October 2025 | aboutSG

25 Life Questions about Saurabh Garg

Saurabh Garg answers 25 questions about life. Read to know more about him.

Saw this post. And I was inspired enough to write.

Here are the questions…

And answers…

PS: I will keep editing these answers as I go along. In case I make an edit at a later date, I will indicate the same.

1/ What does your ideal day look like?

This has many versions to be honest. And it changes minute by minute. As on Oct 27, 6 AM, my ideal day would look like this…

330 AM – wake up
4 AM – write for an hour or so
5 AM – work
7 AM – goto nearest Starbucks (the one closest to where I live opens at 8) and work or get work done
11 AM – meet new people
12 noon – gym or something
2 PM – first (and hopefully only) meal of the day and a short nap
3 PM – meet people (new or old)
6 PM – watch the sunset
7 PM – catch some play or something live or may be help connect people
9 PM – reflection on the day and lights out

I’ve changed this three times over while thinking about this. But one thing has remained constant. That I want to be free and have a 100% control over my time and I do not want to commute within a city unless its a walk.

I know the vagaries of the modern life can’t allow for either to happen. So I want to be able to reach as close to 100. And this means, no timesheets, no mandatory calendars, alarms etc. And this means I need to live bang in the middle of action (say Versova or Koramangla). Or build something that can run 100% remote.

I am far from this to be honest.

Today, I wake up without an alarm on most days (I will start using an alarm cos I want to be up early; I was up at 445 a few days ago and I want to edge towards 330), and spend the day doing what I want to.

Also, I would love to travel as much as I can. Till last year, I would travel a lot – I would take flights on a whim. This year has been bad on that. I will change that in the coming year.

2/ What did you want to be when you were younger?

At different times in life I’ve wanted to have different professions.

At one time, I wanted to be a detective.
I remember once my sis and a cousin (Sonam) where in some old house where we spotted some hand prints. I wanted to “investigate” the “murder”.

At one point, i wanted to be a video games designer.
Lol!

I’ve wanted to make ads.
I did get to take a shot at it but I wasnt good. Read more about it here.

I want to make films.
Again, I did some short films but I havent found success. I would still want to do it. But then AI and all. Plus, the industry is weird and all that.

Ofc, like all boys growing up in 90s India, I wanted to play cricket at a professional level. Then I wanted to play pool or maybe snooker as a professional. No, I wasnt good enough to qualify for any of these. I do have this thing where I want to play some sport professionally. Maybe poker. But now that its banned in India, I dont know what to do about it.

Oh, I have this bucket list. It’s time I updated this!

And no, I dont think I knew of this concept of entrepreneurship where I could just create things. So far I havent created anything large but I love the thought of thinking new things.

Will update this as and when more things come to my head.

3/ Who are you most inspired by? Why?

This is a long list. But at this time point, I want to name only one person.

Steve Jobs.

In fact, in the flight ~~last night~~ a few days ago, I saw a Tim Cook interview where he says that Steve’s original office is still preserved. After I saw that interview, I realised, I love him because of his aura. And of course his ideas and thoughts about doing great things that serve others.

Also, I have flip flopped over the years about who I am inspired by. I remember writing one time that I’d rather be Paul Graham and not Steve. But I seem to keep coming back to Steve even though he’s long gone.

Other usual suspects in this list, apart from Steve and Paul would include Elon, Bill, Jeff, Warren, Charlie and the likes. I know, all white, men, American capitalists.

4/ Who would you love to meet? What would you ask?

I am not starstruck per se. So, I dont know this answer.

And even if I met my heroes, I dont know what would I ask them. Plus, in most cases, the folks I’d like to meet are public figures and all they think, do, build, hide is in public eye and I can find about them. So there is no specific question per se.

Plus, there are many LLM models now trained on public figures that you can query and talk to them as if you are talking to your hero. This is my chat with Steve Jobs!

So, no one singular person and no specific question.

However, if I could, I would love to spend time with all my heroes and all, as a fly on the wall and see their process in action. That to me is more valuable because that is often not captured in any of the interviews or QnA.

5/ What habit would you most like to break? What habit would you most like to start?

I would love to be able to not procrastinate.
For all that I do and all the gyaan I give, I am a big procrastinator. It’s amazing how much I get done even with that as my Achilles’ Heel! And I cant wait to see how much I get done when I solve that! Oh, man, that would be fabulous!

I would love to start the habit of working out.
I am 43 and I am seeing age not being on my side. I want to change that and ensure that when I am older, I am alive and active.

In fact, Taleb says that if you are above 40 and you are not working on your muscles, you are an idiot. I am one.

6/ Think of a person you truly admire. What qualities do you like about that person?

I admire many people. And the common thread in most of those people is that they create things.

None of my heroes (apart from maybe Warren and Charlie) are value traders or paper pushers. They are creators. Of businesses, things and all that.

To me, the act of creation is larger than anything else. All other things that I value – reliability, empathy, community, giving back, abundance and all that are secondary.

7/ How do you like to relax?

I love to go for walks. I love to watch theatre (not movies). I love staring at the sunset. I love the idea of talking to people – in most cases, it energizes me.

I love to go for drives. I dont have a car at this point in time in life but given an option, I would be on the road all the time.

Or else I love the idea of sleeping. But I want the room to be quiet and cold. In India, it’s tough but that’s where I live and thus. Lately I’ve started to enjoy the concept of spas.

Apart from this, I love to day dream to relax ;P

8/ When was the last time you did something you were afraid of?

I am typically not afraid of things. I look at each thing as a problem to be solved. And I know outcome of that problem may be something that I don’t like. As Bachchan said, mann ko bhaya to achacha, na bhaya to aur bhi achcha.

Oh, and I know that the solution of the problem may be messy.

So, no fear per se. Just preparedness. And the problem-solving mindset.

However, if I were to give an answer, I would say, I am afraid of putting my face on the internet. I dont know if fear is the right emotion but I have held myself back. But lately I have started to let that happen.

9/ What are you most proud of?

I cant think of any one thing that I am proud of.

10/ What are you most afraid of?

Like I said, I am typically not afraid.

Lemme rephrase this question.

What would I be the most disappointed about.
What keeps me up at night.
Etc. etc.

Here’s a list.

I dont want to die with mere “potential”. I dont want to be remembered (see Q 25) but I also dont want to not have seen how it is when you are a wildly successful person.
I am afraid of complacency. I have reached a point in life where am comfortable and often I dont push myself as much as I must.
I am afraid that I will die a lonely, old man who will not have anyone to call his own.
I am afraid that I will not be a “free” man.

