voice […]
Rereading the Same Book
Last year I read 30 books. And then I wrote an article about it. What you can learn from it is that I was never an avid reader, but more of a (very) late-bloomer. But I figured that “if you want to be successful, you’ve gotta read. A lot”. Don’t really ask me what it means, but it is what I believed in. So I focused on reading a lot for the sake of reading […]
Q&A on Mental Health – Part 2
Part 2 of Q&A on Mental Health session. If you’re not familiar with it, go check the Part 1 first!