On learning from Heartbreak
One of the hardest things I have done in life is to go about my day after a heartbreak, pretending everything was fine. Humans are...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Oct 203 min read
3x3
The three things that have been on my mind since the last 3 weeks The answer to almost everything in life is to let go. The last few...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Sep 224 min read
7 lessons I learnt in corporate
I joined corporate right after my undergrad, much like most people in my generation. In addition to all the glamour that Netflix bestowed...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Aug 24 min read
On loneliness (Part II)
I am writing this today to re-discover, and re-welcome my old friend - loneliness. Only, this time, I write of it vicariously. My office,...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Jul 143 min read
Are short-term relationships worth it?
Being in your twenties as a Gen-Z sucks, especially when it comes to relationships (I mean, look at the number of words we have devised...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Jun 223 min read
What running away from our problems looks like and why that doesn’t solve anything
There was a point in my life where everything felt too much. My head was full of so many emotions all at once, that I felt I had nowhere...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Jun 42 min read
Taking life too seriously
I have been told, on multiple occasions, that I take life too seriously. The first I heard of it was back in college, where missing a...
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aashnaagrawal1200
May 133 min read
What majoring in Psychology taught me about life
I majored in Psychology (the infamous “science” of mind and behavior), back in college. Here are some critical lessons that I have...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Apr 303 min read
Grieving as an adult
These days, I am grieving the loss of things that were never mine to keep. Rejections. Close friendships. People. I am having to let go...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Apr 183 min read
Feeling lost and learning how to deal with it
April is usually a tough month for me. It brings with it the realization that I am now a year older. It also brings with it the...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Apr 73 min read
Chasing people, and knowing when to stop
People tell me that I make friends very easily, or that it comes very naturally to me to be able to strike a conversation with almost...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Mar 314 min read
On friendships
The similarity in all the difference I made acquaintance with this story back in my college days. It has stuck with me ever since. She...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Mar 173 min read
Why we must love carefully
When I was 14, I found a boy extremely charismatic in my computer classes. He had the duende of a young, ambitious city boy, so of...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Mar 93 min read
Being lonely : What it is, and learning how to deal with it
I have been lonely, a lot. If you ask me when exactly I started feeling this way, I wouldn’t have an answer. I remember feeling this way...
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aashnaagrawal1200
Mar 43 min read
What to do when everything is changing
I deal very poorly with change. When I say poorly, I mean, terribly. Every part of me ties itself into a thousand anxious knots, telling...
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