11/ If life stopped today, what would you regret not doing?

I would regret that I couldn’t become a wildly successful person.

Apart from that, I want little, seek little and I am mostly able to get a lot of things that I want. And I know that I cant have it all. So am mostly ok.

12/ Who would you like to connect (or reconnect) with? Why?

I would love to reconnect with a lot of people.

For starters, each person who helped me shape up into who I am right now. This includes colleagues from yesteryears, mentors, friends who I’ve forgotten, people who are angry with me, people who I am angry with and all that.
Why? Well, why not?

I would also like to fix relationship with my extended family.
Why? Well, why not?

In terms of new connections, I would love to meet folks who’re building things at the edge of human understanding. At this time, in 2025, these are manufacturing, space, AI, creative tools, longevity etc.

I am not a deeply scientific person and thus I may not do well with folks who do fundamental conversations. I’d rather imagine and build applications on top of enabling technology and rails. For example, I may not know how a LLM functions but I would like to use that AI tool to build new things.

I would also like to connect with people who are great with people. I believe I love working with people and I want to get better at it. And I want to not “study”. Rather, I would learn from others. Remember I said, I want to be a fly on the wall when my heroes work?

13/ What qualities do you admire in others?

In no order…

Hardwork, hustle, ambition, reliability, respectfulness, abundance mindset, long-term thinking,

No, I dont admire creativity per se. For me, ability to build is larger than creativity.

14/ What practical skills do you wish you had?

For starters, I would love to be more disciplined.

Then, I want to learn how to sell.

I would love even more if I could be more persuasive. And I want to be able to predict people’s behaviours by looking at them.

Apart from this, I would love to have the ability to tolerate hot weather. I just cant do when the temperature is more than 24.

15/ Imagine you’re in your 90s. What memories would you like to have? What stories do you want to tell?

I dont want memories.

I dont look at the past. I like the future more than the past. And thus I often dont look back. I do take my lessons and try to not repeat mistakes. But that’s that.

And if at 90, all I do is look back at things, I would have failed.

But if this is a theoretical question, I would say, looking back I would want to see a man who lived a free life, in the way he wanted to, chose things that he wanted to and hung out with people he wanted to. I would want to look back at a man who was active, deliberate, free, passionate, present, resourceful and of service to others.

The stories I would tell will not be of personal conquests or whatever. Rather, of mistakes I made, lessons I learnt, people I met and other such things that may encourage the listeners to follow their heart. I would talk about how freedom is hidden in plain sight and is often the most undervalued asset for us humans.

I would talk about things that I would have seen work for the long-term. Today, I am 43 and I can already see how some time-tested principles have worked for me. I am sure over the next 50 years, there would be more things that would work for me. I would love to aggregate those and talk about those to the world.

16/ What is your favorite book/movie/song? Why?

Favorite songs change with time. But if I have to go back to the time when I was young, I grew up on indipop – Lucky Ali, KK, Dhoom, Silk Route and the likes. Then I moved to English music and I love all the 90s popular pieces – Bryan Adams, Backstreet Boys etc. Then there was a phase when I love Jagjit Singh and all that.

In books, I’ve read a lot. The top would be English, August, Count of Monte Cristo, The Godfather and Mahabharata. And I’ve loved reading Jack Reacher, Sue Grafton, Jeffery Archer. I’ve even read Hindi crime fiction like Surendra Mohan Pathak and Ved Prakash Sharma and others.

In movies, I love Shawshank Redemption, Notting Hill and others. I dont really have a taste in films but I like to see mindless action films like John Wick, Transporter etc. I love sports / coaching films as well. In the recent past, I saw and loved F1. I think I love stories of underdogs and stories that are told well.

Is there a common thread? I am not sure. You find out.

17/ If you could make one change in the world, what would it be?

I would eliminate the concept of religion.

I’ve thought a lot about this and I realise that all challenges that we face today as humanity stem from religion – caste system, hyper-nationalism, cruelty and all that.

18/ What do you love to do for, or give to others?

A lot!

My time and attention (two of the scarcest resources) to start with.

Then, I want to create opportunities for everyone. I live by the Sai Itna Dijiye Quote. I look at myself as a platform for opportunity exchange (heard this phrase first from Gokul).

I want each person I meet to get access to their truest potential. I would love to be a coach and push people. I love the idea of hard work, going all-in and being immersed in the work. I am not a balanced person and that means my philosophy stays in that space. As I grow old, I find that I get more joy and fulfillment when I see others do well.

19/ What excites you?

The idea of doing things excite me.
Even though am old, I am like that kid in the candystore – who likes the idea of doing things.

The chase of the new excites me.
I am excited by the 0 to 1 journey. I want to create new things. I want to give birth to ideas and all that.

People excite me.
I want to be around good people doing things that they want to. Good is subjective. What I like and think of as good may not be good for you. And thats ok.

Things done well excite me.
A well made coffee, a well formatted document, an aligned stack of clothes in an almirah, a shelf painted well. I love when people put in efforts with the intention of doing things well.

Great designs excite me.
While I am not a designer, I love when things are designed well.

20/ What do you wish you did more of?

I wish I got to spend more time with my parents.

I wish I could teach more young people more things.

I wish I could make the world a better place. I would do this by making people realize the foley of chasing ego, the advantages of being kind and the benefits of long-term thinking. I would also want people to realise that life can be abundant AF and there is no reason to kill someone else to get to where you want to be.

I wish I had more shoulders of giants to stand on top of. And I wish my shoulders are broad enough to have all my loved ones to stand on top of.

And finally, wishes are not horses ;P

21/ Pretend money is no object. What would you do?

Mostly what I do today – spend time on things and people and experiences that I love. And this means I would do things that I want to, support projects that I think are interesting, chase experiences and all that.

No I will not retire.

Oh, I will get myself and my loved one a basic level of luxury (not comfort, but luxury). This means a place big enough to not worry about bumping into each other. This means at least a business class flight on each flight they take. This means the means to get from 0 to 1, and after that, they better find their own path.

22/ What area of your life, right now, makes you feel the best? Why?

I am writing this answer on Oct 28, 2025.

At this time I love that there are a few people who’s lives are better because of me. I wish I could do this at scale and makes many many lives better.

Apart from this, here is my wheel of life. Please make your interpretations.

23/ Let’s jump forward a year. What would you like to have achieved in the past year?

