Tag: milestones
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‘What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?’
When I was 10, I said I wanted to be a doctor. I said it with total confidence, the way you say things when nobody has yet asked you to explain how. A doctor was a job that sounded important and made adults nod approvingly. Nobody asked what kind of doctor or why. I just…
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A bookstaversary, an algorithm, and the community that never lets you down
There is a particular kind of dread that builds when you have been posting into what feels like a void. You make something with care, you hit share, and then you watch the numbers sit still, not moving, barely breathing, as if the internet has collectively decided to look the other way. That had been…
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What 2025 Left Me With
I began 2025 in survival mode. I just wanted to get through the year without messing things up. Without disappointing myself. Without making choices I would later wish I could undo. I moved carefully, overthought most decisions, and held on to people and situations tighter than I probably should have. At the start of the…
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One Year of #SoulfulSundaysWithDevika
(a note to anyone who’s ever tried to keep a promise to themselves) I started #SoulfulSundaysWithDevika on a random Sunday, yes but I had a feeling it would stay. I didn’t know what it would look like,or what I would talk about every week,but I knew one thing: I needed something that would make me…
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2000 of You. Still Processing That
I don’t even know how to begin writing this because nothing I say seems big enough to match what I’m feeling right now. But I’ll try anyway. Yesterday I posted a 2000 followers giveaway. It felt special and exciting, but honestly, I didn’t expect anything crazy. I just wanted to say thank you and give…
