Rewind 2025: 10 Articles You Must Add to Your Reading List

A personal curation from a year of reflection

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The last week of December is celebrated worldwide — thanks largely to Western culture. After all, the calendar itself belongs to the Western world and nudges us to count a new year from 1st January.

And honestly, whenever it’s time to begin something new or leave the old behind — even if it’s just a change of date — we all feel a mix of emotions: a little vulnerable, a little challenged, a little fearful, a little hopeful, and quite dramatic.

So, I revisited all my write-ups Medium— just a glimpse at first. I checked the stats to understand how my writing evolved through the year: the themes my mind kept choosing, the topics that repeated unconsciously, and the patterns that quietly reflected my inner world.

Having spent nearly 10 years in the corporate world, I’m used to monthly and yearly analyses — making reports, reviewing performance, interpreting data, and drawing insights. And believe me, this habit helps you understand yourself better. You start noticing your own patterns, mistakes, silliness, impulsive behaviour, randomness, and growth — all at once.

I did that inner audit, and it led me to another thought: why not share my best work? Of course, “best” according to me. Yes — consider this a self-recommendation.

So here’s a list of 10 articles I believe I wrote well, based on the topics, writing depth, and thought provocation.

You don’t have to read them all right now. Just add the ones you like to your reading list(Use save icon at right left )— and don’t forget to share your feedback. It truly means a lot. ✨

1. “I Missed You” — A kaleidoscope of emotions in Three Words ❤️

2. I Have Accepted Being Taken for Granted and I Am Winning!!

3. How Eating Alone Makes All the Difference in Your Life

4. Do You Truly Care for Your Soul?

5. Naming the Unnamed: How Language Heals Our Emotions

6. Not Money, Not Machines — It’s People Who Run the World

7. Why Is Financial Freedom Alone Not Enough for Women?

8. Why Are Cheerful, Well-Behaved Girls Seen as “Easy”?

9. What Is Spiritual Emptiness — and How It Creates an Existential Crisis?

10. Doom Scrolling: The Silent Pandemic of the Decade

Well if you don't find any title click worthy, that's fine, you can visit my profile and explore another 100s that might interest you...

or simply hit follow button to explore my writing in future.. :)

Beyond grateful for my journey in 2025 . The year of clarity and decluttering. It will reflect in my writing to, some mess and some sanity.

At 2026, I will do more experiments with my writing pieces here.. stay tuned.

Love you all.

yours truly, Swapnila

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