# Hope With Anirban

> Sharing my personal mental health journey and stories


## Posts

- [Always Respect Your Father](https://anirbansaren.com/always-respect-your-father/): The author writes how he didn't always respect his father and that he must change that. He must respect his father.
- [This Adivasi Filmmaker Is Making A Real Difference, Read To Know More](https://anirbansaren.com/adivasi-filmmaker-real-difference/): The author writes about the screening of a film made by Adivasi Filmmaker Sneha Mundari and what he learnt from it. 
- [I need to join a gym](https://anirbansaren.com/need-gym/): The author writes about his experiences and future expectations of a gym. He also writes about the problems he faced at multiple gyms in the past.
- [Desires: Do What You Genuinely Want](https://anirbansaren.com/desires-do-what-you-genuinely-want/): The author writes how parents, society, and Instagram had imposed their desires on him, but he followed what he genuinely wanted in life.
- [Education: Show them by excelling in your studies, not money or power](https://anirbansaren.com/show-them-by-your-education-not-money-power/): The author writes how education, not money or power, is the only way to overcome oppression by the privileged castes.
- [I Don’t Have A Choice: Throwing The Garbage](https://anirbansaren.com/choice-throwing-garbage/): The author writes how he doesn't have a choice but to throw the garbage despite it being uncomfortable.
- [The Struggle: Feeling Sleepy And Still Writing](https://anirbansaren.com/struggle-sleepy-writing/): The author writes about how in spite of feeling sleepy, he is struggling to writing a blog post early morning.
- [life is big, but nothing compared to you](https://anirbansaren.com/nothing-compared-to-you/): This blog is about a song that makes the author realize that life is big but nothing compared to that special person(you).
- [The Purpose Of My Soul](https://anirbansaren.com/the-purpose-of-my-soul/): This poem written by Anirban Saren is about discovering a key lesson in life from a brief but quite special experience.Happiness is the goal.
- [Ishq! Ishq! Ishq!!! (Love! Love! Love!!!)](https://anirbansaren.com/ishq/): The author writes about a poetry show he and his sister went to see the previous day. It was quite an unique and a great experience.
- [How My Illusions of Anger and Misunderstanding Are Removed By The Bhagavad Gita](https://anirbansaren.com/illusions-bhagavad-gita/): The author writes about how reading the Bhagavad Gita helps him overcome the illusions of emotions like anger, misunderstanding, etc.
- [College Memories: Pleasant And Negative](https://anirbansaren.com/college-memories-pleasant-and-negative/): The author writes about his regular college memories and how they are influencing his mind in both pleasant and negative ways. 
- [Bhagavad Gita: Significant Changes In My Life](https://anirbansaren.com/bhagavad-gita-changes/): The author writes how the Bhagavad Gita is changing this life and how a healthy level of doubt is necessary and alright.
- [Responsibility: Today I need to throw away all the garbage](https://anirbansaren.com/responsibility-today-i-need-to-throw-away-all-the-garbage/): The author writes about responsibility and how he is doing a lot of chores and tasks that are making him a responsible person.
- [Responsibilities Are Necessary](https://anirbansaren.com/responsibilities-are-necessary/): Responsibilities teach you to be a better person more than any classes or reading books. When I was in class 11 and I failed in class, I didn’t take any household responsibilities.  My parents did everything for me. And I just had to study. But at that time I was facing problems related to sitting down to study. I think if I had taken some household responsibilities at that time, I could have avoided failing in class. And I am saying this not from a place of regret but maturity and knowledge. Responsibility in my opinion makes you more realistic because […]
- [Need: A Different Way To Hope](https://anirbansaren.com/need-a-different-way-to-hope/): Sometimes we need to do something because there's no other option but to survive. The author writes about that.
- [Expressing My Gratitude To God(part 1)](https://anirbansaren.com/gratitude-1/): The author writes a short gratitude letter to God for being there with him ALWAYS. 
- [Heartbreak Is Real: Understand Her](https://anirbansaren.com/heartbreak-understand-her/): The author writes about how even after a heartbreak a woman needs to be understood by the man.  Just because she rejects a man doesn't allow the man to blame her. A man needs to understand her. 
- [Face Your Fears: Stop Being Toxic](https://anirbansaren.com/face-your-fears/): The author writes about his experiences with fear, what happens when he doesn't face them and what happens when he does.