One thing. Financial freedom.
This means I would have paid back the loan on my head and I would have enough in the bank to not bother about picking things that I dont want to work on.

If I could have more than one thing, I would ask for better health.
I want to quantify it as ability to run a half marathon in less than 2 hours, do 50 push ups in one set and climb up 25 floors.

24/ What piece of advice would you give to five year old you?

Easy.
Stop being an introvert.

25/ How do you want to be remembered in life?

I dont want to be remembered.

I am a big believer in the idea of Pale Blue Dot. And if the question is about the reputation we carry while we are here, I would say I would want to be known as a person who was around when his friends and family needed him.

Do see this and internalize it…

Thank for reading this.

Do lemme know what you think and please point out gaps in thinking.

PS: I will keep editing these answers as I go along. In case I make an edit at a later date, I will indicate the same.

Phew!
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Thank you for reading!

PS: In case you want to copy-paste these, the questions are…

What does your ideal day look like?
What did you want to be when you were younger?
Who are you most inspired by? Why?
Who would you love to meet? What would you ask?
What habit would you most like to break? What habit would you most like to start?
Think of a person you truly admire. What qualities do you like about that person?
How do you like to relax?
When was the last time you did something you were afraid of?
What are you most proud of?
What are you most afraid of?
If life stopped today, what would you regret not doing?
Who would you like to connect (or reconnect) with? Why?
What qualities do you admire in others?
What practical skills do you wish you had?
Imagine you’re in your 90s. What memories would you like to have? What stories do you want to tell?
What is your favorite book/movie/song? Why?
If you could make one change in the world, what would it be?
What do you love to do for, or give to others?
What excites you?
What do you wish you did more of?
Pretend money is no object. What would you do?
What area of your life, right now, makes you feel the best? Why?
Let’s jump forward a year. What would you like to have achieved in the past year?
What piece of advice would you give to five year old you?
How do you want to be remembered in life?

Piyush Pandey

Piyush Pandey passed away yesterday.

Truth be told, he was at best a stranger to me. I’ve never met him. I’ve never been in a room with him. And I’ve never been even close to his shadows.

So, the loss of the man is nothing but a piece of news for me. Something that I paused to read, thought for a fleeting second and then I moved onto whatever I was doing.

But I work in advertising. Or may be on the fringes of it, if you will. My first love for a career and life is the business of communications. I call myself a writer. I believe I want to create words that moves mountains, shift cultures and inspire. Piyush was all that. Piyush is all that.

During the day, tributes and stories started to pour in. Some from folks I know well. Some from people that I look up to. And then some from absolute strangers. And impact of Piyush on all those people started to emerge. Piyush may have been a famous person when he was alive. However when his time came, he was even more mushhooor. Each piece I read, each story, each op-ed, each narrative made me want to know the man more. From up close, if it was ever going to be possible.

Each person spoke about what he meant to them. Each story is full of his vigor for life, thunderous laugh, maverick partnerships, ability to forge lasting relationships and… his trademark shirts and his moustache!

Two pieces stood out to me – one by Ogilvy (reproduced below) and the other by Suresh Eriyat – this. These two and all the others expressed Piyush’s passing meant to them. And then I started to reflect on life and things.

I am 43. With almost no large monumental achievements that I can put my finger on and claim as mine. No family apart from my parents (who constantly worry about my wellbeing and life) and my sis (who has her own battles). No assets that I can leave behind for Myra. When its my time, I am sure no one would miss me. The handful of people who’s lives I’ve probably touched will have the same reaction that I had on Piyush’s passing – a fleeting note, an awe, an Om Shanti text on common whatsapp groups and then, moving on. And which is ok. Life doesn’t stop. Shouldn’t stop. Pale Blue Dot and all that. Wait. The point is not that. The point is, Piyush.

Back to Ogilvy’s ode.

When I read Ogilvy’s ode to Piyush, I found myself nodding to each thing they said about him. Read it first…

Waking up early and writing – Check
Front foot pe khelo – Check
Child-like heart – Check
Stood in the front – Check
Relationships – Check
Ek kaam karo – Check

Like I said, I found myself nodding to each thing they wrote about him. I could see myself in each thing that Piyush stood for. Of course, I am not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of who he was. But that’s the greatness of the man and the words. In each line, I saw myself. And I am sure each person reading would’ve seen themselves. And the ones writing? Oh man, I can only imagine the anguish of the folks who worked on that tribute.

Reading about Piyush from all the people made me want to find a way to turn back time, find a way into his cigar room, or the living room or wherever he roared with his laughter or lead with wit. No, not to learn from him — I have my gurus and I am grateful — but to see the man in action. See the man perform. See the man put up a show. See the man marshal his troops. See the man turn ordinary writers into weapons of mass influence.

Thing is, since I could remember — even before BIT or MBA happened to me — I’ve wanted to be an advertising person. The first time I saw that cricketer hit the ball out of the park and I saw Bablu come back home for jalebis, and saw Sachin shill Pepsi, and saw the three Hometrade ads I’ve wanted to make ads.

Life happened and I was thrown into the world of computers. And then I got fired from the first job I got (and I learnt my lesson and it seeded hatred for large companies), I had to get into a business school to find my way around. Life took me to GE Money and yet I sort of found my way back to advertising. First, right in the middle if the industry (with CLA) and then on the periphery (with Gravity) and eventually, as a Jack of all trades (with Rajesh Sir and C4E).

While I worked, little did I know that I was not good. Not even good enough. I am at best a reliable doer, someone who can be called upon when you needed something to be done for sure (and not to win an award or showcase mad genius). And just this skill of being the reliable one has allowed me to survive so far in this business that is competitive, tough, harsh, ever-evolving and seeks excellence.

Through the years, I loved each stint and I was always aware of the genius of Piyush and party. Year after year they would release gorgeous pieces of communication and I would pine for some sort of introduction to Ogilvy. The closest I came to his aura was when Rana Sir showed me around the office. He had walked into those offices at some point. I also know that Rr and Huz worked with his nephew who by himself is a great adman. I’ve shook hands with Rajesh Kejriwal numerous times and I know he would have shook hands with Piyush many a times.

Ok that’s my note about Piyush. I wish I could’ve been Eklavya to him. But I wasn’t. Neither I considered him a guru. Nor am I as good as Eklavya were. Piyush is at best, the guiding light that I looked upto and aspire to be like, if I can.

Shifting the tone of this note.

