The Great Escape

the great escape

for a while there I was destitute my breath stuck in my throat then butterflies started fluttering knew this was my great escape

I used to read about all of this a feeling that gets you alive far from my reach I thought until you came along my song

shook my whole world blue got me stuttering around smiling a little too much and melting at your touch

my days spent in blissful haze lavender and pinks all around no storm brewing in my mind can I just stay right here... forevermore

Small Steps to Boost Your Mental Health At Home

Small Steps to Boost Your Mental Health At Home

Mental health is somehow the most talked about and yet most ignored topic. We all love to talk about how to destigmatize mental illness on social media. But in truth, we are all a little ashamed to talk about mental illness in the real world. Yes, I’m calling myself out too! A majority of teenagers and adults now are a victim of one mental issue or the other. Especially in the past year, every…

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Triing triing. Trring trring. One last day.. one last time!! I can do this! My cycle screeches as I park it in the usual place near the gate under the shade of the old neem tree with 50 other cycles for company. As I look around I realise I’ve never noticed the beautiful creepers and climbers in the corners and their bright white flowers. I stand there watching a pigeon fly into open air,while I…

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Grit by Angela Duckworth- Chai & Books #2

Grit by Angela Duckworth- Chai & Books #2

Grit is a book that will coax you and slap you hard on the face, at the same time. Let me explain. The core concept of the book is that people often categorise success as “naturally talented” when in fact, it is the grit and passion that matter more. Beginning the book with a relatable story, Duckworth tells us she was always told to be “”not genius enough””. (Ironically, she recently won the…

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Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

What if you could make all your decisions in the time of a blink of an eye? How many times have you heard the phrase “”trust your gut””? Malcolm Gladwell does a brilliant job explaining the phenomenon of gut instincts and snap decisions in his all-time best-seller Blink. First, we have to accept that our brain is too complex for us to have complete control of it. In fact, there is a whole…

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