Fellow Daydreamers,

For most of you, these are the first writings of mine that you’ll be reading. Those of you who knew me aged 15 will know my last blog, when my daydreams were generally about how I could no longer fit into a box, or how I was procrastinating from revising by writing a blog about procrastinating from revising (a phrase I now know to be “meta”). These daydreams would then go intotangentsabout the rest of life… a bit like my actual daydreams.

Now,8 years, 2 schools, a university, a gap period in India, several internships in startups, M&A and PE, and (literally) becoming a magician, later, my daydreams have shifted a bit… and I’ve learnt to create a new blog post linked with a hyperlink whenever I go on a tangent. However, hopefully, the value remains, either informationally, comically, or just from a standpoint of being genuinely curious about what I think about all day.

Purpose

This blog expresses my views or hypothetical thought process at the point in time when those words are written. The purpose is three-fold, to:

1. (Hopefully) provide something of informational value and intrigue

2. Get feedback on ideas discussed, both from those who agree and those who disagree

3. Interact with people who are interested

Additionally, I am writing:

1. To force myself to put thoughts on paper, both for cataloguing and reference purposes

2. To become a better writer through practice

3. For journaling purposes, to stop my brain from spinning on certain ideas

The purpose is not in any way to provide a definitive view of the world, nor to give any binding advice, especially on my views that are related to finance.

Views being expressed are entirely my own and not of my employer or the like.

A bit more about myself

I’m 23, live in north London, studied Psychology & Philosophy at Oxford before becoming a management consultant – where I spent the first year travelling the world solving awesome problems, and the second year travelling the 1.5m between my bed and my desk until I forgot what day of the week it was.

I’ve also spent the last 9 years creating and performing magic (www.magicromil.com), you may have seen me on your TV on Sky Sports or Star, or spammed on the Instagram and Snapchat feeds of your favourite creators!

When I’m not doing all of this, I daydream a lot about the creator economy, psychology and general oddities of the world. Within the creator economy, I daydream a lot about the creator middle class and how to redress power and knowledge imbalances within the industry to bring more power to creators. Within psychology, I daydream about neurodiversity, mental health and the overall talent/education ecosystem. Within general oddities of the world, expect material about things that are astoundingly obvious when made explicit - these oddities generally focus around the behavioural insights team EAST framework of Easy, Attractive, Social, Timely.

I can be reached on socials @magicromil, or LinkedIn Romil Depala… so please do reach out… if there’s anyone who’s also up for pre-reading my posts before they’re released both to make sure it makes sense and provide some early critique please do message

Happy reading 😊