Raulito

Author: Raulito

  • Some News You’re Never Ready For

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    I woke up today to several missed calls. That in itself is unusual. Nobody really calls anymore. So when I saw multiple missed calls from a friend, I knew something wasn’t right. Then I saw the message. A WhatsApp image. An obituary. And his face. Ronak. For a few seconds, maybe longer, I just stared…

  • Archie Comics and the Joy of Easy Stories

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    Why some stories don’t need to be complicated to stay with you. There’s something incredibly comforting about stories that don’t ask too much of you. Archie comics have always been that for me. I grew up reading Archie Double Digests, Jughead Double Digests, Betty & Veronica digests. Piles of them. Dog-eared, shared, reread. You could…

  • It’s Not Burnout. It’s Your Soul Trying to Speak

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    When exhaustion isn’t about overwork, but about misalignment. There’s a kind of exhaustion that no amount of rest seems to fix. You sleep, but you wake up tired. You take time off, but the heaviness doesn’t leave. You stop working, but you don’t feel lighter. And so you assume it’s burnout. That familiar checkpoint of…

  • The Friends Who Drain You, and the Ones Who Light You Up

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    Some people leave you tired. Others leave you alive. Friendship is one of the greatest gifts we have. But let’s be honest. Not all friendships are created equal. Over the years, I started noticing something that I couldn’t ignore anymore. After spending time with certain friends, I’d come home feeling unusually heavy. Not just tired,…

  • Being Social Without Being Available

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    I’m still social.Just not available in the way I used to be. Being social now looks quieter. Fewer plans. Smaller groups. More one-on-one time where you actually get to talk, catch up, and connect without shouting over background noise or splitting attention ten different ways. I still enjoy a big gathering once in a while,…

  • The Spaces Between Things

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    Lately, I’ve realised that some of my favourite moments in a day happen in between. Not the big events. Not the plans. Not the destinations. But the pauses that sit quietly between one thing and the next. Taxi rides are one of them. Sitting in the back seat, watching the city pass by through the…

  • Why I’m Happiest in My Own Company

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    I’ve always been comfortable being alone. Not in a dramatic, poetic way. Not as a statement. It’s just something that settled into me early and never really left. I was an only child, and opening up to people never came easily. I grew up around a lot of unnecessary drama, the kind you don’t choose…

  • Why You Might Start Seeing More Spanish Here

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    Lately, I’ve been feeling something shift. Not dramatically. Not overnight. But in small, quiet ways. In the way I think. In the way I speak. In the way I move through my days and realise that I exist between languages. Because the truth is, Spanish has always been just as much a part of me…

  • Everyday Can Be Day One

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    2025 has been the most reflective year of my life. Maybe it’s an age thing. Being in your mid to late thirties does that to you. You start looking around and asking questions you didn’t have the patience or courage to ask before. Where is my life actually going?Is this really what I want for…

  • The Show I Never Finished

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    How I grew up with Friends, but never saw the ending I grew up watching Friends. It was part of the background of my childhood. The jokes, the catchphrases, the endless reruns playing on television at odd hours. It was never something I planned my day around. It was simply always there. Friends played while…