Blog categorized as Learning

Avoiding Junk: Calories, Content, and Conversations

Discover how avoiding junk calories, content, and conversations can transform your life and lead to deeper self-understanding.

07 Jul 2025 06:55 PM

Fall down seven times, get up eight.

By Suraj

What if failure isn't the enemy—but the energy source? A personal reflection on why I keep trying, even when the world wants me to stop.

02 Jun 2025 08:01 PM

Goals: A Recipe for Failure?

By Suraj

Why shifting from goal-setting to daily habits transformed my mindset and helped me overcome the disappointment of failure.

26 May 2025 06:37 PM

When the Student Is Ready… Confirmation Bias Appears

By Suraj

A personal reflection on how confirmation bias shapes our perception of wisdom, learning, and the unexpected teachers we choose in life.

24 May 2025 03:58 PM

Weekend Plans? Yes,I plan to do nothing

By Suraj

Discover why planning to do nothing might be the smartest time management strategy for your well-being.

23 May 2025 07:17 PM

The Clean Plate Club: A Cultural Habit or a Health Hazard?

By Suraj

What a plate of curry and chapatti taught me about hunger, habit, and health last Easter!

22 May 2025 04:35 PM

Environments Make a Difference

By Suraj

A personal lesson from the 75 Hard challenge on how small environmental changes can disrupt habits — and how to plan for consistency.

21 May 2025 04:23 PM

How Much Information Does a Man Need?

By Suraj

A personal reflection on the dangers of information overload in the digital age and how it affects decision-making, creativity, and well-being.

19 May 2025 05:55 PM

The One That Got Away (and Other Lost Ideas)

By Suraj

A personal reflection on how fleeting ideas can be—and why capturing them immediately is key to building a consistent writing habit.

14 May 2025 06:18 PM

Don't Edit in Your Head: Lessons from Writing Daily

By Suraj

Writing freely without self-editing is a skill—and learning it can unlock creativity and consistency.

06 May 2025 08:46 PM

Be kind to yourself

By Suraj

A gentle reflection on choosing self-compassion over self-criticism after a full and productive day.

05 May 2025 09:35 PM

Writer’s Block—or Just Didn't Eat That Frog?

By Suraj

A late-night struggle with writer’s block turns into a reminder to stick to the habits that work—like eating that frog first thing in the morning.

01 May 2025 08:49 PM

Learning to Write—With and Without AI

By Suraj

A personal milestone turns into a moment of introspection as I confront my growing dependence on AI and commit to learning to write well on my own.

30 Apr 2025 06:22 PM

Listening Is a Muscle Too

By Suraj

After years of chasing discipline, I learned that true consistency comes from listening to my body — not overriding it.

25 Apr 2025 09:35 PM

From CrossFit to CoolCoach: Rethinking Fitness for Real Life

By Suraj

Inspired by CrossFit, refined by real life — my journey to decode fitness

23 Apr 2025 04:43 PM

Balancing Adolescence

By Suraj

A personal reflection on the Netflix show Adolescence, exploring the complex terrain of masculinity, feminism, and the importance of thoughtful inquiry over quick conclusions.

18 Apr 2025 06:01 PM

The Hidden Cost of Owning Your Time

By Suraj

What if owning your time is actually isolating you from others?

17 Apr 2025 02:16 PM

From Roark to Real: Learning to Show My Work

By Suraj

Austin Kleon's book, Show Your Work! is a small and short book, but it has had an outsized impact on me. Discovering Austin's book seemed like the literal manifestation of the quote — when the student is ready, the teacher appears — often attributed to Buddhism.

I have always leaned towards th...

13 Apr 2025 01:20 PM

The Joys of Building

By Suraj

A reflection on rediscovering joy through making — from IDEO workshops to lines of code to pixels on a screen.

11 Apr 2025 08:12 PM

Success as a Pilot but Failure at Scale

By Suraj

The Problem: Pilotitis

The social sector is rife with pilots.

The phenomenon of organizations in the sector launching pilot projects but then failing to scale them is so common that there is a term for it — Pilotitis.

If you are trying something new, it does make sense to start with ...

07 Apr 2025 04:44 PM