'There will come a time when you will realise that it is 100% your fault,' is what Goenka Ji says in one of the discourses in the ten-day Vipassana meditation. And after decades of practice, I am beginning to realise how true that is. Vipassana is a Pali word that means 'to see r...
Sometimes I feel like the social side of our world has a set of unwritten rules, but everyone seems to know them. Like, if you meet another couple with a kid the same age as yours, should you ask them for their number at the first meeting? Or when you have a one-on-one with your ...
It's been a while since I blogged, and by that I mean it's been two weeks, but it still feels like a long time. Life's been a bit busy with the toddler - and we have some growing up to do to fit into the parent role fully. What do I mean by that? Before my daughter, I would work ...
I was at the play area with our kiddo - who loves cookies. And it does not matter whether they are on the ground or in a packet. So, when she saw a piece of cookie next to the tiger slide, she gave a joyful cry and instantly put it in her mouth. I immediately pulled her close, sa...
'Hey, we ran out of diapers.' I told my husband, and within ten minutes we had them without leaving our house.
A few minutes after that, I said, 'We are going out today, and it is going to rain. We do not have umbrellas.' And voilà, ten minutes later we had two umbrellas.
As we...
Link to the previous blog(https://anumorris.com/blog/2026/2026-08-07-adoption-diaries-why1/).
Adoption was a really long process for us - and my personal mental model with such things is not to share widely. The only people who know are the ones I talk to regularly, which is a...
So, as mentioned in my last blog(https://anumorris.substack.com/p/doing-something-without-knowing-the?r=2uwzob&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true), we adopted a two-year-old girl from India. It is a very long process - the first form I signed was in June o...
What I am realising is that raising a child is a mirror of your own weaknesses and strengths. I thought my husband had first prize in knowing which buttons to push, but Ammu (my two-year-old) beats Adam by a mile.
In a span of two weeks, she has done everything that I have had ...
I was hanging out with my friend's parents when I was visiting her in London. They told me that if they were in India, they would have gone to a temple in Palani. I asked them why they had to go on this particular day - is there any logic? Because what I have realised is that the...
We are in Pune, India, for the first time in the longest time ever that we have travelled away from my home in Chennai, India. Now, you have to understand my parents have adjusted the house in Chennai to accommodate foreigners, as their son-in-law, aka my husband, is an American....
At work, we recently did an icebreaker question - 'What is the one thing that people can count on you for?' It was interesting to hear different perspectives, like peer-to-peer vs leader-to-peer, and it was also good to see what others thought of you and how it matched with what ...
I went for a run yesterday morning - it was sunny and humid. As I left my house, I felt drops of water on my body - I ignored them, thinking they would go away, but as I covered a block, I started noticing wet splotches on the ground as well. So, I ran back to my house and did th...
When I clean my house or a room in the house, I make sure there is empty space in it. Like, if I clean my kitchen, then at least one shelf will be empty. If I organize my bookcase, one shelf or half a shelf will be empty. Moving onto my calendar - I make sure there is empty space...
So, I have a weird problem, and this blog is to explore that. The problem is that people want to hang out with me, but I don't want to hang out with them. Three things to know before we explore this:
Firstly, I am an introvert when it comes to people outside the circle of my trus...
'I am a key stakeholder in your life - so you should treat me accordingly.' I said. And my husband said, 'No, you are not my stakeholder but my wife.'
'We should have a weekly standup or huddle where we review our week and share our calendars.' I suggested, and my husband flat-...
This morning I went for a run - now that the weather has improved, it is nice to run outside. I usually don't loop back around the pond, but this time, for some reason, I did - and on the way back, I saw this extremely happy Shiba Inu with no collar hopping around the bushes next...
I was four years old when we moved from Bangalore to Delhi, and then another seven years later, we moved to Nagpur. And another four years later, we moved to Bombay. Seven years later, I moved to Boston on my own, and then six months later to Phoenix, two years later to London. S...
As some of you may know, my last role was a difficult one with the stakeholder group I had, and it felt like all I could do was keep my head above water most of the time. It was such a roller-coaster journey, both internal and external, that left me with inner turmoil I had never...
I was watching a Netflix Show set in rural courts in India. It is based on true events, well, loosely. Like in one of the episodes, a robber masquerades as a judge for months before he is caught. In one episode, there is a conversation between two characters in which one asks the...
I have lived in Ohio for more than a decade now. And I still resist it - it's a love-and-hate relationship. I came to Columbus, Ohio, from London with a bit of resentment about the move. London, for those who don't know, is where people who do not belong anywhere fit. I don't bel...