life
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A Rather Un-grand Return
After an “inexcusable” blogging break caused by overwhelming classes, I’m back—grandeur-less. I share what giving a TEDx talk on AI taught me about courage, why I’m craving more offline connection, and my new experiment: sending handwritten snail mail as a small rebellion against our screen-obsessed lives. Read more
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Putting Yourself Out There (Is Terrifying)
Remember on January 1 when I said I was going to post my guitar videos on TikTok every day? Yeah… technically I had a plan. I pre-recorded all of them, so recording was NOT even the hard part. I fumbled on the easy part…posting. My new year’s adrenaline ran out and I started doubting myself.… Read more
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What Are You Rushing For?
I am always talking about my phone. I have this love-hate relationship with it. On one hand, it has exposed me to so many opportunities, made me see the world beyond my little bubble. On the other hand… it is a distraction. I need balance. Anyway. The other day I was thinking about how I… Read more
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MAINTAINING FRieNDSHIPS when life gets busy
Keeping up with people is hard. Like genuinely hard. Case in point: I hadn’t talked to my friend Anu in months. Life got busy, time moved, and before I knew it we just… hadn’t spoken. I told myself I would reach out and force her to read my blogs lol ( ps turns out she… Read more
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Your Friends Won’t Be Down the Street Forever
I always wonder what you guys (yes you, you reading this… youuuuu) do in your respective homes. Call me nosey lol but I would imagine someone is having a self karaoke party by themselves (guilty as charged), doing homework (boooooring), locking in (as you should), on the phone (cough cough), watching tv, choresssss, ugh. I’m… Read more
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New Year, Same Me, Clearer Purpose
If you’re anything like me, you probably spent yesterday which somehow already feels like last year (yes, yesss, New Year joke intended) filling up a really cute planner with ambitious goals and unrealistic optimism. That same adrenaline is why this post exists. Lol. I even went the extra mile and planned out every single day… Read more
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When Imposter Syndrome Comes Knocking (Again): A Grad Student’s Survival Guide
Let me start with a confession: I have imposter syndrome. Present tense. HAVE. I started grad school a few months ago, and honestly? I’ve been scared to even say “I am in grad school” out loud. It feels like someone is going to pop out from behind a bush and yell “IMPOSTER!” lol.(Pun intended) The… Read more
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THE GIFT OF PERSPECTIVE
Some life lessons come in classrooms. Mine came at a bus stop on a gray Tuesday night, delivered by a stranger in red Air Jordans. I’d been in America for just a few months, and everything felt like a battle. The culture, the weather, oh, the weather…but nothing tested my patience quite like the bus… Read more
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When It Feels Like Everyone Else Is Winning
You ever look at someone and just say to yourself, “I wish I had her life… then I’d be so free, I’d be another me”? (Barbie said it first…credits to the queen.) We might not like to admit it, but comparison is a universal language. It sneaks in quietly, mid scroll, mid group chat, mid congratulatory… Read more
