never stop learning (2/3)

Hello hello, and welcome back to today’s blogzo!

This blog's been sitting in my drafts for a while because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to convey - until I realised that was kind of the point.

This blog started out as a 14-year-old teenager, bored out of her mind, trying to do something apart from watching Brooklyn 99 for the 99th time. I'd like to believe that in the past 5 years, the blog's refined itself (just slightly, maybe?)

I had no blueprint, no “brand voice,” and was (I'm) just a girl with a laptop and a vague sense that writing might help.

I didn’t know what I was doing, but I kept going anyway, and somewhere along the way, it started to make sense. Because I kept learning.

I knew almost nothing about psychology—not in any formal way at least—and I definitely wasn’t reading academic papers (still struggle with those, tbh). I just had a lot of feelings and a lot of questions, so I wrote. And over time, I began to see patterns emerge: something a friend said would click with something I’d read online; an emotion I couldn’t name suddenly found its label through a conversation or a post.

I wasn’t studying mental health, but slowly, I was starting to understand it.

Growing up in an Indian academic system, I always thought learning was linear: first, you learn the concept, then you apply it. But when it came to this sphere, I found it worked differently. I’d feel or witness something first, and only later find the language to describe it.

That’s the thing about learning - it truly sticks when you can relate it to something you’ve seen or experienced in real life. And to be able to connect those moments with academic ideas, you have to give yourself the space to think, reflect, and sometimes maybe even overthink.

Learning isn’t just about gathering facts but about growing into the person you want to be. Every small thing you learn helps you understand yourself better and navigate the world more clearly. It makes you more adaptable when things change, more compassionate when life gets messy, more confident when you face challenges you didn’t expect.

When you keep learning, you’re opening doors to new possibilities - ideas, perspectives, paths - you might never have considered. You start connecting dots in ways that surprise even you. And those connections help you solve problems to communicate better, and create meaning from chaos.
(You also get better at solving murder mysteries—this post is totally not derived from me reading a Freida McFadden book.)

More importantly, learning keeps you human. It reminds you that it’s okay not to have all the answers and that growth is a lifelong journey, not a destination. So even when things feel overwhelming or you hit a wall, it reminds you that every step you take to learn - even the smallest one - is a step forward.

The moment you stop learning, you stop evolving. And honestly, that’s no better than being an ennui-filled 14-year-old.

Signing off,
Kuhu :)