Strategies to Improve my Writing — If you are a writer, chances are you have heard of Grammarly. If not, look at submission guidelines to your favorite/ dream publications, the rules will instruct on checking for typos and grammatical mistakes through an app like Grammarly. Yes, it’s that prolific. And it’s only been 11 years since…

Roundup of Useful Notes — This post is all about news you Can use: Did you notice that Unsplash images are now available in the mobile editing function as well? Ever since Medium rolled out the ability to draft and publish on the mobile app, I’ve been waiting for the image integration from Unsplash (previously…

Writing Prompt Another week and it’s time for the gratitude list of the week and the gratitude related writing prompt of the week. Today’s question is based on the line I have been repeating to myself. Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It’s the courage to continue that…

Writing Prompt + Gratitude List — This week, here in United States, we are in the Long Weekend, to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King. Meanwhile Indians (like me) are also celebrating Makar Sankranti/ Pongal/ Lohri. It’s also World Humanitarian Day as one of my friends pointed out. In a week full of…

What is Your Retention Strategy? — One of my goals for 2023 is to read 24 books. The caveat with this goal is to be strategic and intentional with my time, attention and energy. Naturally then, I do want to make my time reading count in more ways than one. How am I going about that! …

Thankfulness for Clarity of Purpose and Success — As a new week begins, here is my weekly prompt to spark gratitude and get those writing juices flowing. Today’s prompt is a relatively simple question: What do you want to be grateful for at the end of 2023? Visualizing success allows us to define our own parameters and we’re…

Rewards, recommendations and Repetition — I love Goodreads despite the fact that it’s UI reminds you of the nascent Internet age, it’s social aspects need better brand awareness and the digital experience leaves much to be desired. Of course, I do expect only fabulous experiences out of an Amazon product. But, ah well! The point…

Are you setting up the system and support to be successful? — The new year has begun and it’s time to set resolutions and road map for the next 362 days. We all know how imperative it is to create our goals based on SMART principles. But today’s idea is about not only making resolutions but also crafting the mile markers and…

Choosing to See the Bright Side + Writing Prompt — Today is Sunday and time for my weekly Gratitude reflection post. This year too I am choosing to spend each Sunday reflecting on the blessings and silver lining of the past week. While I have not miraculously turned into a patient model of saintliness, it sure has brought me more…