In the last few days, I have seen and heard about a few people at the end of their time. While I was writing this, I heard Satish “Indravadan Sarabhai” Shah passed away. Angrezo Ke Zamane Ka Jailor passed away a few days ago. A close friend’s co-founder almost died from a heart attack on the Diwali day. Thank God, he’s back home now. The elder-most member in my family (my aunt) is dying. And I am left questioning the very reason why we work so hard and to what end. I am thinking a LOT about how I want to spend my time here. I know that one side I want to make a ding in the universe and on the other, I want to be free. I can feel in my bones the revolt at the thought of being a slave to a routine.

Wait. Even as a free man, I have to work to make ends meet and I would still have to answer to a routine of eat, poop, sleep, walk, write, meet people et al. I will still have to push myself. But at least I would have the agency. I would be free to live where I want to, how I want to and free to choose who I work with, when I work with and what I work on. and most importantly, on my terms. I think absolute freedom is tough to get – we live in super hyperconnected world. But I believe that the world we live in, allows for smaller teams to make large enough dings. Like Piyush did.

I have to say, Piyush did made a ding.

After I saw the impact Piyush has made, I am all the more inspired to do more and push myself harder. And like I said, on my terms. And as a free man.

Wish me luck.

And…

Thank you, Piyush!
As your colleagues and family said, hope the heavens are ready for the force you are.

PS: Also, thanks to Bryan Dont Die and Deepinder recent unveiling of the Continue manifesto, I have started to believe that human lifespans are painfully and wastefully established at about 70. Deepinder is talking about 180. Most futurists believe that any child below the age of 150 has large odds of getting to 150. I hope I get to see 150 and like Piyush, make a ding.

Wk 42-25 – Weekly Notes

Updates from Week 41 and 42 of 2025.

5:30 PM. Oct 18, 2025, Starbucks, Versova.
6:40 AM. Oct 19, 2025, Mumbai Airport.
6:30 PM. Oct 19, 2025, Home (DG).

So, I am back to writing these notes after a week.

The last two weeks have not been the best and I a lot of it was things that I couldnt control. The good part is that I was travelling and I was reading (I read Morgan Housel’s new book; more on that later). And thus I was ok.

I think there’s a lot to unpack today. So, lets get going.

💭 Highlights, reflections and notes from the past week

PS: As always, these are not in any order.

A/ Most thanked person in Oscar Acceptance Speeches
I was talking to AD and someone else and I happened to mention that one of the lifegoals is to impact lives of so many people at such large level that I get to compete with Steven.

For context, Steven Spielberg is THE most thanked person at the Oscars.

Spielberg is THE most thanked person in Oscar acceptance speeches.

I would love to be in this club some day! I mean can you imagine the effort and the hard work it would’ve taken for a Steven to have these many people in gratitude?

Oh, and apart from just this, I would like to be in the acknowledgements page of books and biographies. So far, I am in a few and I would want to have chapters dedicated in there. And no, the point is not a shot at legacy or immortality, but at enabling more people do more.

And this reminds me of another tweet that I saw…

Tweets from MJS’ handle delete and thus had to take a screenshot.

Peter Keating anyone? SoG?

B/ Postcard Club.
Another idea from Thej that I am stealing.
Read his post here.

The premise is simple. I will send postcards, with stamps and all that to folks who opt-in to receive it. And at some point in time, I would invite other folks to send postcards to more people. And then we shall see where it goes.

Here are the first two postcards I sent.

In case you want to be a part of this club, DM me. And disclaimer – like most things that I think a lot about, there are no guarantees that I will do this.

C/ Morgan Housel’s Art of Spending Money
Read this book over the last few days.

Way too many notes.
Underlined a large part of the book.

A lot of what I read, I knew that already but there was a lot of reaffirmation and at times that’s the value of what you read. And since a lot of words were clustered together in the book and I was in the thinking zone, the reading was even more impactful. I think thats the point of reading books. Dense content about one topic. And reinforcement of the same via multiple examples and stories and chapters.

I think I will write an entire post on this, assuming I get time. I even did a YT live today. Not so happy but I did it and here it is.

On the live, at the peak, I 6 people joining in. At some point, I want to have a lot more people listening in. Not because I crave for an audience but because I want a platform large enough for me to have a large impact in life.

D/ 43
The other day, someone asked they wanted to create a meetup of young people. And I commented on it and said, if 43-year olds are allowed and young at heart are welcome I would love to be in.

Right after I posted this, I feel awkward and weird and sad. It sucked that I am having to justify that age is a number. I think it’s about time I accept that I am a never-was.

So that!

E/ AI Film Festival
Some kids are doing this AI Film Festival in Mumbai.
And wow.
Many emotions.
Here’s a list.

We had the same idea at C4E but we couldn’t do it. This is nothing but a slap on the face. I need to build a stronger muscle for action. Plus I need to inspire my people to do more. And do so faster. And ensure that we followup on action. And I want to encourage them to think larger. Each thing we start, we start with a small vision. I encourage that. And I want to change it.
I love the fact that AI is democratizing otherwise gatekept industries. Of course incumbents will catch up and bring things back to the mud but some new folks will arrive, shine and make hay!
My bachpan ka want of making films resurfaced. I made attempts with Red Carbon. But I was unable to sustain the partnership. I was very very hopeful when we did the tnks trailer. But I was unable to inspire my people to actually do. Maybe I should start taking matters and things in my own hands and being a pesky boss?
Glad that someone is doing it. Even better that young people. More power to them and other young folks. I am so very often reminded that so many young people are so fearless and so action oriented and so resourceful that I am often left ashamed and gawking at their greatness. Must surround myself with more young people.

F/ Updated the Vision Board
Here.
Not open for public access.
Made update in the Wheel of Life and while I did that, I realised that this is the tiniest I’ve been in my life!

Here’s the template that you may want to use to fill yours.

G/ Made a list of Regrets in life. Here.
This is WIP at this time.
Will evolve this as I go along.

The idea is that I want to live an open life and I want to not hide anything about myself from anyone at anytime. And this must include the goods and the bads, and the highs and the lows, the wins and the losses and everything in the middle.

H/ Theatre
One of the things I really enjoy in life, is, to indulge in theatre. You know, live performances.

While I love the feeling sitting face to face with the performers, I dont understand why the theatre artists invest their time and energy in theatre. Each ticket is like 200 bucks and even on great days, you hardly get some 100 people in the audience. So, a crew of 10 will make like 20K per show. And if they were to divide all the money between them (not even the expenses), they would get like 2K per day. And it’s pittance!

