Good afternoon everybody. My name is Ishani and disclaimer, this talk has no life hacks and no fivestep solutions. If anything, it's a rant and a really desperate attempt to get to the crux of something that I have felt my whole life.So, no, I will not be telling anybody how I became the best at something because I never was the best at anything. But sometimes not being the best is what gives you the best lessons. At least as some of you may remember, a few weeks ago, I ran for the student education leader ...

The first of these questions is how often do we throw around the word happy and happiness. It's almost as if the meaning is simple and self-explanatory. But if I asked you right now to define happiness, to tell me what it means to live a happy life, I bet you'd hesitate.When psychology attempted to do this, we got over 20 definitions of happiness in the form of theories like the self-determination theory or frameworks that highlight the need for autonomy, goal setting, and self-acceptance. Beyond this, ther ...

a few years ago. I came across an old broken clock at the flea market. Its hands were frozen at 378.When I asked the seller if it worked, he laughed. It's just for decoration now, he said. But as I walked by the store, a thought hit me.Twice a day that broken clock was still perfectly accurate. And then I realized something profound. Life has started to feel like this constant race against time.Always moving forward and always ticking. Hustle culture has convinced us that our success is measured by how busy ...