Inspiration

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

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.

Dreams without sleep?

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If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?

Goa Sunrise

It’s difficult to venture in the daylight,

To the places where your soul craves to be.

A world without the darkness of hate,

The world where there is no divide.

Let me sleep when the world seek darkness,

For the light is where my sleep resides.

My heart beats for that shimmering abode,

Far away from this suffocating world….

©2025 Piyush Singh

Poetry aside, I am pretty sure for most of us a good night’s sleep is the best part of our routine . But if humans are capable enough of going on without sleep then they should probably focus on their family, relations and in making this world a better place to live in.

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

Time of our lives

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Do you need time?

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We associate everything in our lives with time. Our brains are wired to differentiate the events in our lives because of time, or is it really?

Something which has already happened belongs to the past, something which is happening now belongs to the present, and our dreams or desires may reside in the future. Past, present and future are the landmarks or milestones of time or we can say time may not exist without them.

We are quite fortunate to have an understanding of time. But it has also dominated us , created doubts in our mind for the future, brought tears because of our past, and hardly made us live in the present when the past and future dominated us.

Imagine, there is no past and future and so there is no time. Everything and every event exists in the ‘Now’ or present, there would be no worries, no regrets, no grief and no restlessness. But at the same time there will be no memories, no desires, no tears , no life and even death. What would be the meaning of our existence? Just a vague presence in the cosmos.

And so past and future,life and death, the circle of time brings meaning in our lives . Without it nothing makes sense or rather there will be no reason to live or exist.

Writing is meditation

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What do you enjoy most about writing?

Writing is something which gives you strength if you are feeling weak. It makes you feel better as if the words on the paper want to share your tears. It is nothing but it is everything.

Writing is something which pours emotions of the heart or the light of the mind on the paper.

It becomes your perfect teacher when you just want to focus and try to give your best on the paper. In this way you forget about all the worries of life, a perfect meditation.

Writing becomes even more powerful when it finds its reader. The impact that writers can have on their readers can truly change the world we live in. And so writers should always choose his words wisely.

For me, writing is meditation just like reading. It makes me forget about a bad day in the office , also it makes me truly present in the ‘Now’. And yes to become a good writer you should read more.