I dont get why people so this.

I asked some of my friends. And the answers weren’t very convincing. There are two plausible ones.

Someone mentioned that its the pitstop needed to get to Bollywood. But even in that, the possibility of a great outcome is like negligible. The returns are way too asymmetric to be logical about it!

Someone else mentioned that its the way of life and the purest artwork there is. Again, I am not convinced about that. I am sure there are other means to feel alive?

Neither is convincing enough to me. Any clues?

I/ Focus
One of these days, on my way back from Starbucks, I was walking with C and we were reflecting about life and all.

I popped a question.

If I were to look at 100 of the most successful people in the world and we listed top 5 traits that they had, at the most I will get a list of 500 traits and if there is a perfect overlap of traits, I would have 5 traits only.

I asked some LLMs about and this is what they had to say. So, lets say there are 20 traits that are shared by a lot of successful people.

Here is a list I made (a combination of what I learnt from AI and from my intuition).

I can say with a large certainty, that the list of traits would have things like hard work, ambition, focus, creativity, persuasion, discipline, growth mindset, perseverance, people skills, confidence, self-belief, humility and all that.

And then I said to myself, I seem to have almost ALL of these and yet I am not even a mild success. I even tweeted about it.

I could make a mental nod against each thing and I could demonstrate actions and all against each. Except one.

Focus.

I’ve been told since I was child that I am way too all over the place and I need to focus. And I have strongly objected to any sort of focus ever. I have laughed at people who’ve told me to focus. I have even blamed it on my undetected ADHD.

And maybe, just maybe, I will focus on focus!

Lol!

So, may be, I will focus and see what I would achieve if I did one thing for one year.

PS: The effort on Meru has been as focussed as they come – I have not thought about anything else since late last year. While it is not yet any close to success but thanks to HT, MK, KP, VS and others, I am certain that it would be LARGE!

Bonus: Here’s my library of quotes around focus.

Bonus 2: Here’s a list of my values, as suggested by friends and others.

Bonus 3: Another tweet from a D2C founder.

J/ Self Cringe
Riya has been working hard to help me build distribution. And its incredible how much effort that young girl is putting! I am beyond inspired! Yet another case of young people doing superhuman things that make you wide eyed!

The only trouble is, I get cringed out each time I see myself.

For starters, I don’t like to see my face. And then a deeper reason – I’ve not done anything large or substantial to be able to give gyaan to people. Plus I am making tall promises to “teach” people to do more. I am not sure if this is correct!

K/ Mahabharata Series has crossed 25 posts
A few days ago, I promised that I will write a post a day on linkedin. And I thought it would be a good idea to write about management lesson from Mahabharata. It would kill many birds.

Some are…

I would get to explore Mahabharata as a subject. I love it and this will force me to carve time to read more, discuss more and think more.
I will get the daily writing Riyaaz.
I will get to build my distribution on linkedin – something that I’ve thought a lot about.
I will meet more people via this.

And somehow, I’ve been very very consistent with it. Yesterday I posted the 26th update. This link has all posts.

But, the series is not performing well. I have not seen a bumper jump in my followers. There are hardly any comments or shares. I havent made new connections.

Maybe I need to accept that I dont write well?

L/ SG’s Patrons. AKA LifeIPO
I’ve been thinking about Patrons and 1000 True Fans. And I think I am ready to take the experiment to the next stage. See this tweet.

A few weeks ago, I asked for 1000 bucks a month, in exchange of gratitude. I got two subscribers (Prak and Shruti). Now I want to offer a 1% of my life for 10 lakhs. You pay me 10 lakhs to get one share of my life (there are a total of 100 shares outstanding) and you get 1% of my time here on (you must use it yearly) and 1% of my future earnings and assets. Imagine if I become a billionaire, your 1% could be worth 10 million.

Think of this as any startup raising money. You have an idea. You peg that idea to a value. Then you add execution risk on top of it. And then you invest in the idea. That!

I am yet to get into specifics (risks, reputation, relationships, liquidity, legality etc) but I am warming up to the idea.

What do you think?

M/ Grok’s interpretation of my content
I asked Gork to analyse my recent tweets. This is what it had to say.

I love how we can use these tools to spot patterns. Over the next few days I want to use more tools to discover more about me. At some point in time I want to explore the possibility of having my second brain uploaded on the internet and then analyse data from there on.

N/ Goa
I was in Goa almost after a year. This time around, I spent more time going out to the temples, local beaches, eating at vegetarian restaurants, and all that. I didnt do any of my regular things. And that made me realise a few things. Here’s a list.

I love modern conveniences and comforts. And this means I would want to be at places that have reliable connectivity, fast internet, public transport, high-trust economy and a density of great talent.
I am not a naturist. I do not get excited by beaches or greens or mountains or anything like that. If need be, I would like to be in not so extreme weathers.
I love vibrance around me. So, I can not be at a place that is secluded.
I am an early bird. I love places that are open early. Once Mumbai starts 24X7 operations, I will find cafes that are open at 430 AM and make them into my havens.

As I start to think about where I want to live, these things are at the top of my head!

O/ Fear of Flying
I would have taken at least 500 flights in life, if not 1000. And I’ve taken them in all sorts of planes (including helicopters) for all sorts of durations (from 30 minutes to 14 hours) and since 2005 (I think my first flight was from Del to Blr, though I am not sure). And I’ve experienced all kinds of turbulence and even air pockets. Though I’ve never had oxygen masks deployed and I have never been on slides.

And I have not been afraid ever. In fact, I would find excuses to get onto flights to give people hugs!

However, lately, I am afraid to fly. What if the plane goes down? I know the odds of that are a one in a million or whatever but when that one occurrence happens, the loss is 100%!

I am afraid that if that happens, it would be such a colossal waste of life and a stupid way to go! I anyway have mixed feelings towards the concept of death (I know its important but I dont get the reason why we spend so much time and effort and energy to learn things and then when the times comes to capitalise on it and be of service to the world, your time is almost up).

Ok, I digressed. The point is, I have this thing deep in the pit of my stomach or conscious or whatever each time I have to fly. And this is a new feeling! And no, I don’t enjoy this. I have wanted to live my life free of fear. And in chase of excitement and adventure. This fear bit is not core to my identity! And I need to work on it and change it.

