Use creative downtime to do some of these things if you don’t already — Medium is a great platform to write, read, make solid connections, network, broaden your horizon — the list is endless. If you are a prolific writer, every day is filled with thoughts about your next article on Medium and how to gain more followers. But could you be forgetting some…

Somewhat similar to ‘how to win friends and influence people’ — I don’t know how it is with other publications, but on MuddyUm, we get Mudd-led when we start working on newsletters. We can blame ourselves or we can blame the convoluted mind of the newsletter feature designers. We choose the latter. Every time! We have a lot of Mudditors on…

Some of our best ideas are lost because we do not journal them at once — Most of us started out as writers because we have something to say, about almost everything. But one of our greatest fears is that one day we will run out of ideas. I have that fear too. Strangely, that fear is reducing as I fill books and other places with…

Can you imagine the agony of her parents? — Vanaja was employed at a cleaning services company where she had been assigned 6 houses to sweep, mop, wash dishes, and dry clothes every day. She started at 8:30 a.m., took a lunch break, and ended by about 3 p.m. Her husband, Umesh, was an autorickshaw driver. He started his…

They are still learning — I’ve recently fallen down the rabbit hole of ChatGPT, its many cousins, and the world of AI tools. My first reaction is — mind blown! How did tools get so capable and intelligent so quickly? Which rock was I under while this was happening? Naturally, I had to see the…

I am only 50. There is plenty of time! — Roz is a bot and DP is a sponge. They are prolific writers and readers, respectively! She can spin anything into a story. He knows so much, absorbs so much, and reads at the speed of light. Seriously, if you have been on Medium and not read Roz Warren, Writing…

One calm day to soak in the silence — It is the mango season right now. We eat, breathe, drink, and dream of mangoes. While this fever is on, imagine walking into a mango orchard. Mango trees hanging low with heavy, thick mangoes as far as the eye can see. Ecstasy! We decided to go to a farm close…

MuddyUm’s funniest for April 2023 and one bonus from elsewhere — What ho, folks? You are supposed to say — What ho, what ho! And thus begins the infinite loop set in motion by Bertie Wooster.

So many many of you — Sometimes I think my heart is infinite. Each time a new person enters my life, and I grow fond of them, I give away a piece of my heart. This does not in any way diminish the love I have for others who came before them. …