Life

Life is not as easy as you dream it to be. Complications, vibes of giving up, sarcasm of people, demotivation from your loved ones — it comes eventually. Frustration, stress, depression: you don't have to invite them. These things are a bonus.

With all these things messing up your mind, someone comes into your life to cheer you up. Their smile gives you positivity and the determination not to give up. They see you crying, depressed, sad, hurt — you, on the verge of giving up your life.

The Ones Who Stay

But they? They aren't moved by any of that. They are focused on making you shine, on bringing all the positive vibes into your life, on turning your strong abilities into the power of your achievement.

They don't give up on us. They don't stop what they are doing. They make you stronger and make you believe in yourself. They become your strength.

We all have that someone in our life. We know they are there for us — cheering us up, motivating us, believing in us, and ready to celebrate our success and happiness.

Two Sides of a Coin

There are always two sides of a coin. Life is like a coin that has both a brighter side and a darker side.

As we flip a coin, we end up with a head or a tail. Likewise, in life, sometimes we end up on the darker side, sometimes on the brighter side. There is no in-between.

We don't always end up on the brighter side. Life is a mixture of emotions — happiness, sadness, sorrow, depression, stress, success. All these elements make our life complete.

The Weight of Expectations

One of the hardest parts of growing up is learning which expectations to carry and which to let go. Society, family, culture — they each hand you a set of rules. Some of them are gifts. Some of them are weights you were never meant to carry.

I grew up in Nepal, where success was often measured by stability: a government job, a predictable career path. Pursuing computer science — and then machine learning, product design, UX engineering — meant constantly explaining choices that didn't fit the expected mold.

But I've learned that the life you build while ignoring the noise is far more yours than the one built to satisfy it.

Growth Doesn't Announce Itself

The best growth I've experienced didn't feel like growth when it was happening. It felt like confusion, discomfort, and occasionally failure. The time I presented a design that was torn apart in review. The first semester of graduate school where I felt completely out of my depth.

Looking back, those were the moments I grew the most. Not the wins — the stumbles.

Choosing Your People

Not everyone in your life is meant to stay. Some people are seasons — they appear when you need them and depart when their role is complete. Learning to hold people with open hands, grateful for what they gave you without clinging to what they couldn't, is one of the hardest and most freeing things I've learned.

The people who matter most are the ones who see you clearly — your potential and your mess — and choose to stay anyway. Find those people. Keep them close.

The Coin Keeps Flipping

Life continues to be a coin — heads and tails, brighter days and darker ones. I no longer expect it to settle on one side permanently. What I've gained instead is trust in myself to navigate whichever side comes up.

That trust doesn't come from certainty. It comes from having survived the hard flips before, and knowing I can again. And in that knowing — quiet and hard-won — is something that feels a lot like peace.