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Glitter in my greys

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  • WFH Dreams vs Reality: Working From Home in Lockdown

    The gap between the work-from-home fantasy and the actual thing, written from the first weeks of lockdown.

    Neha Thapar
    April 16, 2020

  • Growing Up: On Family, Marriage and Becoming the Adult

    A 6 am wake-up on a family holiday, and the quiet realisation that you are now the grown-up in the room.

    Neha Thapar
    July 12, 2019

  • Chocolate Cake and the Art of Wanting Things

    Imagining exactly what you want down to the last detail, and what happens when reality delivers something else.

    Neha Thapar
    April 7, 2019

  • What a Wonderful World: Turning 35 and Taking Stock

    A landmark birthday, a graph of high highs and low lows, and gratitude for every bit of it.

    Neha Thapar
    February 23, 2019

  • I Suffer From: Midnight Anxiety and an Overloaded Brain

    Waking at 3 am wondering where the passport is. On the mental cache we all run and never clear.

    Neha Thapar
    January 31, 2019

  • My Travels: What Constant Work Trips Actually Look Like

    Clearing out the fridge, packing again, flying to Seattle. The unglamorous reality of a travelling job.

    Neha Thapar
    January 22, 2019

  • I Am a Girl and I Hate Stuffed Toys: On Corporate Women’s Events

    They handed out stuffed dogs at a women in leadership panel. Nobody hands crocodiles to men in tech.

    Neha Thapar
    January 19, 2019

  • Why Is Everything So Fast? On Resolutions That Quietly Die

    Half of January gone and none of the plans started. On time speeding up and good intentions fading out.

    Neha Thapar
    January 15, 2019

  • Back to School: The First Day Back After a Holiday

    Two weeks of sun, food and ocean, then the desk, the inbox, and a marriage conducted across time zones.

    Neha Thapar
    January 7, 2019

  • The Little Joys of Life: Looking Back on an Unpredictable Decade

    A career I thought had ended, a life I could not have predicted, and the small things that carried me through.

    Neha Thapar
    December 30, 2018

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Glitter in my greys

Because midlife deserves more sparkle and less subtlety.

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