Welcome to Sharon’s Read and Reflect — a cozy corner for curious minds and wandering thoughts! ✨ I’m Sharon Clara Fernandes, someone who believes reading adds wings to the mind and writing gives it a voice. 📚 Here, I pour my thoughts, a dash of humor, and a sprinkle of reflection into every piece I write. The more we read, the more we grow — and I’m learning right along with you! So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and let’s journey through words together. ☕💭
Criticism is that unexpected guest who rings the doorbell just when your house—and ego—are slightly messy. It rarely arrives with flowers. It usually comes holding a magnifying glass. The first instinct? Hide. Defend. Pretend we are “not at home.” But what if, instead, we opened the door and said, “Come in. Sit down. Teach me... Continue Reading →
Life is the only teacher who gives surprise tests without a syllabus.One day you are calmly sipping coffee, planning your week with color-coded precision. The next day, life looks at your planner, laughs gently, and says, “Let’s try something different.”And just like that, the neat bullet points become wild scribbles.Life is unpredictable. Not in a... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how your mind becomes most dramatic at midnight—replaying conversations, rewriting arguments, and predicting futures that haven’t even applied for existence yet? If thoughts earned salaries, your brain would be overpaid. This is exactly where journaling walks in—not with a whistle like a strict teacher, but with a chair, a cup of... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how one tiny moment can hijack your entire day? A sharp tone from a colleague. A spilled glass of milk. A child beginning a sentence with “Amma…” and before the sentence even reaches the full stop—boom—we explode. That, dear reader, is not personality. That is reaction.I once came across something called... Continue Reading →
When did stress stop knocking and start living rent-free in our heads?Is it when the phone buzzes and our heartbeat races before we even read the message?Or when silence feels louder than noise because the mind refuses to rest?Stress rarely arrives with drama. It slips in quietly—between deadlines and dishes, expectations and emails, love and... Continue Reading →
Parenting, they say, is unconditional love. What they forget to mention is that it also involves being a calm human while someone uses your leg as a drum, your patience as a trampoline, and your sanity as a suggestion. Somewhere between “My child is my world” and “Please stop touching me for five minutes” lives... Continue Reading →
If someone had told millennials that one day we would raise our kids using a philosophy called gentle parenting, most of us would have laughed, adjusted our Walkman earphones, and gone back to watching Small Wonder. Yet here we are—parents of a digital generation—trying to raise emotionally intelligent children while our own emotional intelligence is... Continue Reading →
They say real battles are fought silently in the mind, and honestly, that’s where most of us lose before the match even begins. The “Fixed vs Growth Mindset” debate is less like a psychology lesson and more like having two neighbours living rent-free inside your head—one constantly complaining and the other rearranging furniture at midnight... Continue Reading →
Every New Year, people around the world sit with shiny planners, colourful pens, and an energy level that could power an entire city. Resolutions are declared with dramatic flair—“This year, I will be calmer, sleep better, and finally master work–life balance!” But by mid-January, motivation slowly turns into negotiation. Suddenly, we’re saying things like, “Let... Continue Reading →
If love is a warm hug, emotional boundaries are the cozy sweater that keeps that hug from turning into a chokehold. We often assume boundaries are fences built for strangers, but the truth is: we need the strongest boundaries with the people we love the most. Why? Because closeness without clarity becomes chaos.As the writer... Continue Reading →
If happiness had a lab report, it would probably start with: “Observation: Humans chase happiness like kids chase ice cream trucks.” But the science of happiness isn’t about chasing anything—it’s about understanding how joy is wired into our brains, habits, and tiny everyday choices.Scientists say happiness is 50% genetic, 10% circumstance, and 40% what we... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how humans behave like that one WiFi signal—strong when no one needs us, and conveniently weak when it’s time for something important? That, my friend, is self-sabotage: our brain’s dramatic way of tripping us just before the finish line.We know what we should do. We know what will help us grow.... Continue Reading →
Every New Year arrives like a fresh notebook—clean pages, crisp corners, and that irresistible smell of possibility. We promise ourselves new habits, new versions, new miracles. Somewhere between the fireworks and the forgotten resolutions, we whisper, “This year will be different.”And it will be.But let’s not pretend we teleported here.We didn’t wake up on January... Continue Reading →
Somewhere between scrolling and sighing, we forgot a very important life skill: minding our own magic.We create something—an idea, a post, a painting, a plan—and before it even finishes breathing, we drag it into the crowded marketplace of comparison. Suddenly, our newborn thought looks underdressed next to someone else’s perfectly styled success.Comparison is that uninvited... Continue Reading →
Somewhere between finishing our tea and scrolling one last reel, we quietly decide that today is not the day.Not because we don’t want to start—but because we don’t feel ready.Ready has become a mythical creature.It wears confidence like perfume, carries a five-year plan, and never forgets passwords.Most of us are still looking for our socks.We... Continue Reading →
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