yap about things that excite you

it brings people together

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August 2025

April - log - 2025: on obsession, timeless work & better mistakes

Unfiltered thoughts on grit, immortal themes, quiet obsessions, and building what lasts beyond you.

Aug 9 • 

Akanksha Pandey

April 2025

For 10 years I never cleaned the stove

What the kitchen taught me about effort, care, and doing work that doesn’t need fixing.

Apr 22 • 

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march - log - 2025: thoughts on everything I am making sense of

unfiltered entries on writing, AI, relationships, literature and chasing clarity.

Apr 1 • 

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March 2025

Want to join a weekly writing gym?

Hello hello hello,

Mar 23 • 

Akanksha Pandey

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How to write like the devil

Using the 7 deadly sins

Mar 20 • 

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February 2025

Style is the answer to everything

Why some writing lasts for centuries when most is forgotten and how your style decides where yours will end up.

Feb 10 • 

Akanksha Pandey

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January 2025

Why we need to memorize?

For the love of thinking, creativity and connection — we must remember.

Jan 16 • 

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Is self love a vanity metric?

Notes on art, life, and what happens when we stop trying to love ourselves.

Jan 8 • 

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Letter from the First Light of 2025

On books, beginnings, and building what's next.

Jan 1 • 

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December 2024

At 24, I Finally Understood My Superpower…

Notes on force, flow and finding my way.

Dec 10, 2024 • 

Akanksha Pandey

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July 2024

ugh! I just need one good idea

Then stop killing your best ideas in your mind.

Jul 31, 2024 • 

Akanksha Pandey