Category Archives: Thinking Woman
Its not me, its the new normal
I used to think I am weird and not quite normal. Starting from the fact that my mom was very scared to have a baby (me) somewhat late in life, which I interpret as ‘I was born paranoid and with all sorts of phobias’ – to long periods of loneliness and depression which I think [...]
Get Set Goal
Well it seems to be good timing to say that. Not only because of FIFA, but also because I am on the verge of a job change (or you could call it job-loss except that its my decision to quit). And all of life’s signals point towards what I have forgotten and what I need [...]
The drama of life
Have you ever felt that some people don’t want their near and dear to be happy? As illogical as it sounds, I have a theory for it. They need someone to be unhappy, so that they can come to the rescue and feel pretty good about themselves. After all every victim needs a rescuer and [...]
Moving On
I tend to talk about my life story a little too much even under normal circumstances. And a while ago, the circumstances were nowhere near normal. So one has cried on every available shoulder, justified one’s shortcomings and generally made it known to all and sundry what a loser one had become. Well, it seemed [...]
People speak
Its so simple, how come I didn’t realize it all these days? That a big part of our lives and the way we feel, act and react is based on other people’s words. ‘I love you’, ‘Well done’, ‘You make me happy’… Also ‘You disappoint me’, ‘You don’t know anything’, ‘You will not succeed in [...]
An eternal personal debate
The extent to which I have psycho-analyzed the way I am, I should be classified as a psycho myself. Every possible personality profiling has been done, strengths have been analyzed and ‘what career is right for you’ tests have been taken. Yet I know nothing better. In fact I am worse off because now I [...]
On Critics and Casualties
Blogging has given people the space to critique just about anything. Most of them have a brilliant sense of humor to carry it off. I enjoyed reading those posts myself for a long time and then it started looking like we were all waiting for the next scapegoat to thrash in public. Pretty much like [...]