Chhavi Shrivastava
@justchhavii
Chhavi Shrivastava
In a world of shallow takes and fleeting focus, deep conviction rooted in insight is a rare competitive edge.
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.
A vibe check, so to speak. This practice helps me distill my taste, because when I am present enough to listen to my body, it tells me what I like and what I don’t like. Developing taste is a matter of developing presence, because taste is a collection of things that bring you joy. The inputs that light you up—that make you feel something. But you ... See more
On building taste
“never waste a crisis.