Chhavi Shrivastava

After all, so many things I love are intense: New York City, green curry paste, the smell of agarwood, and getting my gums cleaned.

We have to admit though, the technical execution of Liquid Glass is undeniably impressive. The buttery smooth transitions, the way they are able to bring out the true ‘liquidity’ is extremely commendable. Few others can pull this off in the industry. No doubts about that.

In this context, adding visual complexity to traditional touch interfaces feels like movement in the wrong direction. Rather than reducing friction between user intent and system response, Liquid Glass introduces an additional layer of visual processing that users must parse and understand.

what i’ve learned is that clarity doesn’t come from force. it doesn’t respond to pressure. and it definitely doesn’t show up when you’re spiraling in a productivity shame-loop, trying to schedule your future with a color-coded planner and an emotional hangover. instead, understanding what you want from life often emerges in quiet moments — when you... See more

The antidote to feeling behind is to slow down, stop rushing, take a deep breath (or a few) and remind yourself that the best thing you can do right now is be in this moment. The solution to feeling behind is not to move faster and let the anxious thoughts pile up on top of each other, cascading into the moment and taking you away from where you ar... See more

By moving in haste, I was foregoing access to myself. By always rushing, I never gave my intuition the chance to float up to the top of my awareness. I was moving so fast that my gut feelings were being squashed by thoughts about where I wasn’t, where I needed to be, what I needed to do.