I was raised as a kid to come first in school. That was my definition of success.

Over time, here are 17 ways I have developed my own definition of success (and probably you should, too): 1. I do not go to parties. Helps me build on compound interest of focus.

2. I take an intermittent fasting of at least 12 hours from the internet every day. Daily phone time btw: 40-50 minutes max.

7 mistakes I made early on in my career

A thread I'm 30. Having a career I love.
Switched from CA to content writing, and happily loving my job.

However, as I see young kids who are quite aware of what they're doing, I reflect on some mistakes that I made early on in my career.

Hope they help you, to make better choices :)

15 one-liners that give you hope, when you have lost it all 👇

A thread 1. You are just ONE thought away from a happy mood.
Just one thought.

Here are 9 powers you have, but you are not aware of them👇

A thread 1. Power to be kind

Anyone can be ruthless, rude and mean.
And call it "my nature".

Anyone who steps down from default, rises up to be a human being who cares.
That is kindness. That is superpower.

I used to screw myself around seeking validation for years
And ruin my mental health in the process

I don't want you to do the same

Here's my fast tracked road map on less-known ways of taking care of your mental health

A thread 1. Set up a dedicated time to turn off

I will keep repeating this for my entire lifetime.
Because of the incredible advantages "scheduled off" brings.

You will never know how it feels unless you actually feel how it feels

13 Unpopular Opinions about Human Beings that are actually true!

A thread 1. People who hurt you are broken inside.

The ease with which you accept that, the happier you would be in life.

How to say no

(without sounding rude)

A thread Hi Nishtha! How are you?

I recently got this text from an ex colleague of a client I was working with.

The client was epic.
However, this partner threw me out of my writing assignment just on call.
Which I made.
After several follow-ups.

Everyone thinks kindness is easy, but I think kindness is the hardest thing in the world

Here's why

A real-life story thread When I was 19, I fell in love.
With only one problem:

The guy VANISHED on the next day of making out.

21 controversial truths about life
A thread

(Might not be what you expected to hear, but maybe what you needed to hear.) 1. Anger doesn’t change ANYTHING

An unexpected story of how I moved careers into a TOTALLY unrelated field

(And maybe you can too!)

A thread In Class 6, I wrote my first poem on “The Candle”

It went: “I begin my life to give it an end, ‘coz I’m a candle who has only light to send.”

That sonnet got selected for some best poem of the school.
IDK how :)

These 11 tiny hacks can save you years of painful effort of trying to feel Good

A thread Few days back when I wrote a Twitter thread on spirituality, some of you wrote in asking if there are some practices I follow to feel good on a daily basis

Here are the 11 things I do, that help me immensely:

If you think you are a failure, here's a weird 3-minute take on the other side of it...

A thread on failure and our weird relationship with it If you think you are a failure, you are probably right.

That itself, makes you successful in the first place.

5 things people can do right now
- to NOT land up someone they care for, into therapy

A thread When I was reading @LoriGottlieb1's “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone”, she presented some fascinating examples of how well we humans project ourselves on social media, and different we truly are – especially in front of a therapist (aka in reality)!

I turned 30 today. Yayyy!!!

Don't know why it is considered as "end of life."
I have been brimming with energy, new habits and agility of a kid all this month :))

Well, on that note, here are 3 takeaways from me to you, on my 30th birthday: 1. If you have high levels of empathy, you are GOLD.

7 interview mistakes that take people away from their dream job or dream college
(And how to avoid them)

A thread The other day a neighbour reached out to me.
They wanted me to help their 18yo prepare for a college interview.

“Cool,” I said, and sent her two YT videos.

And told her to get back with what she learnt from those.

7 truths no one tells you about managing your focus

A thread Last week, I had an interview with a startup for a part-time role as Content Strategist.

When I told them the list of work I do, their question :
“How do you get time to even breathe?

"I don’t work for more than two hours a day."

How I manage my focus
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There are books that teach you about money.

Then there are books that teach you about money like no one else does.

@morganhousel's Psychology of Money falls in the latter.

18 lessons from the book

A thread 1. Doing well with money is less about how smart you are and more about how you behave.

And behaviour is hard to teach.

If only we knew how much negativity we spread in the world because of watching the news... If only we knew how much others were scared because of our anger...