Since the FIRE community was my inspiration to start a blog, I thought I would write about financial independence. FIRE stands for ‘Financial Independence, Retire Early’ and it seems like this movement has gotten a lot more media attention recently. (Or maybe it just feels that way to me...

I first had the idea for this blog a few years ago and always envisioned that travel would be a big component since travel brings me a lot of joy, perspective, and growth. Unfortunately, it looks like that’s on hold for the foreseeable future. So in the meantime, I...

I’ve been immersed in some great podcasts and books this week that have been very nourishing and I wanted to share some nuggets. These past few months have been tough on our collective nervous systems, with the unrelenting news cycle on pandemic deaths, unprecedented job losses, economic and health...

My heart has been heavy since the tragic killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and it has been difficult to write on this blog. I have spent the last few weeks feeling grief and outrage and a sense of helplessness. I think back on all the...

I LOVE sleep so I used to set my alarm as late in the morning as possible, at one point only 15 minutes before I had to leave for work. After doing a lot of research on how to optimize sleep, I realized I had it all wrong. The...

My biggest takeaway from my silent meditation retreat was to change the way I relate to challenging circumstances. My natural inclination is to wish for things to be different but that just makes it worse. Equanimity is not a word I had really used before this retreat but it...

Meditation was one of those things that I had wanted to explore for many years. I went to a lecture by a physician in 2011 which discussed neuroplasticity and shared some of the studies about the impacts of meditation on the brain, and that is what really piqued my...

I had tried many times to keep a diary as a kid but always gave up after one or two entries. But during my freshman year of college, I finally tried a journal on my computer and that has now continued for 21 years. I joke that it is...

My 40th birthday was on May 3, 2020. Being the obsessive planner and travel fanatic that I am, I planned my celebration trip almost a year in advance. Mexico City & Tulum, two places that have been very high on my wish list for a long time. It seems...

Hello! I’m Priya and I live in San Francisco. I have been thinking about a blog for awhile and decided that a pandemic seems like the perfect time to get started. I know there are a LOT of blogs out there so I’m not sure anyone will read this...