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I love my roots. I love the chaos of Durga Puja, the smell of shiuli flowers, the way my mother says "thakur dekha" (seeing God) as if peace is just a temple visit away. But I also love my quiet studio apartment, my unconventional hours, and the fact that I don't have to answer to anyone for taking a nap at 3 PM.

The Art of Showing Up: Lessons from a Year of "Not Knowing"

I don't know what the next year holds. Maybe I'll go back to a corporate job. Maybe I'll write a book. Maybe I'll surprise myself and take a pottery class. megha das

I am learning that honoring your heritage doesn't mean living exactly like your parents did. It means carrying the best parts forward—the resilience, the hospitality, the fire—while building your own architecture around them.

Bombay, Monsoon 2024 Did you enjoy this piece? If you'd like a different angle (e.g., "5 Productivity Tips from Megha Das" or "A Day in the Life"), just let me know! I love my roots

For the last twelve months, I have lived in what author Jennifer Pastiloff calls “the beautiful middle.” Not the exciting beginning of a new dream, and not the glorious end where you finally "make it." Just the middle. The place where you put in the work, refresh your inbox one too many times, and wonder if you’re actually moving forward or just running in place.

Not because I didn’t want to be here. But because I had spent so long believing that success requires a perfect, linear map . Graduate. Get the job. Climb the ladder. Repeat. The Art of Showing Up: Lessons from a

If you had told me a year ago that I would be sitting here, writing this on a rainy Tuesday afternoon with a chai that has gone cold twice, I wouldn’t have believed you.