I felt scared a lot lately. I asked a friend who started a specialty coffee shop in our small, remote hometown, ‘don’t you feel scared to hold on to your vision when nobody saw what you saw? She told me about her ‘worst-case-scenario’ test – what is the worst that could happen? When you know…
In the midst of getting a book out, I wanted to hide. After frequent posting and shouting about myself, my book, my work, approaching people to collaborate, and asking for help, I was ambushed by a profound moment of doubt. What am I doing? Even though the ball was rolling, I had a breakdown. Ryan…
Wow. I felt disbelief not because of the story of sexual abuse I just heard. I was amazed that a beautiful lady just shared her most vulnerable moment in life with all of us, despite this being the first time we met. In that moment, I felt that we belonged together. When a friend and…
It started with an idea, a desire. It grew stronger and stronger. The manuscript sat in my folder until a friend came onboard and said, ‘hey, let’s do this together’. When I announced my book launch to friends and family, I stepped past the point of no return. From a passion project it elevated to…
I caught up with a friend right before the year ended. After telling him what I had been through this year and what I’m working on, he told me that I had a good life. He made me think. I started 2017 with nothing After withdrawing from my first venture, I went back home, back…
As my upcoming book, ‘The Art of Owning Your Story’, is turning into reality, I was often torn between excitement and doubt. It’s a book about my experiences, struggle and growth as I went through life transformation from corporate, coffee to entrepreneurship. Putting my thoughts and emotions out there, raw and naked, I knew it…
For the past few months, I had been writing day in and day out. Writing becomes my job, my career, my passion, my life. There were moments I felt contented to be able to do what I do; I questioned myself why I was doing what I do, I teared feeling the pressure of not…
Every time you overcome a big challenge, you feel so invincible that nothing can beat you anymore; you’ve cried your heart out and you thought you’ll never shed tears again. The thing is, there are always challenges yet to come, until you learn to accept it as constant in life. I went through a badly…
I started writing because I had a vain thought, what good will ideas do if they only live in my head? Then I wrote a post about sperms. I am still amused whenever I look back at my first article. 2 years later, writing becomes an important part of me as I zig and zag…