Poornima Jha grew up in Chennai, though her roots are from Darbhanga, Bihar. She lives in Nuremberg, Germany with her husband who is her biggest fan and supporter. She has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an Executive MBA from IIM Kozhikode. Alongside managing a team of embedded software programmers in her day job, she is a lifestyle blogger and a marathoner. She has travelled to several countries on adventures.
She wrote "Need Over want", her debut book, which took shape after years of blogging on her website lawsofpositivelifestyle.com. The blog was where she had been pouring the lessons from her lifestyle experiments so far. At work and outside, she yearns to be a serial skill-collector. She balances her free time by juggling between – running full marathons, cycling long-distances, dancing, swimming, playing badminton, stitching, painting and carpentry.
Starting my day at the Fateh Sagar Lake, I really did not know what to expect from the city of Udaipur. It looked nothing like the last two cities I visited in Rajasthan. Jaisalmer was all about the
I was drowning. I knew I was on the deepest side of the pool, deeper than my height. Trying to be adventurous, I tried floating straight in the water. Adventure? No, it was foolishness. I panicked
This time I am starting a three-part series blog on my recent vacation in Rajasthan. It starts with the “Golden City” of Jaisalmer. Sandstone buildings fill the streets that still have
In June this year, I paid a short visit to the city of London, along the river Thames. It is important to visit a place like a traveler and not a tourist. I did my research to have some unique
At the beginning of this year, I was ecstatic to find out that I have finally conquered the monster of hypothyroid. After 12 years of struggle with this thyroid imbalance causing disease, I was
Ever been to a vacation with low expectations and came back with the time of your life? That was Kumta beach trek for me. Kumta is a lesser-known fishing town close to Gokarna along the southwestern
Minimalism is a way of living where you buy and use only what is needed in your life. You eliminate unnecessary waste of things, time and money. I have started employing this way of living since the
My mother had been asking me to book my parents the tickets to Vaishno Devi for a long time. Every time either it was too expensive or too cold or too risky to go to Jammu. But this time, when I got
Yes, this is another travelogue by me. But no, it is not the kind of travelogue you have seen me write. If you are looking to find an itinerary for a week’s travel to Thailand, look
Sometime in July 2017, two of my friends Shreya, Bhoomika and I finally executed our plan to visit the beautiful Himachal. Himachal is beauty, calmness, and adventure in all its glory. Here is an
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