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My Passport Was Kidnapped. So Was My Inner Peace: What I Learnt When I Lost My Travel Freedom for 48 Hours
I handed my three passport booklets to a courier. He vanished for 48 hours. On what it feels like to lose your identity, your freedom, and your exit door — and realise your passport was never really a document.
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All Ideas, Including Eating Protein, Need a Go-to-Market Plan: Why the Best Communicator Wins, Not the Best Thinker
A good idea is not nearly as important as explaining someone else’s idea better. On thought-leader theatre at work, WhatsApp-group democracy, and the aunt who finally convinces your parents to eat protein.
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The Art of Spending Money: What Does It Mean to Say “I Made It”?
The strange, deflating feeling of finally getting what you spent years wanting. On the difference between wanting something because it brings joy and wanting it because owning it makes you feel successful.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Treat Yourself: Why I Booked Mexico as a Reward for Working Hard
Three days in Mayakoba, earned. On rewarding yourself properly instead of waiting for permission.
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