table for ones with manasvi shetty

everyone’s reading the same damn book

which leads to us think what everyone else is thinking? but how can we read different books when the bestseller list is conveniently placed at my fingertips by the algorithm? how can i not consume the same media as everyone around me in today's day and age? why would i go out of the way when at the end, i will stumble upon something that someone has already read?

my cabinet of collections

we learned about this idea of "cabinet of collections" in one of my classes in uni so i decided to dig up my cabinet of collections. cabinet of collections to me signifies the things that we unknowingly collect. Before we used to collect things because they were rare or unusual. I believe it is the things that are so common for us now but will be unusual or rare in the future and we have just not realised it. Maybe the things we collect aren’t just reminders of the past but blueprints for who we’re becoming......

if they wanted to, they would—and other things i do and don't believe in

came across these lists of things that someone put up on pinterest and wanted to talk if i beieved in those things. was surprising on the reasonings i came up with behind my beliefs. we talked about right person, wrong time, keeping no expectations, time heals, privacy, if they want to, they would and bunch more things. hope you enjoy this week's episode!!

boundaries i've set for healthy friendships

having my fair share of failed friendships, here's my set of boundaries that i have created for having healthy friendships to avoid getting hurt again because friendship breakup are definitely one of the worst things someone can experience.

asking AI for advice

so recently found this sister of Chatgpt called therapy AI and fed it prompts of my thoughts from my notes. we talked about blaming myself about things that happen in my life to being scared to become a parent to how worrying it is that i easily let things go in life to being jealousy of having the ability to talk anything, anytime to anyone. lemme know if you want a part 2 with prompts from you guys!!