The Bespectacled Girl has a rather unusual hobby. She likes organising things. Excessively. No, not her cupboards or drawers. Her life. For most people, unwinding looks like watching a movie, taking a nap, or meeting friends. But for her, it is to tinker around with her productivity app. She calls it “relaxing” and “therapeutic.” She … Continue reading The Bespectacled Girl and Her Colour-Coded World (TBG #6)
Author: The Soulful Nib
Hi, I’m Chetana, Writer, overthinker, and the human behind The Soulful Nib. By profession, I’m a Chartered Accountant, but I find equal comfort in words and in building systems that bring order to life. Here, I write gentle reflections on everyday moments, growth, and everything in between.
The Bespectacled Girl and Her Constant Need to Read (TBG #5)
The Bespectacled Girl has tons of hobbies. But the one she loves the most is reading. Love is an understatement. She is slightly concerningly obsessed with reading. She simply must bring reading into every activity she does. Eating lunch? Read. Waiting at the grocery store billing counter? Read. Waiting for her friend to arrive at … Continue reading The Bespectacled Girl and Her Constant Need to Read (TBG #5)
The Bespectacled Girl and Her Clumsy Fingers (TBG #4)
The Bespectacled Girl has many talents. Typing is clearly not one of them. She belongs to a rare species whose brain and fingers seldom coordinate. Her messages start off perfectly fine in her head. But somewhere between her thoughts and the keyboard, things go wrong. Terribly wrong. And this issue becomes particularly severe when she … Continue reading The Bespectacled Girl and Her Clumsy Fingers (TBG #4)
The Bespectacled Girl and Her Stationery Problem (TBG #3)
The Bespectacled Girl has a weakness. Not tote bags. Not food. Stationery. More importantly, cute, aesthetic, but non-practical stationery. People deal with their boredom in multiple ways. They watch TV. They sleep. They meet people. They wander into malls. Our girl wanders into stationery shops. She makes a mental note that she is venturing into … Continue reading The Bespectacled Girl and Her Stationery Problem (TBG #3)
The Bespectacled Girl and Her Culinary Adventures (TBG #2)
Previously on The Bespectacled Girl... The Bespectacled Girl introduced us to her beloved tote bag, which is essentially a bottomless pit that holds anything and everything you can think of. Somehow, she still manages to fish out exactly what she needs within seconds. The Bespectacled Girl has a problem. A very serious, very dangerous problem. … Continue reading The Bespectacled Girl and Her Culinary Adventures (TBG #2)
The Bespectacled Girl and Her Overpacked Tote Bag (TBG #1)
I have always loved reading fictional stories where young women are the main characters. The ones who are a tad whimsical in their own endearing ways, always on their toes, trying to achieve God alone knows what, while also quietly trying to keep their lives together, and romanticise the little ordinary things, with a bit … Continue reading The Bespectacled Girl and Her Overpacked Tote Bag (TBG #1)
Finding Strength Together (A Collab Post)
Hi there! Mom and I have been wanting to do a collab post on fitness and strength training for the longest time now. After a lot of procrastination, we have now finally gotten around to doing this. Over the last couple of years, strength training and fitness have become a huge part of our lives. … Continue reading Finding Strength Together (A Collab Post)
A Decade with Words 🤍
There’s something oddly satisfying about looking back at something you started without a plan. Ten years ago, on May 16, 2016, I started a blog. My early readers would remember it as ‘Methodical Musings.’ Blogging was quite the rage back then, and with my newfound interest in writing, I decided on a whim to start … Continue reading A Decade with Words 🤍
In Celebration of Women
Women. There’s something silent and powerful about them. Not in a loud, obvious way, but in the unnoticed, smaller moments. In the way they balance everything. In the way they are present for the people they love. In the way they are always available to those who depend on them. In the way they shoulder … Continue reading In Celebration of Women
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