are all intertwined. I’ve been trying to decompress this long weekend and the week before after doing high-quality brainwork and managing intense emotions both together. I’m well aware that my brain has been running nonstop at a high level, and that I really need(ed) to pause. Last week I re-started, after eons, going for walks and it has helped me immensely. I have found a place to walk to and sit beside the lake. All thanks to Yuvan when I said I needed to go to this park to walk, he was like, ‘why don’t we walk from home to the park?’ and that has been a game-changer! I feel like now my goal is to finish the walk to get my 15 mins or so sitting looking at the lake doing nothing and my walks are purposeful. Weirdly enough, though am scared of swimming or being under water, rain, lake and beaches do calm me. This renewed interest to walk has been a quiet win for me and I will continue. I was caught in unexpected rain on Friday post my walk and simply stood watching it for 20 min...
A book that got me back to love reading all over again. This made it so many popular booklists/book clubs in 2025, including Jimmy Fallon's (My love for Jimmy Fallon is for another day:-) My first read by Fredrik Backman; the book navigates friendships, loneliness, grief, domestic violence, drugs and more but the way it is written is reflective, hard themes written with relatable humour, in third person and the story travels from several characters narrating it from their point of view. I was completely moved by the book and it showed me another side of the World and its challenges. In retrospection I guess why I connected more to it was also that it was reflective in nature! Will I read more of his? Yes, I am thinking about " Anxious People" and "The Winners"