Aug 25. Monday.
Aug 26. Tuesday.
Various places, various times.
This was supposed to happen over the last weekend but I was unable to. Not that I was very busy or something. Just that something kept on coming up. And that kept delaying things. Plus I’ve had few very long days at work. Plus most times I would start writing this on a Friday and then complete in spurts over the weekend. This time, I was unable to work on this on Friday or Saturday. And then Sunday went in meetings and all that.
So that.
I had imagined that I will skip it. But then I realised that skipping would be taking the easy way out. And I dont want to break my streaks.
And with that intro and disclaimer, lessgooo…
Oh, the track of the week is this and this.
Chalo, lets go.
💭 Highlights, reflections and notes from the past week
PS: As always, these are not in any order.
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A/ Missed the Sunday Linkedin post.
I missed all my weekend things and this included the post I make each Sunday. If I had posted, I would’ve celebrated Dr Hitakshi. You must check her linkedin.
Apart from all the sense she makes as a doctor, she once mentioned to C that she wants to hire someone and the non negotiables that she has are, “Not dumb. Not slow. Integrity.”
These are super super important for anyone who wants to make a good life!
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B/ Bikram Bumrah
I can dedicate an entire section to this, if I have to! But here we go!
I saw him live on Aug 23. For this show. And this was easily the highlight of the week! Here are some notes that I took…
- Mumbai kaayaro ka sheher hai. Yahan aata ko aaram nahi milta.
- You must do what it takes to chase your bliss.
- The need of poets and all!
PS: I will write about him in detail some day.
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C/ Ray LaMontagne
Ray is a gift that keeps giving. Since I’ve heard him at Starbucks, I have come to become a fan. I’ve heard almost all tracks. These days, I was born to love you is my jam.
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D/ 2 lakh steps
Since the 6th of August, I have walked 2 lakhs steps. Super stoked. Apart from the lingering ache in the feet, I dont think I’ve lost any weight per se.
Oh, as I write this (Aug 26th), I broke the Canyons I was wearing. I need to get a new walking companion.
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E / Flash Memory by Sandeep Kaul.
Met Sandeep over the weekend and he told me about this concept of Flash Memory.
He says that all he operates as a slave to his Flash Memory. Like a Flash drive, he only remembers things before and after 30 minutes of now. He has no recollection of the past. He has no plan for the future. He’s in the zone, all the time and leans onto AI tools and others to support.
Now, I have worked like this all my life. Just that I didnot know the name of this concept. From today on, I know the name.
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There’s a LOT more. But since I am running super late with this and I want to push it, I will skip that for this week and post on this week’s note.
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📷 Some Photos from the week gone by
Here are some photos from week 34.
The highlight photo has to be of Bikram Bumrah. More about him in the next few lines.
🈺 The 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 couldnt). And I just added health a few weeks ago.
Book 2 – no action.
Yearly Plan – I dropped it a few weeks ago.
Health – The last week was ok. Not the best. And I know I need to be regular. So that. 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 not the best. I fell off the radar. And had ups and down thru the week. I will give myself -1.
Meru. No large updates in this week. So, a 0.
C4E. No action from my side. 0.
Brand SG. No large action. Did a lot of chats with a lot of people. But no action to show for. So, a 0.
People. No action on this.
I’d say 0.
Book 2. Lol! -1
Shauk. No action. No time.
And I am not losing sleep over it. So a 0.
So the overall score is -2.
📊 The tracker from the last week
Here is the tracker for the week gone by.
What trends do you see?
I see…
- A lot of reds in the sleep department.
- Consistecny with walks (8K+ steps each day)
- Tracked what I ate on most days.
- Ok on stress.
You?
🏃🏻♂️➡️ 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 will start with updates on what am doing for health. 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.
So…
- Sleep
- Exercise
- Diet
- Community
- Crowdfunding my health.
- Movement (this should be part of exercise but I have a separate section)
- Meditation
- Some links: My food log, my daily health log channel.
Lets go…
1/ Sleep
This was not good at all. See the chart above.
Insta to blame.
I am removing insta from my phone.
Everything else I talk about health is moot tbh if I cant seem to fix this one thing.
2/ Exercise
No action on this apart from walking. I need to fix this. This week looks tough to be honest. I will try to include some workout for sure. Let’s see how.
3/ Diet
I track each thing I eat on my food log.
This week was bad for food.
I need to get back on the track. Which I will.
As we speak, its 5:30 and all I’ve had is a protein shake.
4/ Community
I love this the most. Just yesterady I met two new people – both because of the communty that I had created.
5/ Crowdfunding health
I had said that I want my 1000 true fans to help me get healthy.
This will be a bummer.
I had to be under 90 but as of today morning, I am 93 KGs. Talked to Dr H and she mentioned that I need to not worry about it at this time.
6/ Movement
Want to add to this (apart from just walking).
This is zero at this time.
The only saving grace is all the walking. See this chart…
7/ Meditation
I want to restart on this.
Now that I will remove insta from the phone, I will replace it wiht Headspace. I will report back next week.
📖 Interesting Reads / Views from the last week
PS: I had added YT to my “reads”
Here’s a list of interesting things things from the last week.
- This thread from Rahul is goldmine. He talks about content, youtube and more. Do read this.
- This tweet has strategies for a good life. I love each of his advices. And I can see implimenting most. Thats another matter that am still poor ;P
- This post by Kavin Mittal on why he’s exiting India.
- This post by Yash on how to land a founder’s office role
- This link – https://trackthis.link/ – can bomb your ad networks and set random cookies. You MUST try this. But, please know that it will nuke your laptop!
- A rare post on goepolitics – here. Important to read and understand. Cos, well, we are in a new world order where rules are being rewritten as we speak.
- This post on work-life balance. I am working on a post of my own.
- This research proves that the shape of logos can dictate how people percieve things to be. Very interesting. Must read.
This is it from the week gone by.
🧠 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.
Again, skipping this. Will get back to it at an opportune time.
🥡 So, one thing that defines the past week?
Busy.
Oh and in the previous weeks, the one-word reviews have been… 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
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.