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The Art of Doing Nothing: My First Three-Week Holiday
Three weeks of sleeping, eating and reading — and what it revealed about how hard I had been running.
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A Mother’s Love: Two Weeks Together After Ten Years Apart
Living with my mother again after a decade of marriage, and the particular comfort nobody else provides.
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The Actual End Game: Career Advice Nobody Puts on a Panel
After a panel full of clichéd five-year-plan questions, what people actually queued up to ask me.
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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.
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Long Time No See: What Happens to Every Resolution I Make
Resolutions fizzle, guilt does the rest. On writing again because the shame finally outweighed the laziness.
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It’s Time to Go: The Loneliness of Leaving India Again
Three weeks of family, friends and work ending — and the particular dread of going back to being on your own.
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Making Friends as an Adult in a New City
A year alone in San Francisco taught me I am fine on my own — and how much harder adult friendship is to build.
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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.
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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.
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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.