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  • AI Anxiety and the Fantasy of Early Retirement: A Midlife Career Reckoning

    I’m scared AI will take my job. I also fantasize about not having one. A very stable midlife career reckoning.

    Neha Thapar
    April 11, 2026

  • I Took a Wellness Day and Chanel took it personally

    My company declared a Wellness Day. My lungs staged a coup, my voice resigned, and Chanel’s new era may debut without my personal oversight.

    Neha Thapar
    March 16, 2026

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Conundrum of Coming and Going: Living Between Two Countries

    Another airport lounge, another flight home. On belonging to two places and being fully at home in neither.

    Neha Thapar
    December 3, 2019

  • I’ve Got Your Back: On Mentoring and Who Actually Shows Up

    Every trip to India means everyone wants a piece of you. On guidance, generosity, and who gives back.

    Neha Thapar
    September 12, 2019

  • 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

  • The Peace and Quiet: Finding Stillness in Central Park

    Sitting in Central Park surrounded by noise, and feeling genuinely still for the first time in months.

    Neha Thapar
    July 8, 2019

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Glitter in my greys

Because midlife deserves more sparkle and less subtlety.

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