Garima Katiya

When you make a ritual out of your life, you make your life a work of art.

discomfort is the price you pay for a fulfilling life

we live with a quiet, often unspoken tension- the aching desire to be truly seen, understood and accepted , yet simultaneously, the impulse to hide, to hold back, to keep parts of ourselves locked away from others’ eyes. it’s a paradox many of us know all too well. we expect to be known, to be loved fully, but resist the vulnerability that comes... See more

There is a difference between knowing what you need to do (be independent and true to the potential in your ideas) and something else entirely to know how to embody that. Orienting in the right way to your thoughts is a skill. Like all skills, it takes practice. You also need to have a rich mental representation of how it is supposed to feel to... See more

In other words, your life will have its winter seasons when you seem to amble alone through hibernating landscapes where nothing grows. Then you will have spring seasons when the world is alive, ideas blossom, and you interact with everyone you see.

"Periods of failure can be periods of growth, but only if we understand when to shift our work from exploration to exploitation [...] If you look around you at this very moment, you will see people in your field who seem wayward and unfocused, and you might assume they’ll always be that way. You will also see people in your field who seem extremely... See more

It means openly wrestling with ideas before you have the meta-answer. I, myself, find that so many of my articles are circling a bigger idea that I haven’t articulated yet. They’re like celestial bodies orbiting a black hole. It’s there, I can feel it, I just haven’t reached the event horizon. And part of me is scared of when I’ll get close enough... See more