7:38. Outside my regular Starbucks.
I came in early. Thinking, it’s a long day and I will get a head start on what I do. I was thinking of crafty ways to allow the Starbucks baristas to let me in early. After all, I am a regular patron. And I can talk my way through most situations.
But no. It’s been booked by a bank for one of its promotions. The entire place. For the entire day. Damn!
What this means is that acche din are back (in the sense banks are spending on BTL promotions). This also means that I need to do more to get things done on this long day. Sigh!
Now that I have started the day on the wrong foot, lemme talk of all the negatives that have been happening with me lately.
A. I spotted a cockroach at my house. The sole reason for not having a kitchen at my place is to avoid these pests. I hate them. I loathe them. I abhor them. I know I know that these pests are needed for evolutionary change and all that. But not in my house!
Must make a rule to only move into newly constructed houses. Irrespective of the place I go to – Goa, Dubai, Mumbai, etc.
B. Since Friday, I’ve been eating like a man just out of famine. In yesterday alone, I had four full meals – each with a pot of rice. I had 2 Venti Americanos. I even had a Red Bull. And then I whiled the time away on Instagram! Binging on Fauda at 1.5x speed! I mean WTF! Need to get my act together!!
C. I am hating the way I am right now. In the sense, eating like a mad man. Not getting enough sleep. So many incomplete tasks. So many todos! So listless. So lacking in direction.
I don’t know a way out.
One of the friends I spoke to (rr) told me that I need to see a doctor or something. At 38, this is not cool. I am strongly thinking I will go see one. Let’s see when. Will keep everyone posted.
Ok, enough.
Lemme talk of positives.
A. In the morning, I saw this tweet and it made me think. Since I was half-asleep, I sent out the first thing that came to my head.
His question was, “What’s your personal elevator pitch?”
My responses were…
When working for others – “Whatever you hire me to work on, I am resourceful enough to get it done. Come hell or high water.”
When working for self – “Aim for the moon and throw million darts. Few of those will hit the stars.”
Must spend more time thinking about these kinds of things!
To be honest, I think what I wrote is exactly how I feel and think and behave and do. So that.
B. I also got the iPhone fixed. For 5K. In case any of you wants to get broken iPhones (broken screens, software crashes, memory glitches, etc), please do let me know. Can connect to the guy who does it for me. He sends his technician to wherever you are and ensures that it works before he asks for money. Love his service!
I have to say, LOVE the damn phone. I felt so much better, so much at peace as I got back on the iPhone. I felt as if someone has given me my powers back. I could type fast. I could switch apps fast. There was no lag. Things just, well, worked!
C. Attended a session where one of the A-list celebs gave some founders from the Founder Thesis podcast gyaan about how to manage celebrity endorsements. Must create more such opportunities and get people to talk to each other.
And then be bang in the middle of it!
This is exactly what am hoping to achieve with each piece of work I do – from writing to creating networks to enabling people to speaking and even with Long Haul!
Let’s see if I can scale this as I go along. This, to be honest, sounds like a good way to live life!
D. Took a stranger through my notes. Actual notes. Screenshare of my Roam graphs. I realized that I don’t really care much what people think of me or my private thoughts. I guess I am at a point where I am truly living in public.
I think this is about it for the time being. Let’s see how the day goes.
And as I end this, here’s the streaks…
- Morning Pages / Meditations – 192
- #aPicADay – 1. I posted one yesterday. Now that the iPhone is back, let’s see if I can post one today as well.
- 10K steps a day – 0
- OMAD – 0
- #noCoffee – 0
- #noCoke – 104
- 10 mins of meditation – 0
- #book2 – 0
- Killer Boogie – 0
- Surya Namaskar – 0