Unlearning

My public journal where I share weekly reflections on how I’m unlearning.

How to Focus

How to Focus

I was trading voice notes with a friend recently, and they were becoming lengthier and lengthier with each turn

How to Australia

How to Australia

As the sun shined sharply on my body, while I was lying on the sand, I heard a voice directed towards me

How to Inspire 2024

How to Inspire 2024

It is an empowering feeling to be able to on a moment’s notice follow an impulse or feeling that is inspiring me.

How to 2024

How to 2024

There are many ‘forks in the road’, be it little tiny ones or big heavy ones

How to Close 2023

How to Close 2023

It’s important to let go of what was not, to make space for what might become.

How to Motivate

How to Motivate

So often, I am guided by the choices I made for myself in a previous moment.

How to Bend Time

How to Bend Time

A new yoga studio opened outside the doorsteps of my apartment building in Lisbon recently.

How to Popcorn

How to Popcorn

My hands were salty, as I had just finished another bag.

How to Disconnect

How to Disconnect

This past weekend, I turned off my phone for 48 hours continuously

How to Host

How to Host

Hosting is a metaphor for how to move through life.

How to Diwali

How to Diwali

Diwali, often referred to as the Festival of Lights and the New Year celebration in the Indian calendar, is still a significant celebration in my life.

How to Friend

How to Friend

As I have changed my country, my career, and my lifestyle, it is not my friends that have changed but how I relate to them

How to Haircut

How to Haircut

As I stood up from Wayne's chair, I felt lighter, not just because of the weight of the hair that had been cut, but due to gaining some additional clarity on how to live.

How to Surf

How to Surf

It was only when I relaxed and let the waves guide me that I was able to stand.

How to Trek

How to Trek

The knowledge of my mind mixed with the experience of my body created this wisdom that I can do things I don’t know how to do or know much about.

How to Not Live

How to Not Live

A healthy person has one thousand worries; an unhealthy person has only one.

How to Live

How to Live

My journey, like most others, has been often fraught with challenges and uncertainties.

How to Be Lazy

How to Be Lazy

Bill Gates once said something about choosing a lazy person for a tough job. Why? They'd find the easiest way to do it.

How to Fail

How to Fail

The journey of paddleboarding, much like the journey of life, is fraught with challenges.

How to Grandson

How to Grandson

I find myself wanting to understand my grandparents better, to appreciate their struggles and their triumphs, to honor their memory.

How to Italy

How to Italy

As I stood there, I realized that this perfect day I had was a reminder about the journey, not the destination

How to Birthday

How to Birthday

Life continues to change me. I don’t need to control or direct the change. I can learn to allow it to happen.

How to Dance

How to Dance

The way I learned to dance was by doing it, whereas before I had been trying to think it.

How to Get A Red Phone

How to Get A Red Phone

As I stared at my empty hands, it took me a split second to acknowledge what had just happened.