Sarun Ravindran

6 months back, I shifted to the mountains after I got married. Here’s why I’m never going to live in cities anymore: 1/ Quality of life Life in the mountains is 100X better for the mind, body & spirit -Clean air, sunshine, lots of quiet time with myself -More peace because people are generally kinder to each other The stress gets dialed down & attention returns to what matters—my work, my partner, my breath. To me, this feels priceless. 2/ Right perspective When you live in nature, you’re humbled by the constant reminder of its sheer magnitude Weather changes in minutes, nature may turn furious anytime That humbles you into living a life of appreciation in each moment 3/ People who’re not on their phone all the time In the mountain villages, people care about each other. They wave, smile for no reason. You get invited for chai. They talk (without scrolling on their phones). People are more human out here. 4/ Being myself unapologetically City makes you conform, put on a mask because you can’t survive otherwise That kills your authenticity and stops you from expressing yourself fully But the hills broke that pattern. More alone time & no need for performances. You get comfortable in your skin that you don’t want to go back to living any other way. I am myself; zero filters. This change made me alive like I’ve never been before Now I’m not saying everyone should move. I’m saying it’s worth taking a good look at how we live, how we interact with others & nature. Because our time is too fleeting to make it miserable for ourselves. And once you know that truth, it’s hard to go back.

@SahilBloom Stay disciplined! Wrote an article on this today: x.com/OneSarun/statu…

What’s something people think is good advice that’s actually bad advice?

@realAtlasPress When you turn off your analytical brain for a moment, that's when it gets to breathe and then give you these insights that are full of value.

Paul Dirac, Nobel Prize winning physicist btw

@RobertGreene This is why any sports is so beneficial for life. You carry over that resilience which you can apply to real life.

You must be tough in this world.

@TaylinSimmonds You don't pick interests. Interests pick you. So you might as well embrace the journey.

If you have multiple interests, don’t niche down. Just don't. You’re not built to live in a suffocating narrow lane. You’re built to fuse multiple interests into a way of living. Don’t write about a skill. Write about the life that multiple skills makes possible.

@itsbriankelly Real rewards are in the long game

Shortcuts cost you in the long run. Don't be afraid to play the long game. This is where the results will come from.

@thejustinwelsh You need to armour plate your mind, body and spirit. Yet be wise to drop the armour when the situation needs you to.

People carefully curate what they eat, wear, and do, but let anything into their heads.

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@zee_writess Happiness is a choice

Teach yourself to be happy every day. Just like a mother teaches her child, she nurtures them to be happier. And if you haven’t been conditioned yet, start now. Be grateful every day. Make yourself happy with small things. Sometimes, make yourself happy just for being alive.

@zee_writess so true. if only everyone did this

There’s always something you can explain really well because you know how it works. It aligns perfectly with your personality, and no other person can explain it better than you. Focus on that topic to grow your personal brand.

@neoviky it's all b.s anyway. I'd take water any day.

This is cucked Coke. If you want to have Coke, don’t go for diet or zero variants. Go for the classic ones which have caffeine and cane sugar (not the ones w high fructose corn syrup). The worst is the highly popular diet coke, which has been a huge marketing win since the 80s. But it has aspartame, a kind of neurotoxin. Google has suppressed the harmful effects, but you can find if you dig deep. Most people think Diet Coke is a great choice, saying they have read that it is as harmless as water. Even @elonmusk has it daily. But wrong is wrong, no matter how normalized or popular something is.

@neoviky @signulll yes!

@OneSarun @signulll Yes just like a notepad and pen aren't going away anytime soon.

microsoft 365 & google workspace have maybe 4-5 years of relevance left simply cuz the document/spreadsheet paradigm itself will become mostly irrelevant. i.e. it already makes zero sense to draft, review, or analyze anything without a native ai environment around it. that gap only widens over time. & most communication incl. email, chat, status updates is heading toward agent mediated flows where humans set intent & ai handles execution. this leaves the incumbents stranded with human first tools in an ai first world, retrofitting copilots onto artifacts nobody should be producing manually in the first place. they become the system of record, but no longer the system of creation. & that’s a very dangerous place to be.

@MalikHughess Choosing comfort over risk is so easy in today's world that most people fall prey to the appeals of the infinite comforts designed all around us.

Most people don’t fail their dreams, they abandon them. Not in one moment. But slowly and quietly. They choose comfort over risk. Security over purpose. Until one day, they wake up living a life they didn’t mean to build. Don’t let that be your story.

@HenriBranding Direction >>> Consistency

The advice "just be consistent" is correct and useless at the same time. Consistent in the wrong direction builds nothing. Before you commit to the discipline, make sure you've committed to the direction.

@DANI_NOV4 Framing habits as rituals is a big change in itself, the right one. Makes you look at it from a sacred lens.

Your habits aren’t random. They’re rituals protecting your comfort. Build rituals that bring you forward. Or you'll stay stuck here forever.

@itsdream_b Walking is when the brain gets to breathe

Walk every day. Better sleep. Clearer thinking. Healthier joints. Stronger immunity. Leaner body. It’s simple, free, and wildly underused.

@rizT @paraschopra Put them through some physical challenges. Let them learn through hardship that winning is a mindset, that falling does not mean failure unless you give up.

@paraschopra How teach a kid grit?

What advice should one give to kids to prepare for the future? I used to think mastering basics of physics, math, cs is the way to go but now I’ve updated my belief as these fields will get automated soon. What we need kids to learn is personality traits like grit, resourcefulness, optimism, resilience, etc.

@thedankoe Being busy all the time is a mechanism our mind discovers to avoid the real, deep, meaningful work

A pattern I've noticed in stuck people: They're always busy. They never stop moving. They have 47 tabs open and a notebook-sized to-do list. But if you ask them what they accomplished this week that actually matters, their mind goes blank. Busyness isn't a badge of honor.

@infinitebooks What he is saying is correct. But my problem is, this is like someone obese and lazy giving advice to athletes.

@infinitebooks Ok. Today I am going to take marriage advice from a man who was single life-long, never married, and died in isolation!

Nietzsche on marriage, actually perfect