Over the last one year, I’ve not been active on the blog. A lot has happened this year – therapy, shutting down of all social media accounts (even that of this blog), coming to terms with the meaninglessness of life (if you can ever come to terms with it), compromising for peace, realizing limits in influencing others, getting bashed for introversion, finding solace in Ayya Khema’s Buddhist teachings, occasional bouts of ill health, the stress of the master’s program I was involved in – well, life happened. A feeling of overwhelm permeated the entire year.