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  • Nearly Lost It All in a Singapore Casino… and Walked Out of Hermès with a Kelly

    I nearly lost everything in a Singapore casino, won it back, and walked into Hermès with no spend history. This is that story.

    Neha Thapar
    December 5, 2025

  • Monsoon, Munchies, and My Midlife Financial Crisis

    Samosas, tax deadlines, and what a midlife money panic actually looks like from the inside.

    Neha Thapar
    September 1, 2025

  • From Beach Bliss to Hospital Rooms: My Glorious Return to Reality

    Five days in Goa, twelve hours of reality. On the holiday afterglow that never survives the trip home.

    Neha Thapar
    June 27, 2025

  • One Foot in Goa, the Other in a Teams Meeting

    Counting down to a Goa holiday while the calendar refuses to cooperate. On working right up to the last minute.

    Neha Thapar
    June 18, 2025

  • Echoes from the Bay: Missing San Francisco in My 40s

    I lived blocks from the Bay Bridge before the pandemic. On the city that shaped me and the version of me it kept.

    Neha Thapar
    June 12, 2025

  • Blah With a Side of Back Pain: A Midlife Summer Moodboard

    Ten deadlifts, one pulled back, zero appetite. On the days your body files a formal complaint.

    Neha Thapar
    June 11, 2025

  • The Hair, the Hunger, and the Hump Day Hangover

    A hair colour booked out of spite, a flirtation with a calorie deficit, and the midweek meltdown in between.

    Neha Thapar
    May 30, 2025

  • Lights, Camera, Wait — Where Do I Look? Filming a Corporate Video

    What happens when a quick office video shoot turns into a full production and you are the reluctant star.

    Neha Thapar
    April 29, 2025

  • Forty and Flourishing: What Life Actually Feels Like at 41

    They say your 40s are when you have it figured out. Really, it is when you realise nobody else does either.

    Neha Thapar
    April 23, 2025

  • Post-Pandemic WFH: The Glorious, Glitchy Era of Working From Home

    Five years after swearing off offices forever — still in joggers, still muting myself, still defending my snacks.

    Neha Thapar
    April 22, 2025

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Glitter in my greys

Because midlife deserves more sparkle and less subtlety.

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