Hi, I'm Shashank. This is my little corner of the internet where I document thoughts on things I find interesting. I started writing around 18 as a way to make some extra bucks, somewhere along the way, it stopped being a side thing and became the thing. Today, writing is what lets me earn, create, and design my life on my own terms. More →
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Why & How Do I Have This Site?
The idea didn't start as a website. It started with wanting somewhere to put things. A newsletter, maybe. Something owned. Something that wasn't borrowed space on someone else's platform. The website came later, but the feeling came first. Social media promised connection,
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I Wanted to Become a Writer at Age 18
My journey from 18 to 22 was a rollercoaster filled with curiosity, excitement, and a fear of giving up someday. I came from a small town, which is known for its wooden toys (Channapatna), and I did my schooling there. An introvert, mostly interested in spending time alone,
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My First Flight (BLR - AMD)
I remember being a kid, watching flights cross the sky and following the lights of planes at night. Those moments gave me a thought: one day I would fly. It may sound silly now, but that was my childhood version of a small ambition. On July 8, 2026,
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The Four Domains of Success
I recently came across an idea from Howard H. Stevenson that made me understand success in a way we usually don't discuss. He says there are four types of satisfaction, and the obvious part is that they’re independent. Getting one doesn’t guarantee the others.
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Write More Essays
Recently started studying essays, and it's really fascinating to understand their origin and philosophy. Essays have been viewed as a process of discovery and investigation rather than the pursuit of a perfect final product. The literal meaning of an essay is to try, to explore, and
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Self-Confidence and the Ability to Take Risks
Someone told me a couple of years back that self-confidence and the ability to take risks can take you a lot further in this world than almost anything else. I've always been a kind of person who likes to try things out just to see
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Writing in Private
There's a version of writing most people don't talk about, and I think it's the more important one. It's the kind where you open a notebook, write something messy and half-formed, close it, and nobody ever sees it, which
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Write To Discover
Every new thought/idea doesn't start clear. It rarely does. It starts as something half-formed, a feeling more than an argument, something you've been thinking about (not super clear, but). Most people wait for that to change before they write anything down, they
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