PS: I am writing this from a comfortable, business class seat of a fairly new Air India plane and from my seat I saw that there are three pilots in the cockpit – all three fit and alert and had their spines straight, including the lady who’s the captain on this flight. So, I am hopefully safe on this one!

I had imagined I would have a lot more to write. But clearly I dont.

📷 Some Photos from the week gone by

Some photos that I took and saved in the last two weeks are here. And if I had to pick one, I would say, this would be it…

I was in Goa and sent this postcard to AK and C. Will start a postcard club soon!

Show me some of your photos?

🈺 LARGE objective from the week gone by?

I had two large things when I started this year. Book 2 and a yearly plan (that I’ve been writing for a long time. This year I couldn’t). And I just added health a few weeks ago.

Book 2 – There was no movement.
Nothing to report.

Yearly Plan – I dropped it long ago.
Now its time to think about the plan for the next year. Lol.

Health – I have made small changes in how I eat and what I eat. I am also walking more. I did some 5 pushups a couple of days. I now take stairs. Small steps. Nothing large. But I remain committed. I will ensure that come November, I am a gym and I am running.

PS: I track my health updates here, in case.

☑️ So, what did I get done last week?

This is a one-line report on progress I made on various things that are important to me. I will only talk about things that I got done. Shipped. Not WIP.

Health
Meru
C4E
Brand SG
People (Family, Friends, Strangers, etc)
Book2
Shauk (Music, Films, Poker etc)

Health. Was a bad one. All over the place. Not just the physical health but also mental health. So, a -1.

Meru. Incredible progress. LOVE the hard work being put in by all the people. I wish I knew this team earlier. Most days I am left in awe of all that we do, despite everything. Oh, still no launch. And thus a 0.

C4E. No action from my side. No comments. A 0.

Brand SG. Riya has been shipping consistently. I am not sure I like how things are going out. I would let that continue till end of this month. And then take a call. I would give this a +1. Only because of Riya.

People. No action on this. 0.

Book 2. Nothing. -1.

Shauk. No action. No time. But not beating myself over it. So, 0.

So the overall score for the week is -1

Few weeks ago, I had decided that I want to get a positive score each week. I had to organise my life but I havent been able to. I will try in the coming week. Will report once I do.

📊 The tracker from the last week

Here is the tracker for the last two weeks…

The last two weeks have been tough. And I have fallen off the radar. I am not keeping up on what I am eating, neither am I being good when it comes to tracking. I am on the road next week as well. And I expect similar all-over-the-place-ness.

🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️ Health

I added Health as a key section some days ago. I am still discovering what to cover here. Let’s see how it goes.

I read somewhere that you need 4 things to live long – sleep, exercise, diet and community. I will track all four. And then some more variables that I feel are important to me. Let’s see what comes out. Also, I log a few things at these links – food log, my daily health log channel.

This week, I am skipping reporting on this as for the last two weeks, this has been all over the place.

Will get back to this after the Diwali week.

📖 Interesting Reads / Views

Since this is for two weeks, I have a LOT of links to share. I am thinking how to fit all these here and make things useful. Lemme try.

And no, not in any order.

1/ This is an incredible read. Titled, “Taylor Swift, Sora, and Slop vs. Substance”, I dont want to give you a TLDR on this one (hint, it talks of Taste as well). Touches many interesting facets.

2/ This piece from Finshots talks about how and why Rakesh Gangwal chose to step away from Indigo. Must read how people still stand for principles in this day and age. While on this, also read this piece on the friendship of the two founders.

3/ Harnidh is soon evolving into my favorite Internet writer. She wrote about PR-FAQ. Incredible read. Here.

4/ This piece about Prashant Kishore tells me that he charges 11 crores for 2 hours. I refuse to believe that he added that much value!

5/ This document talks about maxims from Kunal Shah. Which is your favorite?

6/ One of the BEST investigative reads that I’ve read in a while. I think I would love to build something GFM once I get to a point when I have enough. Do read.

7/ This piece from New Yorker talks about how all of us have started to think the same. Prak would love this piece. This is also the reason why all apps seems to look similar (have you noticed those purple websites?) and there is this insane use of em-dashes?

8/ Kevin Kelly, in yet another incredible essay makes a very convincing argument on why he wants AI to read his books. Read here.

9/ Kuldeep (or KD, as he is known all over the internet) wrote about the history of Whatsapp. Incredible read. He writes so well that I want to get him to quit everything and and just write! Another bonus read from him is this.

10/ This ad by Apple caught my eye. To a point that I want to embed this here.

11/ This hierarchy of “traits” of a top-performer is incredible. Do see.

12/ This piece about impatience and sense of urgency. I’ve read so much about this that I dont know how to not work at speed. And yet…

13/ Each thing from Ashutosh Rana, I dig! In this video, he talks about what made him do things that he did. I wish I had more folks who would listen to me. And I need to find a way to meet more young people.

There was a time when I would get a lot of people write into me. Lately that flow has died. And I need to restart that. Somehow.

Do see this.

14/ This piece by the creator of Oatmeal about AI and Art. Very very interesting read. He says, “consuming AI art is like eating styrofoam”. He goes onto make a lot of more convincing arguments about how and why AI is good or bad.

15/ If you are young, in your 20s, this piece of advice by the CEO of Palantir is incredible. Read here.

He says,

I’ve never met someone successful who had a great social life at 20. If that’s what you want, that’s great. But you’re not going to be successful, and don’t blame anyone else.

I cant say I agree to this (who am I to agree – I am not successful)

16/ This intro of Steve. Uff. Here.

imagine having an introduction like this pic.twitter.com/3hsf39LQvc
— amrit (@amritwt) September 27, 2025

17/ This post about what makes YC, YC.
For all the hate it gets, I love that they’ve been able to institutionalize starting up. I would love to go thru it. I mean I may not be able to anymore, age is not on my side. But I love them and their impact.

18/ This piece by Karthik about the public outcry from the founder of LuluLemon (Chip Wilson) about how that company has lost direction is a must read.

19/ I’ve been thinking a lot about Punit Pania and his work. Saw this insta reel and had to share.

Phew!

I am left wondering, what is the point of all these links. I get like three people to read these. Unless I find a way to internalise these. No?

🧠 Reminders from last week

This section captures things that I want to not forget. I add those to SG’s Office. I will copy paste these week on week and track updates.

I’ve been skipping this for a while now.
Lets see when I get back to this.

🥡 So, one thing that defines the past week?

Unsettling.

