Journal Entry 02: A strange journey

Adulthood has been a strange journey to embark on. I had thought that the age of enlightenment was eighteen. I thought that once I turned that age, I would finally feel secure in myself and have my life figured out. But eighteen came and went in a rather insignificant fashion. Then nineteen and twenty arrived …

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Your beauty does not require perfection

I think that people are beautiful because of their imperfections, and not inspite of them.I came to this conclusion as I was scrolling through Instagram, and saw a video of an acquaintance beaming, working as she usually always is, on a photoshoot. She was staring earnestly into her camera, directing her subject with a wide …

Journal Entry 01: I Want What I Can Not Have

Sometimes, I miss the rigidity and schedule that school offered me. I miss the safety that came with knowing that a certain action would cause a due reward. I knew that if I studied hard, I would get good grades in my exams. Working life is different. There isn’t a direct correlation between my work …

2022: My Year In Review

2022 is quickly drawing to an end, and I can't help but think about how it doubly feels like the shortest and longest year of my life. In the beginning of this year, I projected that it would be a 'magical’ one. This was borne from my bad habit of romanticising my life. I turn …

Fast Car

https://youtu.be/DwrHwZyFN7M Fast Car - Tracy Chapman “You got a fast car, I got a ticket to anywhere.” I am seated at my desk staring at my laptop. I should be working, instead I am busy remembering. Pondering on the past and how certain moments can never be erased from our memories. A certain moment lingers …