Recently, I read the book ‘The Trial‘ by Franz Kafka. It got me thinking about whether our lives are a trial where we prosecute ourselves throughout our lives? Now, what do I mean by trial in our minds? It’s as if the trial is between our subconscious and our conscious minds. Guess deep down in […]
Category: Purpose
“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.”
– Winston S. Churchill
The purpose is the direction in life. Find purpose in life goes concurrently with self-realization. Without purpose, life can become a rudderless ship.
According to Greater Good “To psychologists, the purpose is an abiding intention to achieve a long-term goal that is both personally meaningful and makes a positive mark on the world.”
Why We Don’t Know What to Do With Our Time
It’s an interesting paradox. We say we don’t have enough time most of the time. But if we are given an infinite amount of time, do we always know what we’d do with that time? If we need a break from burnout, we’d for sure relish some time, but then what? Most of the time […]
Why We Don’t Listen to Our Body
Have you ever realised that your body is trying to tell you something? Many times we realise it but intentionally choose not to listen to it. Why? That’s an interesting question. It’s because our “monkey mind” keeps telling us what to do all the time and tells the body to shut up. Now, what do […]
Why We Avoid Facing Ourselves?
How much time can you just be with yourself without the itch to do something? Just think about it. Why do we want to stay busy all the time doing something? Is it that we need to distract ourselves from ourselves so that we don’t need to face ourselves? What if I say we live […]
Why Early Retirement Is a Dilemma?
Have you ever thought about early retirement? How does it feel even at the thought of it? There is an entire financial industry to service you in navigating through the retirement process financially. That is more of a math thing. But what goes into the math is also assumptions. How do you know your assumptions […]
Why Many Don’t Retire from Jobs Even if They Can
Why is it that so many people don’t retire from their jobs even if they can financially? This is more prevalent than you think. Most of the time, people talk and analyze the financial side of being able to retire. Retirement planning on the internet is an extensive business. With many services that take advantage […]
There is More to Retiring Early Than You Think
First, if you are reading this post, congratulations! Retiring early before the age of 65 years is a dream that more than half of Americans have. But there is more to retiring early than you think. Achieving financial independence is certainly great. But retiring early needs some sort of vision, even if there is no […]
Will You Have Any Deathbed Regrets?
Being on a deathbed is a topic that we don’t want to think about much. But death is the biggest truth. Often, we want to avoid the truth since it might not be comfortable. The question is, will you have any deathbed regrets? As I think it over, I have regrets from my life that […]
Why Visualize Death Before We Die
There is a meditation practice in Buddhism named Maranasati, which means the mindfulness or awareness of death. Death is the ultimate truth, although we shirk away from contemplating about it. We come into this world naked and leave naked. Only our true self, our soul, is eternal. We keep on cladding our true self with […]
Pursue Success or Fulfillment in Life
In this success driven world, for many, it is difficult to even fathom the difference between success and fulfillment. Do you understand the difference between them? It’s okay if you don’t because it’s not that straightforward. Now let’s try to understand what we usually mean by success. Often what we mean by success is money, […]