The most popular new year resolutions in the world are fitness-related. They are also the most commonly failed resolutions.
Here are the most common reasons people fail at fitness:
They don’t account for a net loss in happiness
For any new habit that you’re bringing into your life, you’re re-budgeting your time.
It doesn’t matter if you’re the busiest…
Improv, short for improvisation, is a script-less performance art. In an improv performance, all or most things are made up on the spot.
The most popular version of improv is improv comedy — where performers act out scenes, come up with punchlines, or play games based on prompts from the…
Something, never mind what or why, clicked into place on September 14th, 2020 and I started writing a daily journal.
Before that, I’d been writing for two and a half years with no regularity or structure. On that day I started taking it seriously. There was no moment, no big…
The cover image contains the mnemonics you need
Here are some mnemonics:
- They’re is short for They are. An apostrophe is ALWAYS a contraction*. It is a replacement for one (or sometimes more) letters, e.g. I’ll is short for I will, and the apostrophe takes the place of wi. …
Data Science
It was the summer of 2020, and the world was still getting used to the WFH life. The data science team at Zendrive was doing the same, but we had a helpful distraction on our side. An interesting chicken-and-egg problem had come up.
We received a business requirement for a…
An insensitive and unhelpful privilege
I’m very privileged to have a roof over my head and food on my table. I live a fairly comfortable life, and regularly add to my savings. I also have a father who has been regularly contributing to his life savings for decades.
These two facts put me in the…
- I haven’t written a blog post in forever.
- I can’t be bothered to spend time optimizing titles and thinking of verbose copy.
- I am tired of trying to be positive, and being socially punished for not maintaining a positive demeanor.
- I am tired of trying to wake up and get…
And it may help fix the problem
Since the early days of the pandemic, a colleague of mine has complained about working from home. They’ve been struggling with separating work from life. They’ve struggled with boundaries.
This colleague used his commute as a cue to connect and disconnect from work. In other words, he started thinking about…
This time, I think it’s going to stick.
In November 2019, I started watching a Dungeons and Dragons show called Critical Role. At that point, Critical Role had been going for 5 years.
It was a behemoth, with a back catalog totaling 840+ hours of content. To put that in context, the entirety of FRIENDS is 88 hours…
I went on a very successful weight loss journey in 2020, losing 19 kg (~42 lbs). This was the culmination of years of frustration at my weight and my inability to feel healthy, energetic, and whole.
In 2021, I have regained ~4 kgs. A small part of that is working…
Vaibhav Gupta
Professional technical writer, 2x Distinguished Toastmaster. I write about mental health and self-awareness. Also see https://medium.com/thorough-and-unkempt
