Live an inspired life.

I’m Aruna Gobalan. A writer navigating midlife with varying degrees of grace. Every week, I publish one essay on self-improvement, productivity, and what it means to live intentionally when life keeps insisting on happening anyway.

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Latest essays


Books

Take My Money, Please

A collection of essays about a 21-day secret giving project I embarked on during the pandemic.

A memoir in progress

I’m working on a memoir about the most unexpected pairing of my life: fighting cancer and running 26 marathons.