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Tag: self-reflection

  • Why I Love Walking Alone

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    I love walking alone. Not in a dramatic, soul-searching kind of way. Just in a very practical, everyday way. Put my AirPods in, press play, and let the city do its thing while I do mine. I always walk with headphones. Always. Ever since I got the AirPods Pro, the noise cancellation has been a…

  • People Watching in Madrid

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    On some fin de semanas, I don’t really feel like doing much. No plans. No route. No “I should probably”. I step out, grab a coffee, sit somewhere, and that’s it. Madrid does the rest. I usually end up at a café or a terrace with a café con leche, letting it get lukewarm while…

  • Lately, I’ve Been Feeling the Need for a Shift

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    Not a plan. Just a feeling I don’t want to ignore. Lately, I’ve been feeling something stir. Not loudly. Not dramatically. Just enough to notice it when things go quiet. I’ve spent over a decade and a half very focused on my career. Corporate life. Structure. Goals. Titles. Deliverables. And for a long time, that…

  • The Global Citizen Dilemma

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    Everywhere and nowhere feels like home. Spanish by birth. Indian by origin. Raised across continents. That sentence has followed me for as long as I can remember. It sounds neat when written down, almost poetic. Living it, however, has been anything but simple. I was born in Madrid, a city that still feels stitched into…

  • Learning to Trust My Voice Again

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    There was a time when trusting my voice felt natural. I spoke, wrote, expressed, without second-guessing every word. Somewhere along the way, that changed. Not dramatically. Not because of one big moment. It happened slowly, quietly, through years of working, adapting, fitting in, and learning when to soften things, when to stay quiet, when to…

  • The Wheel of Time, Book 5: Thoughts, Feelings, and So Many Spoilers

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    (Yes, this is your final warning) This post contains full spoilers for The Wheel of Time, Book 5.If you haven’t read the book yet, this is your cue to leave now.There will be major plot points, character deaths, and endings discussed.You’ve been warned. Proceed at your own risk. I finished Book 5 and just sat…

  • Madrid Teaches Me How to Stay

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    There are cities that teach you how to leave. Madrid taught me how to stay. I don’t mean stay in the literal sense, although I have. I mean stay present. Stay grounded. Stay connected to myself even when life feels noisy or demanding. Madrid has a way of doing that without trying. It doesn’t rush…

  • January Feels Like a Quiet Promise

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    January has never felt loud to me. It arrives quietly, almost cautiously. While the world rushes to label it as a fresh start or a clean slate, I’ve always experienced it differently. January feels quieter. Softer. Almost like the year is stretching slowly after a long night’s sleep. Especially these early days, when the decorations…

  • Welcome to thisisraulito

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    A personal corner of the internet, finally mine. Welcome. I’m really glad you’re here. This space has existed quietly inside me for a long time. I just hadn’t given it a place to live until now. For months now, I’ve been writing consistently elsewhere, showing up week after week, sometimes day after day, letting my…