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Reading for Pleasure in a Distracted World

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Reading for pleasure has declined significantly in the past year or two, especially among young people. The reasons are quite obvious—social media, gaming, reels, and videos that offer quick pleasure in a limited time.


There was a time when people read books for entertainment, and it was their primary source of leisure. But that time has passed, and reading has become a conscious choice rather than an obvious one.


Yet, we cannot say it is completely dead. It is finding new ways to reach modern-day readers. Nowadays, most people read to escape real-life problems or to find solutions within the books they choose. Books that resonate emotionally—stories about love, healing, and highly relatable experiences—tend to perform better.


People are showing less patience, so they gravitate toward fast-paced, shorter, and simpler reads. Still, there are avid readers who continue to keep the tradition of reading alive.
Reading for pleasure is surely in decline, but it is not disappearing. It has become selective, and those who read do so with intention.

For me, reading for pleasure always offers something that other pastimes cannot.
Sometimes, even when you don’t feel like reading, once you finish a book, a sense of calmness, contentment, and a broader perspective fills your mind. This experience cannot be replaced by any other source.

Does Spirituality helps with anxiety?

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Anxiety makes you numb. It steals your ability to think clearly and disconnects you from your inner calm.


That’s where spirituality can help. It doesn’t eliminate problems, but it helps you face them with clarity and strength.


Anxiety often arises when the mind dwells too much on the past or worries about the future. Spirituality anchors you in the now—it gives meaning to pain and infuses strength within you.


It helps you see the bigger picture, nurturing compassion towards yourself and kindness towards others. As if it gently says, “Why are you so worried? The worst can happen to anyone, but only for a while. Every difficult phase arrives, and every difficult phase eventually fades.”


You are bigger than your pain, and pain, when faced with strength, can even become transformative. Something meaningful often follows suffering—you just need the patience to move through it.


So the next time you feel anxious or low, take a deep breath. Close your eyes and reflect on the smallness of your problems in the vastness of life. Think about the strength that has carried you this far, and focus on what you can do right now with that strength to face your situation.


Life is not simple. To live is to face challenges—and how you face them defines your journey. Keep going, till the very end.

Procrastination & Doubt

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What are your biggest challenges?

It mostly starts with a question—whether I will be able to do it right now.
No… maybe I am not skillful enough. Maybe one day I will do it. And then the everlasting curse of procrastination follows.


When you doubt, you procrastinate. You seek validation. Fear of failure takes over, and you get stuck in a feedback loop. This is the trait of a fixed mindset—either you are something or you are nothing; there is no scope for learning. It is either inbuilt, or you are nothing.


I just want to get out of this. I know growth comes with failure. Growth comes with doing now. Learning comes only from the process. But it is very difficult to come out of a mess you have lived in for so many years.


So here I am again, at it, in this new year. Maybe this year I will break this shell and come out victorious—overcoming procrastination and doubt.

Not the End

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What began as hope
Slowly melted into a long struggle,
And after much effort,
My spirit settled into loss.


Though I ended with nothing,
The process itself brought comfort.
I gathered the pieces once again
And tried to build anew.


So here I stand again,
Rising above,
Breathing beyond the rubble,
Believing it is still not the end.

© Piyush Singh 2025

Happy New Year

What does Spirituality actually mean in daily life?

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Spirituality is beyond the material world. It is that which connects you to your true self—beyond material pleasures and even pain.

It instills compassion, humility, love, and both physical and emotional strength within you. It connects you to your consciousness, empowers you to endure pain and loss, and encourages you to live—even when there seem to be countless material reasons not to.


But how can we embrace spirituality with all the distractions surrounding us?


Often, we turn toward spirituality only when there is no other way to find peace or motivation—when the material world closes all its doors to please or serve us. Yet, such a situation may never arise if spirituality is embraced from the beginning.


If you wish to begin this journey now, the first thing to accept is that you are not perfect. Distractions are faced by everyone. Do not see them as enemies, but as teachers. Let them try to pull you, but do not surrender to them. Awareness is the key. Learn to quiet the past and the future, and fully embrace the present moment—the now.


