Being a writer, Procrastination means certain death. but I was able to cheat the death by setting myself up in a constant motivational course — At some point in our lives, most of us have been victimized by procrastination. What exactly is procrastination? According to Wikipedia, “Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something”. Sounds familiar? From five more minutes at the start of the day to one…

I’ve been writing on medium and quit myself from it for awhile and now, I’m back — “The report of my death has been grossly exaggerated.” As a vivid reader, I’m quite sure many of you are familiar with this comedic misquote of famous writer Mark Twain. I find it very fitting to describe What I’ve been going through and what I’m about to write. If you…

A Sinhala Short story — Hi! මගේ Phone එකේ Notification එක දැකලා මම ඇහැරුණා. Hey! මම හැරෙන තැපෑලෙන් reply එකක් දැම්මා. එයාව මුණගැහිලා අදට මාසයයි. බොලඳ නිසා One month anniversary එකක් සමරන්න අපි දෙන්නා තීරණය කලා. වැඩිය සෙනඟ ගැවසෙන්නේ නැති තැනක් තෝරගන්න එක තමයි මට තිබ්බ පළවෙනි අදහස. …

This is simply about why I’ve been inactive in the past few months — I’ve been quite silent for the past few months. Mostly because I’ve been having doubts about whether writing is worth it as a career or not. I’m not a full-time writer. I don’t earn much I don’t earn anything from it. I’m writing as a hobby and a medium to…

All these online platforms, is it really about writing? Let me share what I have discovered — Let’s face it, we are all here for money, maybe some exposure. That isn’t bad. It’s a good cause for yourself and no one can say otherwise. But, after being in the frame for a while, I have realized that you can’t really attract the general audience by publishing what…

I was selected to take part in Medium Creator Fellowship. Here are my thoughts on it — I am a firm believer in the quote, “Everything happens for a reason”. Meeting a new friend, investing in a hobby, and taking a leap of faith such things will reveal their purpose eventually. I was referred to Medium by a colleague of mine, saying that I could use some…

How many times have we put someone else above us and got hurt by it? It’s about time we make a stop to it — Ok, I’ve been out of touch with writing for a while. It’s so hard to allocate time to a hobby when you are putting effort into work and success. Enough with that. Let’s talk about something different. This one is not a doubt, but you may come across this eventually…

Does it end after you finish your studies? Or your training? — I am a curious person. I try to learn something new every day because most of the time lessons from our daily life are free. The work I do helps me immensely to sate my curiosity. I’m mostly curious about humans and their behavior. …

Mistakes were made, That’s what I thought when I realized what I have done — We are writers, right? And we tend to keep drafts of writing we have abandoned halfway. You know it’s true. But, how many of us go back to this stuff? Or try to rewrite or repurpose them for something else? Probably a handful, I guess. But, what I have done…