Sajal Choudhary

Sajal Choudhary

I am a platform engineer and a writer based in Finland.

I am also the author of A Year of Mornings, a collection of poems for young adults.

NordLetter

I send out a newsletter once a week about living in Finland + five interesting things I've found on the open web.

Lately

Everything, as it happens — from the garden, the stream, the shelf, and the Nordletter.

November 2026

Can You Write a Poetry Collection That’s a Page-Turner? by Kelly Grace Thomas

Because poetry can do this. It can move fast and deep, ask us to feel before we understand, and hold contradiction, mystery, and hard truths at once. And yet poetry has a reputation for being difficult—a slog you have to wade through rather than something you can’t wait to keep reading.

This is an interesting idea, giving a structure to the poetry where each following poem adds to the story. I tried it a bit with a year of mornings, but not really.

NL 130

A Spot of Sunshine

A Spot of Sunshine Perhaps the thing that I needed the most, as I stepped out of my home today to go to the library was the warm sun on my face. I did not know it, of course. Sunshine The phone showed a crisp four…

The power of sync by Seth

I imagine that your energy levels and mood fluctuate during the day. When working on async projects, the smart path is to match your internal energy with the work to be done. Write blog posts when you’re on a post-swim high, pay bills when all you can manage is clerical work.

Makes sense. I have been considering this a few times, though not as seriously to write a note. That would crystallise it a bit.

When do you do a thing. Like what is the optimal time to write, do emails, do deep work and so on. I feel it's the morning for me, to do deep work, whether writing or something else.