A soul wandering in the wilderness — Magic happens when you dare to say goodbye to your comfort zone and hit the road. You come across things unknown — you hear the music unheard — you discover the beauty hidden from your very city-eyes. All you need is to find some time to start your journey to…

Here is what you can learn from it. — It’s early 2014 — the time when Mary Beth Brown decided to ask for a raise but never thought that it would put an end to her 12-year-long professional relationship with Elon Musk. Brown had been working for the modern-day Tony Stark Elon Musk for 12 years. She worked really…

All I have published on Medium (so far) is listed here. — I have never been so prolific as a writer in my life. In the last 2 years, I have published 315 stories on diverse topics, including nature, environmental issues, writing, reading, self-development, mental health, self-awareness, habits, love, relationships, happiness, success, money, entrepreneurship, travel, movie reviews, history, culture, music and more.

You’re only these four books away from being a smarter individual. — Who is smart, by the way? Is it the girl who looks smoking hot in her fancy clothes and custom-made shoes or the man who impresses you with his high intelligence and incredible sense of humor? To me, you are smart if you are open, adventurous, and curious — if…

I feel dead inside. For the past three days, nothing brings me joy. Eating, sleeping, walking, writing, breathing — it all feels tasteless. Why? Because my heartless neighbor abandoned two beautiful kittens in some distant place, and their poor mother is searching and crying for them everywhere. I don’t understand…

The tragic story of Margaret Loughrey teaches you some valuable life lessons. — The Irish woman, who spent half of her adult life unemployed and the other half on minimum wage, suddenly got lucky in 2013. She won a whopping £27 million ($37 million at that time) in the EuroMillions lottery, which made her Northern Ireland’s biggest-ever lottery winner that year. Though she…

It’s not what you expect, right? — Getting decent views on Medium is like finding water in the desert. You think you are seeing it in the distance, but when you get nearer, emptiness is all you find. But even when you find it, all your views don’t necessarily convert into…

It’s serious, I’m not kidding. — Oh, god! I’m really pissed off. A moment ago, I went into the washroom for a minute and then came back, only to find my Samsung Galaxy smartphone caught between my cat’s powerful jaws, begging for mercy. My two-year-old cat Mini, with her sharp teeth and indomitable tech-savvy nature, was…

Fundamentals you need to know about YouTube earnings. — Did you know that around 3.7 million new videos get uploaded to YouTube every single day with an average length of 4.4 minutes? That’s an insane amount of videos, right? Interestingly, people actually watch YouTube videos more than anything. In the last month, YouTube got 30.6 billion visits with an…