There is no other word that I would use for the two weeks gone by. Close people have quit on me, I have fallen off the grid, I am not taking notes, not reflecting on life and things, money seems to be a problem, fitness is a problem. I mean, each thing that I can think of seems to be not working for me!

I hope I am back in black soon.

Oh and in the previous weeks, the one-word reviews have been… Regular, Grind, Sad, Tough, Routine, Routine, Busy, Grind, Blur, Stress, Numb, Blur, Fast, Uncool, Disappeared, Experience, Grind, Busy for Nothing, Regular, Getting back to action, Slack, Busyness, Action, Survive, Looking Up, Survival, Taste, Community, Respect, Money, People.

—
Phew!
Lemme know what you think.
See you around.

Oh, and this too shall pass!

PS: This series of posts is inspired by Thej and his weekly notes.

The previous editions are here: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

I’ve missed the following weeks: 9, 15, 17, 22, 24, 41

PPS: Please do point typos.
Grammarly is not working with WordPress and I don’t have energy to cut paste edit this in some other spell check thing.

PPPS: In case you see me being inconsistent in anything – work, writing, reviews etc, PLEASE do point out.

Wk 40-25 – Weekly Notes

Updates from Week 40, 2025

Monday, Oct the 6th.

I am late by a day.

And here’s an important note. I will not publish this for the 41st week. I am on the road and I dont want to open my computer. Let’s see how that experiment goes.

Ok, coming to the 40th. It was a fast week. I dont have a lot of distinct memories or even notes. They are sparse.

Oh, since I was a lot in traffic and in mindless work, I discovered and rediscovered a lot of music. Here are some shares. This band and fabulous singer. Doobey. So Good to Me. Rani. In fact I will feature Rani here.

💭 Highlights, reflections and notes from the past week

PS: As always, these are not in any order.

A/ Lessons from Rana Sir
I met Rana Sir for a walk at Carter’s Road. While Carter’s is like Mumbai’s favorite hangout place and you see more fancy people than you see actual walker, Rana Sir, Chandni and I did walk.

And oh man, what a revelation. The guy’s a genius. I cant stop thanking my stars that I have him as a mentor. Here’s a page from my first and only book.

And no, I am not making those lessons public, just as yet.

B/ Bumping into people from Internet
In the last week, I bumped into two people who know me from Internet. Both these people have NOTHING in common with me (no common friends, no alma mater, no Starbucks, nothing), except we met on Internet. Via a thing them and I caused (I made some WA groups, they left some comments).

Not that I care for fame or something but these serendipitous connections make life worth living! Must strive for more!

C/ Theatre
I’ve been DYING to see some life theatre performance for a while. And I havent been able to. I open bookmyshow everyday and I try to see what’s playing near me. And then I try and make plans around it. And then some work creeps up on me.

Come on, universe.

PS: If all goes well, on the 11th, I will attend something. Let’s see.

D/ Cleaned and organised my life.
Since I moved on from C4E, I’ve not had someone to work with me. This means I dont have anyone to tell me what to on, who to push, follow up for me, give me file locations, jam with me and all that. And I was seeing the impact of that on my work. I was strruggling to even find my bearings.

So one of those days, I slept early and woke up at like 530 or something. And then I organised my life. Wait, not life. But work things. This means, I made a bookmarks bar where I listed all things that I am working on, cleaned tags in Roam, made my TDL and then some more.

As a test, I challenged AK to ask me pull a file that she was working on. And I could!

So, thats’s a big win for the week.

E/ Jaane wale ko kaun rok saka hai
In the last week, two of the people I really care for told me that their number 2s are moving on. In one case, one even committed an act that is inexplicable.

I know people move on. I’ve had many folks move on. And even though I want to forget and forgive and understand, its a deep gash that I cant seem to find an answer to. Anyhow. The point is, people go. I am lucky that I’ve experienced this and thus when someone moves on, now it doesnt surprise me. Neither I am hurt. I have accepted the reality. Marcus would be proud of me.

However, it was tough to explain to both these folks. In both cases, my friends literally gave a part of their lives to the ones who’ve moved on. And the first emotion that they had was of surprise.

“How could he?”, “What did I do wrong that he had to do this?” and similar.

I had to explain to that often it’s not you or what you’re building. Just that the paths diverge. See the chart below.

This chart is an oversimplification of relationships but I think it works well.

You think and believe that what you’re building is the life of a parent or a dog but it’s actually a friend with benefit. And instead of being harsh on yourself about lack of judgement about identifying people, you ought to move on and try and find the next person who could stay with you.

I just hope more people learn this lesson, earlier in life. And yes, I am cruel to wish this upon you.

F/ Hormozi on Mental Toughness
Alex has done GREAT service to humankind by making this video. I’ve communicated this to many people in many ways but I never had one reference point to it.

If there’s one thing you see this week, make sure it’s this.

PS: Dont be thrown off by the words you see on thumbnails. I’ve seen some very scary thumbnails for this video. Am sure some A/B testing is happening there.

Also, I am a big big fan of his work. Alex is what I would have wanted to be. Runs his life the way he wants to, eats well, works out and supports others.

G/ Monumentum is taking shape
Some of my people are building this new thing. I am very excited for them. More about this in the next few days.

H/ Financial Stress
Financial stress has reached its peak. I found myself scrambling to find avenues to take loans. I thought about revolving credit cards, taking a personal loan, asking for it from a friend (who will take it as an OD from his bank and give me).

No, I dont need solutions from anyone here. This is my battle and I will fight it. I just want to capture it here.

Oh, and the lesson from this bit is to get more money wise and fix my relationship with money. I need to be lot more open and upfront about it and stop leaving it on the table. At this time, I pay for convenience and to avoid tough conversations. I must build the resilience to not hate money.

I also wrote last week that I will start charging for my counsel, even if it’s token. I’ve not been able to bring myself to do that.

Any how. Let’s see where I end up.

I/ Mahabharata
I have been writing one lesson a day from Mahabharata on Linkedin. It’s a brilliant exercise. I love it! It makes me read some part of Mahabharata, makes me read its interpretations, makes me connect to some thread from my life and then I write.

AK’s told me that what I write is not giving. I understand. I am trying to tweak it for the medium and the readers. And that’s ok. I ought to experiment. Maybe I will get a post written from AI and see how it performs. Actually good idea, lemme fire it!

I just prompted chatGPT.

Lets see what comes out of it.

The only trouble is, I don’t want to add to AI Slop and do things for the sake of doing those. Let’s experiment and see where it goes.

