NaNoWriMo 2020
I’m participating in NaNoWriMo 2020! If you don’t know what this is, take a look. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It’s when...
Category: Self-expression
Conflict Resolution
I was speaking to my therapist about conflict resolution today. I have a hard time expressing myself when I have a contrarian opinion with people who are close ...
Creativity/Inspiration/Personal Stories/Ranjana's Diary/Reframing/Relationships/Self-expression/Writing skills
My relationship with my blog
I was telling my friend the other day how, of late, I wasn’t feeling in the flow while writing blog posts. April had been magical. I was able to connect &...
#theyearofme project/Monthly Review/Personal Stories/Planning/Productivity/Self-expression/Self-identity/Writing skills
April review and May challenge
May is upon us! I’m excited. April was great despite the coronavirus lockdown. I thought I’d reflect on how April went and share what I have in mind...
Creative Inspiration
I used to think that I had to wait for the creative inspiration to write something. I wanted to be one of those who had a brilliant flash of insight … Re...
How to use journaling
Recently, the creative writing club that I’m a part of worked through the exercises given in the first chapter of Susan Tiberghien’s One Year to a W...
Lessons from Beth March
I just had a good cry this afternoon. I am reading Little Women for the second time (the first time was more than a decade ago) and today I read … Read m...
Becoming a woman of duality
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”– Nora Ephron Recommended by a dear friend, I started watching Anne with an E on Netflix yeste...
#theyearofme project/Beliefs/Inspiration/Leadership/Purpose/Self-acceptance/Self-expression/Self-identity
The permission to prioritize yourself
People say, “Oh you’re so selfish. You’re pleasing you.” And what they mean is “You should please me.” You’re selfish ...
Bharatanatyam, the inseparable part of me
As a little girl, I didn’t make any secret of my love for dance. My mother tells me that I would dance just about anywhere – in front of the &hellip...