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Preetum
Mar 21, 20211 min read
Springing Forward: Ascending to New Heights
The uphill climb may often seem as steep and endless as ever these days, but I remain undaunted. Instead, I aim to focus on the awe and...


Preetum
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Slowing Down our Relationship to Time: Quality over Quantity
In a few hours, we’ll be springing forward into Daylight Savings Time in the US. And it occurs to me there are many ways in which we are...


Preetum
Mar 12, 20213 min read
One Year Later: Finally A Light at the End of a Very Long, Dark Tunnel
[Image Credits: Unsplash, @BlessedFool on Twitter, Freepik, SomeGoodNews, Doug Mills for NYTimes] It's been a hot minute. Actually, it’s...


Preetum
Jan 20, 20212 min read
Beginning A New Era
What a difference 2 weeks can make. (A reminder that impermanence and change can indeed be our friends.) [Photo credits: Leah...


Preetum
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Happy 2021!
"I don't know exactly what the future holds, but I am stepping forward with grit, anchored in grace [and healthy doses of childlike awe,...


Preetum
Dec 26, 20201 min read
“Twinning”
They say that sometimes, after a while of being together, you start to walk alike, talk alike, and even dress alike.


Preetum
Dec 20, 20201 min read
Winter Solstice Wishes
As we witness this shortest day, and longest winter night, and begin the shift into longer days of ever more light...


Preetum
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Upwards and Onwards
As of last night, we were given many signs that there is some hope, some light at the end of the tunnel, that things are on the up and up...


Preetum
Nov 25, 20201 min read
Home Is Where The Heart Is
I am here. I have arrived. I am home. Because home is where the heart is. 💖


Preetum
Nov 22, 20201 min read
Transitions
And just like that, finally, the transition is now officially blessed to be underway...


Preetum
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Leaning into Possibilities
The sky's the limit, they say.
And yet, the possibilities are endless...


Preetum
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Just Splash
To splash? Or not to splash? That is the question. 🤔


Preetum
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Happy Diwali
On the occasion of Diwali 2020, I can’t help but reflect how sorely needed and symbolic this “victory” feels this year...


Preetum
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Pacing Through The Plot Twists
Pacing myself on this long, winding path full of plot twists...


Preetum
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Leaning Into Uncertainty
2020, if nothing else, has been a master class in navigating uncertainty...


Preetum
Oct 30, 20202 min read
No Tricks, Just Treats
Instead of cruel tricks in a world that’s already so weary of them, can we instead elevate and embrace the treats in our lives?


Preetum
Oct 21, 20201 min read
Get Out The Vote
This one's for you, RBG. And John Lewis. And all of the Suffragettes. And every other activist...


Preetum
Oct 20, 20202 min read
Just Keep Swimming
Let's all be willing to jump in the water and help keep each other flowing and swimming forward...


Preetum
Oct 12, 20202 min read
Happy Indigenous People’s Day
How might this country have been if the Natives had been allowed to own and continue to steward their own land, in harmony with nature?
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