Bring discipline into your life. Set daily goals, focus on the process, and practice stillness—whether by observing your breath or by being fully aware of what is happening in the present moment.

Instead of reacting negatively, learn to accept people and life as they are. You will notice that you win more hearts through kindness than you ever could through anger or hatred.


Death is the ultimate teacher. It transforms your thinking, humbles you, and reminds you that everything material comes to an end and ultimately returns to the one true soul—consciousness, or God.


A visit to a cemetery or a cremation ground can teach you more than words ever could. In that silence, you begin to see who you truly are and what your real purpose is.


And yes, there is always a way forward. The path of spirituality will surely guide you in the right direction.

A house by the hill

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You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?

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Though no place is perfect for reading and writing, it depends on your state of mind.

Pages flutter to a tune,
the music of the wind,
carrying the symphony
of mountains, rivers, and forests.


My pen etches a tale
sung softly by my soul—
in the silence by the river,
at the house upon the hill.

That is my Reading and writing space.

© Piyush Singh 2025

Difference between Peace and Happiness

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If we generally talk about happiness, it mainly comes from external sources. When life goes on without major problems—when relationships are smooth and material pleasures are easily enjoyed—we feel happy.


However, when hurdles arise, failures occur, or loss and physical pain enter our lives, that happiness is stolen.


To be honest, this is not true happiness. It is fleeting and dependent on external circumstances.


True happiness is everlasting. No matter how difficult life becomes, you remain calm, carry on, and feel content with what you have. This is true happiness—one that comes from within, from peace of mind and heart.


Therefore, lasting happiness is peace, and peace itself is true happiness. On the other hand, happiness is incomplete without peace. This, in my view, is the difference between the two.

Merry Christmas to all…

Self Doubt

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What could you do less of?

When you are good at something but don’t feel confident enough to do it, you block your own progress. You become a ghost to yourself, forever haunted by your own doubts.

As an adult, when you face self-doubt and struggle to break free from it, it’s often because of the many failures you’ve experienced throughout your life. It becomes difficult to erase that negative code from your system.

But carrying on is the only solution. The more you push yourself, the more you reduce self-doubt. The first step is always the hardest, and people’s judgment is only a stepping stone. Life is all about this—losing, learning, and trying again. And if you lose again, you simply repeat the cycle until your last breath.

That’s how life should be.

Trusting my instincts

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Do you trust your instincts?

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I trust my instincts, occasionally. Few years ago I used to trust my instincts all the time, sometimes beyond logic and science. It helped me one time, and I thought I am quite good at it. And so I decided to trust it all the time, but it game me failures and losses.

Therefore, through experience or through years I came to realise trusting your instincts can be helpful occasionally but not all the time. Give emphasis to science or logic too. Though sometimes instincts involve logic too.

What do you think about your instincts? Does it helps you all the times or sometimes?

Currently Reading Mindset (Book)

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What book are you reading right now?

I am currently reading Mindset by Dr Carol S Dweck.

It basically talks about two kinds of Mindset in people all around us.

  • Fixed Mindset
  • Growth Mindset

People with fixed Mindset only follow perfection and anything less than that is useless or meaningless to them. They believe that humans are born with  certain abilities, skills or talent and their entire life is defined by those abilities.

From their childhood they are afraid of failures and they always want to have an ultimate level of success. When they don’t get that, they pretend to have that ,so that the others don’t criticize them. Hence, they are very much afraid of criticism, making them unlearners.

While on the other hand, people with growth mindset don’t believe in perfection. They take failures as opportunities to learn more and they give more emphasis to knowledge, experience and growth . They don’t believe that one failure or two can define your entire lifetime and that’s why they are always striving for more.

Even if they get success they don’t stop and continue to learn more to add more skills in their arsenal. They are always hungry for knowledge, making them lifelong learners . This is the kind of mindset we should always have, no matter what our age is.

This is what I am getting from the book, still a long way to finish the book. I hope this post will inspire readers to read the book. Those who have already read it , I would like to know their thoughts on the book in the comments section