Why aren't we more happy?
I find it amusing how often our happiness is hostage to a wide range of factors. The most interesting of them is it’s dependance on the kinds of lives people around us are having. If only you were born 50...
The importance of being successful
I’m going to write this article for my future self. I don’t think this is the right way to look at life for all. I don’t think my future self would either. This article isn’t to be taken seriously. I...
The importance and value of momentum
For any routine and habits you wanna build, momentum is the key. Momentum is what keeps you going, it’s sets your default (determines what you’ll do in autopilot). Give it the value and respect it deserves. Momentum makes it much...
How to do well at school?
Through my experience, I believe this is the most effective way to do well at school (or university). I should’ve done much more of this in retrospect (which I haven’t). This blog is a reminder for myself on what things...
Paper Summary: ML in Systems Neuroscience
Here’s my summary of the paper The Roles of Supervised Machine Learning in Systems Neuroscience. Well written paper, got a very good overview of the work going on in the interesection of ML (supervised) and neuroscience. I did not dive...
On feeling more motivated
Have you ever been more motivated in the past but not as motivated right now. Here are a few suggestions/thoughts that might help. Few thoughts I have: Seems like a problem of narrative to me too. What narrative did you...
On controlling your emotions
These are my quick thoughts, I’m sure there are better resources on the internet that would be more helpful. There are two aspects to this: Your body biologically responds to the event (with chemicals in your brain) making you feel...
Gratitude journaling did not work for me
I’ve heard a lot about the effectiveness of gratitude journaling and I’ve incorporated variations of it into my morning routines for extended periods of time. It seems to me that it is not as affective as many people suggest. My...
Don't understand my writings? It's on me
I don’t proofread most of the articles I write. I just write thoughts on my head quickly and put them out there. I don’t even proofread. So if something’s not clear on my blogs, it’s on me. But this is...
The Story Of Me
In this blog post, I want to show you my reponse for the exercise which I call “The Story Of Me”. You can write yours too, it’s a fun and helpful exercise. Helps get things in perspective. Write a fictional...