Looking for a cure for your tendency to hoard? Obsessed with organising your life better? In this episode of Take A Pause, Varun chats with Kaneez Surka about her love of cleaning and how the chaos on stage helps her be more organised in life! Kaneez is a South African improv artist, actress, comedian, and YouTuber of Indian descent. She started her career with the show The Week That Wasn't and has since then done multiple shows on various platforms all over the world. 0:00 Intro 4:40 How Kaneez found comedy & improv 08:54 Is there a process to improv? 10:14 Standup vs Improv. 12:24 The many ways to say ‘Duggirala’! 13:12 Rules of Improv 15:21 Impromptu improv class! 16:47 Improv evolving into different formats 18:53 What does Kaneez obsess about? 21:12 Kaneez's philosophy on cleaning 26:07 Building a community around sharing 28:34 Minimalism vs Sharing 31:03 The temptation to buy things 33:19 Challenges of vlogging 37:52 Creating a narrative in vlogs 38:49 Drawing boundaries between real vs reel life 40:05 Learning Hindi 42:00 Working with Cyrus Broacha 44:15 Things Kaneez is glad she did 46.10 Being versatile in comedy 47:32 What's next for Kaneez? #TakeAPause #KaneezSurka #Improv Follow Kaneez on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6a7TnbzoeggcDscJBrR0kw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaneezsurka/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaneezsurka 0:00 Intro 4:40 How Kaneez found comedy & improv 08:54 Is there a process to improv? How improv is improv? 10:14 Standup vs Improv. Akshay Kumar's hack for memorizing lines! 12:24 The many ways to say Duggirala! 13:12 Rules of Improv 15:21 Impromptu improv class! 16:47 Improv evolving into different formats 18:53 What does Kaneez obsess about? 21:12 Kaneez's Philosophy on cleaning 26:07 Building a community around sharing 28:34 Minimalism vs Sharing 31:03 The temptation to buy things 33:19 Challenges of vlogging 37:52 Creating a narrative in vlogs 38:49 Drawing boundaries between real life and reel life 40:05 Learning Hindi 42:00 Working with Cyus Broacha 44:15 Things Kaneez is glad she did 46.10 Being versatile in comedy 47:32 What's next for Kaneez? 🌍 My website https://varunduggi.com/ 🎙MY PODCASTS: || The Varun Duggi Show || Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5RRxDb6EOTjAp7QqpW5xHU JioSaavn https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/the-varun-duggi-show-/1/FJ1GcoovR-0_ || Advertising Is Dead || Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7vkZ0wYjLRDF80GZv2Pv25?si=-M-xnOdfR22dVGJuG-GiJA JioSaavn https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/advertising-is-dead/1/jnnBfsbEvUM_ IVM https://ivmpodcasts.com/advertising-is-dead FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: 📸 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/ 🐣Twitter https://twitter.com/varunduggi 📝 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-duggirala-31090313 📰 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter on my website https://varunduggi.com/ WHO AM I: Hello! I’m Varun Duggirala, content creator, podcast host and co-founder of The Glitch, now a leading New Age creative agency. I’m the host of Advertising Is Dead, on which I talk about the ongoing and ever-changing developments in advertising, media, content and entertainment. On my latest podcast The Varun Duggi Show, I pick the brains of some really interesting people - media personalities, entrepreneurs, influencers and more - for compelling conversations on what really makes them who they are. I also put out a weekly newsletter, Unschooled with Varun Duggirala. GET IN TOUCH: I’d love to hear from you! Write to me at ask@varunduggi.com or hit me up on social media!