Author Archives: Docpoet

There are many chores that need to be done Begging completion is the work that was this morning begun There is dinner that needs to be prepared and served Despite all these demands on my time, I have not swerved My attention from reading the book I have in hand My relationship with books, youContinue reading “Lost in a Book”

A human brain can keep only four to seven distinct pieces of information In the working memory at any given time, therefore the accumulation Of more bits of information does lead To cognitive overload and diminished mental performance indeed * During my work day, I get bombarded invariably By multiple messages, texts, phone calls, allContinue reading “Cognitive Offloading”

It was mind-boggling for me to learn That my patients with heart failure may lose up to a billion Cardiomyocytes or heart muscle cells It is no wonder then that they do not feel well They have far fewer cells to do the work the heart was supposed to do The remaining cells enlarge andContinue reading “Billions Lost”

What an irony it is that I write to steer myself away From mindless social media scrolling, but often at the end of the day I find myself scrolling frantically on various sites For inspiration, for ideas on what to write My day has been spent at work, and work does not provide Enough ideasContinue reading “Scrolling for Ideas”

To fit available dimensions everything expands This is a truth I’ve come to understand * Work expands to fill time available to you Stuff expands to fill spaces all the way through Waists expand as long as there is food to eat The universe is expanding, proven by evidence concrete * When no limits onContinue reading “Everything Expands”

To do something meaningful in life, you are required To plan ahead, be strategic, have already acquired All the tools needed to execute what you have planned in detail If you go about it haphazardly, your efforts would be of no avail * This is what for the longest time I thought I made plansContinue reading “Elaborate Plans”

I came across an article that extolled the virtues Of keeping at all times, a pocket notebook with you In the article the author had provided a list of suggestions To use wisely the notebook in your possession The underlying idea is to find something constructive to replace Mindless scrolling on the phone when boredomContinue reading “Virtues of a Pocket Notebook”

While most of us have in some way or the other become Performative in our lives for social media, there are some People amongst us who do not post The highlights of their lives, they coast Through life without shouting for attention online I admire them, and wish that trait could be mine.. * MyContinue reading “Performative No More”

I start drawing, copying from the piece I have stored for inspiration It is a complex work of art, I’m already afraid of overestimation Of my ability to do justice to the original work of art Being just an amateur, just pouring in my heart Into painting is unlikely to be enough To get minorContinue reading “Amateur Artist”

A lot of chatter recently I had heard About engagement in arts and aging, and as a nerd I felt compelled to read the original article to find How art affects epigenetic clocks besides influencing our minds And found that aging is slowed down by a year or so If you engage with arts weekly,Continue reading “How to age slowly”

I just found out that reading books, especially fiction can help you regulate Your nervous system, move from a fight-or-flight to a rest-and-digest state I thank my stars that I am in the habit of reading every day How overstimulated my nervous system would be if it did not have a way To reap theContinue reading “The Neurobiology of Reading”

From time immemorial people have memorized Bits and pieces of knowledge, sharp memories have been prized Being able to commit facts to memory has been considered a sign Of superior intelligence, our hippocampi are designed To consolidate and retrieve information at the time of need We learn, we remember, we recall pertinent facts indeed *Continue reading “Commit to Memory”