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[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The fastest way to change your life is to rip yourself out of your (physical and digital) environment. Change everything overnight. The places you go, the accounts you follow, the info you consume, etc. It's difficult but it absolutely works.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to hear this…

The Empty Boat Mindset

(a visual thread)

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Life is a balance: grief for what's lost, gratitude for what remains, and excitement for what's next.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

You only need 1 hour.

1 hour of building. 1 hour of writing. 1 hour of lifting. 1 hour of studying.

1 hour of any form of bettering yourself, because it quickly compounds.

1 hour feels like nothing until you look back 365 hours later and everything's changed.

[saifee vohra @saifee25]

@slicebank Some gladiators fought lions.
I fought inflation, fuel prices, food delivery charges, and my credit card bill.
I'd say I've earned this victory. 🏆💜

My id is: &saifeevohra

[Dr SHRADDHEY KATIYAR @Wegiveyouhealt1]

Planting 5-10 tree saplings every pre-mansoon for last 7 years.

My eldest child now . 😍

June 2020. May 2026 .

[Shashi Bellamkonda @shashib]

The Indian Kitchen Pantry: Where Labels Go to Retire

Every container has a past life. None of them remember it.

If you've ever opened a "Rao's Tomato Basil" jar in an Indian household and found avakai pickle staring back at you , welcome. You understand.

The Indian kitchen pantry operates on a single, unshakeable principle: the label is a suggestion, not a fact. That peanut butter jar? Hing. The instant coffee container? Haldi. The fancy blue canister that says "It's a brand new day"? It's rava. It's been rava since 2019. Nobody questions it.

The Oral Tradition of Kitchen Navigation

There is no written map. The inventory exists entirely as tribal knowledge, passed down through phone calls and shouted instructions from the living room.

"The jeera is in the green lid one."

"Which green lid?"

"Not THAT green lid. The other one. Behind the Bournvita tin that has sugar in it."

You don't learn this system. You absorb it over years. And just when you've finally memorized which unmarked container holds what — the in-laws visit.

The Great Rearrangement

They arrive with love. They arrive with good intentions. They arrive with a deep, spiritual need to reorganize your kitchen.

"Beta, I arranged everything properly."

Translation: Nothing is where you left it. The things you used daily are now on the highest shelf "so it looks neat." Your spices are sorted by a system only they understand, possibly alphabetical in a language you don't cook in. That one drawer you had in perfect functional chaos? It now has categories.

And you can't say a word. Because they spent two hours on it. With love. Probably while also making you tea and three snacks you didn't ask for.

So you smile. You say "thank you, it looks great!" And then you spend the next three weeks conducting smell tests across four identical unmarked containers trying to find the chai patti.

The In-Law Contributions

No visit is complete without additions to the pantry. A jar of *their* special pickle.

A bag of chakli. Some homemade powder that "you won't get in stores." A masala blend with no name, no recipe, and no expiry date — just vibes and legacy.

These items arrive in recycled containers, naturally. A Kissan jam jar. A protein powder tub.

A Costco cashew container that now holds a mysterious brown powder that could be garam masala or could be chai masala. Only one way to find out. (Spoiler: it was neither. It was some aunt's secret sambhar powder.)

The Circle of Life

Eventually, the pantry returns to its natural state of beautiful chaos. Labels remain meaningless. Containers find their true purpose. You develop muscle memory again.

Just in time for the next visit.

Every Indian home's kitchen tells the same story. The containers change. The truth remains: you will never, ever find the methi when you need it.*

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Whenever I feel stuck, I add structure to my days. Map out what you’re going to do for a day in 30 minute increments. It doesn’t have to be the “right” stuff. It just needs to be something. Then stick to it for an entire day. You’ll feel in control and create momentum. It works.

[Clint Awana @clintoptions]

I have a secret to share

After your first $2–$3 million, a paid off home and a good car, there is no difference in quality of life between you and Jeff Bezos. Both of you have limited amount of time on earth; you have twice if not more than Jeff, so you are richer than him. A cheeseburger is a cheeseburger whether a billionaire eats or you do.

Money is nothing but a piece of paper or a number in your app. Real life is outdoors.

Become financially independent; that’s usually 2–3mil. Have good food. Enjoy the relations. Workout. Sleep well. Call your parents. That’s all there is to life. Greed has no end.

Repeat after me: Time is the currency of life. Money is not.

Sooner you figure this out, happier you will be.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Nobody tells you this: Emotional control is the ultimate sign of growth. The ability to remain unshaken by the little collisions and inconveniences of life. To avoid assigning false narratives to everyday slights. That’s when you take control of your own life.

[Dr SHRADDHEY KATIYAR @Wegiveyouhealt1]

If a dog bites then next steps:

Dog bite. Vaccination status unknown. Treat it as rabies exposure until proven otherwise.

1) Start with the wound. Immediately.
•Wash under running water + soap for at least 15 minutes
•Do not be gentle. Mechanical washing saves lives
•Apply povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine after washing
•Avoid tight suturing unless necessary (and preferably delayed)

2) Assess exposure (this decides urgency)

Category II – scratches, minor bites without bleeding
Category III – bites that break skin, bleeding, saliva on mucosa

Unknown dog = assume Category III if any doubt

3) Rabies prophylaxis (do not delay)

Rabies vaccine (PEP)
Start immediately, day 0.