J/ Goa
I am in Goa this weekend for 2-3 days. I’ve not been to Goa in a while. While I am not looking forward to Goa as a place but I am doing this with my parents and thus.

K/ SOTY
C4E is building a Student of The Year thingy. This has been one of my longest standing ideas. I was never able to execute this. I am glad that folks feel the importance of the same in my absence.

I am excited!

L/ Notes from Apple in China
I’ve been reading the book for a while note. Each chapter is a treasure trove of knowledge and information and lessons. Just from yesterday’s reading, I am inspired to go deeper into storytelling, negotiations, sales and more.

I will write a longish post on this sometime. Let’s see when.

M/ Sit in the Mud
I met a few people last week and one of them told me that she’s not been able to sleep for two days because of something that happened at her work place. Then I met another friend and he was also in that overthinking loop. And this is when I realised that even though folks have friends and families and all that, deep down, everyone is alone. And I really wish I could help fix those things.

At least to these people, I told them that they can reach out to me when they need inputs or counsel. They MUST not think that I am busy. I am never busy for my people. And even if they think they are bothering me, just say SOS and I will be there. I want to experience how it is to sit in the mud with you.

See this…

Simon’s piece on sitting in the mud

N/ Zone of Genius?
Read this.

I think I know where my zone of genius would be. At the intersection of ideas, connections, people, meaning.

This dawned upon me yesterday when I spent the day talking to people. For Meru, I did a session for some folks on writing. Then gave gyaan to some kids. Then helped someone else build his personal board of directors. And then walked with someone else. To a point that I was exhausted and wanted nothing but sleep.

I was in the moment, in the flow. Didnt know where time went.

And that’s probably where I want to be in life.

I am not sure how the money bit works on this. But may be I will explore this.

O/ Focus
It’s no secret that I am the most unfocussed person there ever is. While I can club each thing I do into an umbrella (enabling people), it comes across as an excuse, even to myself, tbh.

So, I’ve been thinking about focus for a while. And what would it take to get that in my life. the very thought of this makes my entire being revolt. Why would I make my life into a unidimensional one when I can be free and explore?

I dont have answers. But I am thinking on this. May be I will pose this to my braintrust.

📷 Some Photos from the week gone by

Here are some photos that I took and saved in the last week. Here.

The cover would be this…

Features all the things I love – Books, Starbucks (not coffee), stationary and mornings.

Lemme know which one do you like the most. And do share some of your photos with me!

🈺 LARGE objective from the week gone by?

I had two large things when I started this year. Book 2 and a yearly plan (that I’ve been writing for a long time. This year I couldn’t). And I just added health a few weeks ago.

Book 2 – There was no movement.
Nothing to report.

Yearly Plan – I dropped it long ago.
Now its time to think about the plan for the next year. Lol.

Health – I am thinking about this all the time but I havent been able to act upon it. From what I track, I am eating in moderation but neither my weight, nor my energy is getting fixed. Sigh!
PS: I track my health updates here, in case.

☑️ So, what did I get done last week?

This is a one-line report on progress I made on various things that are important to me. I will only talk about things that I got done. Shipped. Not WIP.

Health
Meru
C4E
Brand SG
People (Family, Friends, Strangers, etc)
Book2
Shauk (Music, Films, Poker etc)

Health. Not too many good things to report. I now try to”cook” one meal at home. This means I boil water, dump Saffola oats and each. Or I boil eggs. I am not walking. I am not even working out. I will put this on 0.

Meru. Making progress. Again, I can’t talk about it out loud. Will talk more when I ship. Oh, I did take a session on writing auto-biographies. A 0.

C4E. No action from my side. No comments. A 0.

Brand SG. No large things to report, apart from the fact that Riya has been consistent. I’ve realised that each thing I do or work on, once I have someone supporting me, things tend to move!

People. No action on this.
I’d say 0.

Book 2. Nothing.
So, -1

Shauk. No action.
No time.
a 0.

So the overall score for the week is -1

Last week I had decided that I want to get a positive score each week. And this means I need to organise my life better to ensure that I ship this positive score.

Will report once I do.

📊 The tracker from the last week

Here is the tracker for the week gone by…

What trends do you see?

I see…

Fewer greens
Terrible recovery
Ok on food

What do you see?

🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️ Health

I added Health as a key section some days ago. I am still discovering what to cover here. Let’s see how it goes.

1/ Sleep
Sleep was all over the place. I am aware. I will work on this.

2/ Exercise
No action. I dont know what to do about this 🙁

3/ Diet
I track each thing I eat on my food log.
I’ve not been able to fix this but I have reduced what I eat. See this…

4/ Community
No large movement on this.

5/ REDACTED
This was being tracked till the last week. I have stopped this from this week onward.

6/ Movement
No action.

7/ Meditation
No action.

Overall, the last week on health front was not good. Again, despite all this tracking, no action 🙁

📖 Interesting Reads / Views from the last week

Not too many but here are some interesting ones…

1/ Baby naming gets you 30K USD! Here.

2/ This piece by Samarth on GLP-1. Incredible read.

3/ Did you know that Linktree is a billion dollar business. Read here.

4/ The difference between Great Britain, UK and Britain and all that. Link.

5/ Oh, I am reading this book these days. Painfully slow cos time. But a riveting read!

🧠 Reminders from last week

This section captures things that I want to not forget. I add those to SG’s Office. I will copy paste these week on week and track updates.

I’ve been skipping this for a while now.
Lets see when I get back to this.

🥡 So, one thing that defines the past week?

Regular.

I am running out of emotions to capture things. I need to be a lot more nuanced on this. Let’s see what that is.

Oh and in the previous weeks, the one-word reviews have been… Grind, Sad, Tough, Routine, Routine, Busy, Grind, Blur, Stress, Numb, Blur, Fast, Uncool, Disappeared, Experience, Grind, Busy for Nothing, Regular, Getting back to action, Slack, Busyness, Action, Survive, Looking Up, Survival, Taste, Community, Respect, Money, People.

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Phew!
Lemme know what you think.
See you around.

Oh, and this too shall pass!

PS: This series of posts is inspired by Thej and his weekly notes. The previous editions are here: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 (missed), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (missed), 16, 17 (missed), 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (missed), 23, 24 (missed), 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

PPS: Please do point typos.
Grammarly is not working well and I don’t have energy to cut paste edit this in some other spell check thing.

PPPS: In case you see me being inconsistent in anything – work, writing, reviews etc, PLEASE do point out.