The Ripple Journal

A quiet corner of the internet. No noise, just small moments and reflections, written with care. This is my version of social media—slowed down and stripped back.

Here, I share fragments of poetry and stories from everyday life. Some tender. Some raw. All real. You’ll find microblogs updated regularly, sometimes multiple times in one day, sometimes not for weeks.

I write to connect, to make meaning, and to notice what often goes unseen.

Thanks for being here.

Mansi Bhatia 8/27/25 Mansi Bhatia 8/27/25

Losing Followers, Gaining Friends

How I traded followers for friends by leaving social media. The honest costs, unexpected gains, and what life looks like on the other side.

Mansi Bhatia 7/8/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/8/25

When Two People Said “YES!”

Not everything meaningful scales. Not every ripple is visible. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t working.

Mansi Bhatia 7/6/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/6/25

I Love Being An “Older Mom”

She got the mom I was ready to be and one who’s evolving with her.

Mansi Bhatia 7/5/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/5/25

Curiosity Leads the Way

45 minutes of zero decision-making and 100% playing, those leaves had become nine monoprint tokens.

Mansi Bhatia 7/4/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/4/25

A Phantom of Delight

What felt like a burden to live up to back then has become a truth I now embody—but differently.

Mansi Bhatia 7/3/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/3/25

A Witness

I am here to witness an unfolding and to let people know they’re not alone.

Mansi Bhatia 7/2/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/2/25

The Ripples Go Far

If you’ve ever wondered whether a small gesture matters, let this be your answer. It does. It ripples. And it returns in ways you can’t predict.

Mansi Bhatia 7/1/25 Mansi Bhatia 7/1/25

The Pressure Tactics

We get to choose whether we build funnels or wells, whether we sell transformation or invite people to find it themselves.

Mansi Bhatia 6/30/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/30/25

There’s a First Time for Everything

At a neighbor’s dinner party, I finally claimed my creative identity—out loud, without shrinking.

Mansi Bhatia 6/28/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/28/25

Across the miles

Slow down and rediscover the art of connection. Little Tokens Big Ripples invites you to send snail mail across oceans, forging authentic bonds in a fast world—one handwritten letter at a time.

Mansi Bhatia 6/25/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/25/25

This is Me

My desire for the kind of silent presence my pup offers isn’t failure.

Mansi Bhatia 6/24/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/24/25

When the Universe Whispers Back

The ripples are there. They’re just traveling at a different speed than I expected, arriving through different channels than I planned, touching hearts in ways that don’t show up in analytics.

Mansi Bhatia 6/22/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/22/25

The Part We Don’t Post About

There’s a gap between believing in something and watching others pass it by.

Mansi Bhatia 6/17/25 Mansi Bhatia 6/17/25

Not a Business

What I want—what I've always wanted—is meaning without virality, metrics or conversions.