A Traveler's Thought Journal

You need people in your life who can call out your BS. For some, it’s their best friend; for some, it’s their therapist; for some, it’s their parent or partner; and for others, it’s a stranger. Notting Hill, London Unfortunately, we don’t find the courage to own up until it’s too much for our mind and heart to handle. And finally, you admit, “I don’t like who I am becoming, I don’t feel so good, ” Expecting sympathy, at best, validation. But instead you hear, “Well, good,

Have you ever had a light bulb moment that told you, maybe, just maybe, you aren’t "normal"? Stay with me here. My definition of normal and yours can be wildly different, and that’s okay. Why are we so obsessed with conforming? I used to think I wasn't. I was wrong.   I thought I was comfortable standing out. But I made the mistake of assuming that "standing out" was my default state - that it took no effort, no alertness.   I realized that your comfort state and your default

“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is completely normal.” -Viktor Frankl The past six months have been a roller coaster of heightened emotions. Big changes, one after another—leaving Chicago, moving to Bangalore, starting business school in Hyderabad, and now working again. Underneath it all was a familiar feeling: being out of place. Of not belonging. Yet again. Recently, I met a friend from New York who was visiting India. Seeing him made me realise how much emo