Common schedule:
•Day 0, 3, 7, 14 (± day 28 depending on protocol)

Do not wait for symptoms.
Once symptoms appear, rabies is almost always fatal.

Rabies Immunoglobulin (RIG) : for Category III
•Infiltrate into and around the wound
•Any remaining volume IM at a distant site
•Given once, on day 0

This provides immediate passive immunity while vaccine builds response.

4) Tetanus prophylaxis
•Give tetanus toxoid if not up to date
•Add tetanus immunoglobulin if high-risk wound and uncertain history

5) Antibiotics (dog bites are dirty wounds)

Common choice:
•Amoxicillin-clavulanate

Covers:
•Pasteurella
•anaerobes
•skin flora

6) Observe the dog (if possible)
•If the dog remains healthy for 10 days, rabies risk is low
•If the dog becomes ill or dies → continue full treatment without hesitation

7) What NOT to do
•Do not ignore “small” bites
•Do not rely on home remedies
•Do not delay vaccine waiting for lab confirmation

Bottom line

In suspected rabies exposure,
time = survival.

Wash aggressively.
Start vaccine immediately.
Add immunoglobulin when indicated.

Everything else is secondary

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

Something I noticed about genuinely happy people: They're doing less than you. They have fewer goals. Fewer appointments. Fewer obligations. They've learned that addition by subtraction is real. While you're optimizing every minute, they're sitting on their porch drinking coffee. They're not lazy. They just figured out that most of what we chase doesn't matter. Busy is a choice. Peace is too. One looks successful. The other actually is.

[Dr. Priyam Bordoloi @DocPriyamMD]

Tragedies like this often occur due to a "window of vulnerability" or Cold Chain Failure. If the vaccine isn't stored at 2°C-8°C constantly, it loses potency.

​4 ways to prevent this from happening to you

1️⃣ The 15-Minute Flush: Immediately wash the wound with soap and RUNNING water for 15 mins. This is the single most effective way to kill the virus at the entry point.

2️⃣ Demand the RIG: For broken skin (Category III), you need RIG (Rabies Immunoglobulin) inside the wound, not just the vaccine in your arm. RIG provides instant antibodies while the vaccine takes 7-14 days to work.

3️⃣ Choose the Right Hospital: Avoid small, local clinics that might have frequent power cuts or poor refrigeration. Go to a major government hospital where cold chain protocols (backup generators/medical fridges) are strictly monitored.

4️⃣ Zero Delay: If the bite is near the face/neck, the virus reaches the brain faster. Start the treatment within hours, not days.

[blue @bluewmist]

the older i get the more i realise happiness is quiet mornings, a clean space, early nights, a safe home and people who don’t drain my energy.

[Merceline Odhiambo @mercelineodhiss]

You cannot rush life. Things happen when they are supposed to happen. Your role is to show up everyday and give it your best. Your best will not be the same everyday. There are days you’ll be motivated and some you’ll feel defeated. And such is life! Keep keeping on!

[🤠 @heavensbvnny]

I regret to inform you that staying off of social media, exercising every day, and spending a little time organizing the messiest parts of your house does, in fact, do wonders for your mental health

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Naval Ravikant: "You're going to die. It's all going to zero. What's there to stress about?"

"Stress is when your mind has two conflicting desires at once. You want to be liked, but you want to do something selfish. You don't want to go to work, but you want to make money. You have two conflicting desires, and that's stress."

Naval explains the difference between stress and anxiety:

"Anxiety is this pervasive, unidentifiable stress where you're stressed out all the time and you're not even sure why. The reason is you have so many unresolved problems that have piled up in your life, you can no longer identify what the problems are. There's this mountain of garbage in your mind. A little bit is poking out the top like an iceberg; that's anxiety. But underneath, there's a lot of unresolved things."

He shares his personal anxiety resolver:

"One big anxiety resolver for me is just ruminating on death. You're going to die. It's all going to zero. You cannot take anything with you. If you can keep that idea in front of you at all times, what's there to stress about?"

Naval reframes what "wasted time" really means:

"What is wasted time? Everything is wasted time in a sense because nothing matters in the ultimate. But in each moment, it's the only thing that matters. So if you're doing something you want to do and you're fully there for it it's not wasted time. If your mind is running away, wishing you were somewhere else, anticipating the future, regretting the past, that's wasted time. That's time you're not present for."

He concludes:

"People get worried about dying and no longer being here. But they don't realize that so much of their life is spent not being here in any case."

[Noctara @rumilyrics]

Nothing is wrong with changing your opinion on something after learning new information. It's a sign of intelligence.

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Some who call themselves nationalists are extremely jealous of Indians doing well in Dubai. The envy is very evident from the tweets since yesterday.

Missile attacks can happen any time any where. No air defence system can completely prevent it. Have visited Dubai in the past. Would visit in future too. An isolated incident don't define everyday life of a country or city.

If you want, qualify yourself for working in say a Dubai or Singapore. Nationalism should not be used to camouflage envy.

[saifee vohra @saifee25]

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