Lavanya Mohan : Ex-CA, marketing professional & personal finance nerd

Getting Meta

Getting Meta is a show where Deepak Gopalakrishnan (or Chuck, as the world calls him) speaks to some very smart people to unravel their habits, though…

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I speak to my friend and someone whose work I’ve admired for a long time - Lavanya Mohan. Lavanya, who many might know as lavsmohan, used to run one of India’s funniest blogs about a decade ago, called ChutneyCase. Since then, she has transitioned into a very interesting niche - personal finance from a woman’s point of view in India. In between, she has also been a freelance writer for several publications, on topics ranging from culture to humour to finance.

For me, it was a pleasure to speak to her since it wasn’t just a great conversation with lots of insights, but also a chance to catch up with a Friend.

In this interview, we speak about:

Storytelling and how that was the root of everything that followed in her life

How her writing evolved

How the biggest shift in her life happened quite unexpectedly

How not to be scared of money or finance (especially looking at finance through the lens of something you are already passionate about)

Building niches, but trying whatever you can

Taking advantage of your situation, and not being bummed out you’re not being where the action is

How “explain it like I’m 5” is the ultimate test of whether you’ve understood something

Productivity, routine, setting personal goals, and finding your “creative best time”

How audiences determine the content - direct, even! - that a creator might do

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