Aruna Gobalan's Blog, page 19

Dealing With Uncertainty: 7 Signs You Are Doing It All Wrong

You notice a suspicious lump on your neck, and before long, you're overthinking your estate plan and whether the kids are going to be okay. Does that sound familiar? The world we live in is full of uncertainties. It can leave us frozen, unable to function. But putting our lives on hold while waiting for […]

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Make Your Day Count: 7 Ways to Spend Time Wisely

The sun is guaranteed to rise every day (at least for the next few billion years). Sadly, we are not. The realization that we could have more decades behind us than ahead can be unnerving. The antidote to that is to go to bed fulfilled each day, knowing you did at least a few things […]

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Keep It Simple: The Beauty of Simple Living and High Thinking

“Simplify your life” is not a directive to live a life of deprivation. You don’t have to turn into an ascetic and give up on all that you enjoy. It means you stop creating complexity out of simplicity. To keep it simple just means you let go of things that don’t matter to focus on […]

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Declutter Your Life. But First, Stop Acquiring.

If you’re feeling a little too smug or perfect, I have the perfect antidote for you. Simply head over to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) website to check out some statistics on material and waste, and recycling. I kid you not; those numbers are strong enough to burst any bubble of righteousness we […]

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Separate Signal from Noise: Know the Distinction Between Important and Urgent

Picture yourself at the beach. It's crowded, but you manage to find a quiet spot. You settle in there comfortably with your eyes closed, tuned to the sounds of the crashing ocean waves. Then, a group of boisterous teens decide to set up camp near you, taking up the only other quiet spot on an […]

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Self-discipline: Why Do When You Don’t Have To

A NY Times article published sixty-six years ago, almost exactly to the day, ran this rather blasphemous-by-today's-standards headline: "Queen keeps figure trim by walks and willpower." The content that followed the headline was equally sacrilegious, describing measurements that should really be the subject of private conversations between the English Monarch and her seamstress. The piece […]

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Boredom: Do You Have To Be Boring To Get Bored?

Nala, a house cat, started to act weird. She frightened other nearby cats and also stalked the quiet, old dog. She tugged at curtain rods, dismantling them, and chewed bits of the sofa. Nala’s behavior worried her owner, who then took Nala to a cat behaviorist (yes, an actual occupation.) The cat psychologist analyzed Nala’s […]

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Beginner’s Mind: Why a Self-driving, Chess-playing AI Robot Cannot Outsmart a Four-year-old

When he was 16, Einstein performed a thought experiment. He wondered if he could outrun a beam of light. Granted, Einstein’s visualizations were lofty, unlike the fascinations of most 16-year-olds I know—Nintendo Switch lite, Hollywood makeup mirror, DIY mochi kits. Einstein’s single thought experiment changed the course of human history in the 20th century. We […]

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Life Owes Us Nothing: The Road to Enlightenment from Entitlement

When a 3-year-old falls down and expects her already multitasking mother to come running to her, it’s adorable. A 30-year-old (adult-child) who expects people to go to her rescue every time she has a bad day isn’t a cute look. It is a sign of self-entitlement. A rapidly progressing ailment in our society. The cure […]

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Be Intentional: How to Avoid Being Like a Tumbleweed in the Wind

Ever have the hollow feeling of getting to bedtime and not having much to show for your day? We all go through times when it’s easy to get lost in the rigmarole of life. One day turns into another and another and another, and before you know it, you hit another milestone birthday and wonder […]

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