- [Reading the Bhagavad Gita: Changing My Life](https://anirbansaren.com/the-bhagavad-gita-changing-my-life/): The author reads the Bhagavad Gita daily and admits that it's changing his life. Despite not being a Hindu, he follows the Gita for wisdom.
- [Your Life Is Important - Fight For Yourself](https://anirbansaren.com/your-life-is-important/): When the author was about to give up but life was stubborn and won't let him go. He learnt to fight for his life.
- [The Present And The Future Is All That Matters](https://anirbansaren.com/the-present-and-the-future/): The present and the future is all that matters. I have done many stupid things in my life. But thinking about the future gives me hope.
- [Instagram: How To Not Be Addicted To It](https://anirbansaren.com/instagram-addicted/): Right now my brain is fried. I reinstalled instagram yesterday. And I’m not saying that it’s bad or something. It’s good. But sometimes it just becomes addictive. Like when I woke up today and sat at my desk to write a blog post. And I opened instagram instinctively on my phone. And I just kept scrolling. I even had my phone volume on mute but still I got sucked into it. And that’s what I think is the danger. And I know I shouldn’t try to fight it alone.  I need to uninstall it and maybe replace this habit with something […]
- [Babasaheb Made Proud By Dalit Daughters: A Tribute](https://anirbansaren.com/babasaheb-made-proud-by-dalit-daughters/): I’m sure Babasaheb would not be happy by seeing the state of India today, he would always want us to study harder and argue with knowledge.
- [Finishing What I Started: The Way To Great Accomplishments](https://anirbansaren.com/finishing-what-i-started/): In this post I write why I am finishing what I started every time I start a task. It's about values and principles. 
- [Regrets: One of The Most Useless Things In Life](https://anirbansaren.com/regrets-useless/): The author writes about how regrets are useless. It's better to redo the regretful things that were left undone than having regrets.
- [Trying - The Secret Of The Universe - Part 2](https://anirbansaren.com/trying-part-2/): The author writes about how he had written a philosophy of trying as the secret of the universe and how it still holds true to this day.
- [The Secret: How To Overcome Procrastination](https://anirbansaren.com/procrastination-secret/): The author writes about his experience with procrastination and how he overcame it. He refers to it as a secret.
- [Problem-Solving Is About Persistence: Never Give Up](https://anirbansaren.com/problem-solving-persistence/): The author writes about how persistence is required for solving problems in a person's life. He gives personal examples.
- [Forgive More: One Of The Most Important Skills](https://anirbansaren.com/forgive-more-on/): The author has been bad at forgiving most of his life. But he realizes that he should forgive more through therapy and life experiences.
- [Anger: How To Be Free From It](https://anirbansaren.com/anger-be-free/): Anger is one of the most destructive emotions. The author writes about his experiences with anger and shares spiritual texts to explain it.
- [Love And Accept Yourself: Don’t Seek Approval From Others](https://anirbansaren.com/approval/): The author writes about his experience if seeking approval from others in the past and realizing the futility in doing it.
- [Home Is Where The Heart Is: A Journey Back Home](https://anirbansaren.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-a-journey-back-home/): Me, my mother and father arrived in Bangalore yesterday, and the weather is fine here. Much cooler than Kolkata’s weather. The journey is cozy. There was a lot of traffic congestion on our way from Howrah to the Dum Dum Airport.  But we reached just in time. Overall I think my visit to Howrah from Bangalore was successful. I went to give puja at the Dakshineshwar Kali Temple. And I voted. I also met many of my relatives and cousins.  And I’m grateful to God for these experiences.  Thank you for reading this line! It means a lot.
- [My Old Blog Posts](https://anirbansaren.com/old-blog-posts/): To access my old blog posts, please visit- this website.

## Pages

- [About](https://anirbansaren.com/about/): Hi my name is Anirban Saren.  I am from Howrah, West Bengal and I love writing about my experiences.  I also love writing about mental health issues, whether it’s about sharing my personal experiences with mental health or other people’s stories.  I have social anxiety and bipolar disorder. And I have undergone treatment for them. I also like reading novels, and non-fiction books, and I like badminton, singing, playing the guitar, etc. Currently, I have completed my MBA in Data Science, and I’m upskilling myself for a job. If you want to learn more about mental health, spirituality, philosophy, AI, etc., […]
- [Contact](https://anirbansaren.com/contact/): Please feel free to email me at – anirban@anirbansaren.com .
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