Beyond Horizons...

My life changed for good when my daughter was born. Its been learning everyday since then. My most recent learnings about life, people and things in general are from my kid and watching her learn/grow. Here are few things which I have learned from my kid, Be happy WITHOUT A REASON.  Kid is so enviously happy about everyday, its me who wants to find a reason to be happy(like any other adults) Every morning she asks me 'are you excited?' now after so many years of practice answer is yes. I repeat the question and ask why? (just so that we are on same page of being excited about today 😛) Today kid wanted me to be happy because it was her classmate Ethans' birthday. Okay. Happy Birthday Ethan!! Find work. I have never seen my kid doing nothing. She is always doing something, keeping herself occupied. It is different that her being busy is worrisome for whole other reasons for me.  Ask. Ask questions. lot of it. Nothing seems obvious once you start questioning.  How to draw b...

I may not have been writing online for last two years that often, but I hadn't stopped writing. I want to really get better at it. I write professionally on thrivearc.com. I felt writing here more consistently would get me into a rhythm. And after 14 posts in this month I already feel its working.    Many people call me lucky for many things. I just wanted to tell all of them that getting lucky is just 'going on' no matter how much you feel like giving up.  I exercise everyday. This is a habit for last 10 years. Even if it is for 10 mins on some days. There are days when I too feel skipping like many others, I trick myself to do it say 25 crunches instead of 50, by the time I reach 25 my mind is already geared up to do rest 25 :) Somedays I just do 10.  I read everyday. Even if it is 5 lines.  I write everyday. Even if it is 5 lines.  Same goes for my habits around learning something new, connecting with people I care, investing money. Which in a way ends u...

Everyone is thinking about SAME things. How to grow? How to grow in terms of money, power, connect, influence? How to improve our health, relationships, happiness? EVERYONE.  From Jeff Bezoz, Zuckerberg, Ambani, Tatas to your friend, colleague, next door neighbor and you. EVERYONE is always thinking about how to grow? It has nothing to do with where you are, how much you have? Our basic line of thinking is always the same. What differs us from one another is, what we do about our thoughts.  If it is about getting healthy, some of us are making choices to eat right food, do exercise. Results differ in proportion to inputs. Some of us are only thinking and doing nothing about it.  If it about growing ourselves, some of us are learning new skills, reading books, writing, helping others, picking a new hobby. Some of us are only thinking and doing nothing about it. If it is about improving our financial stability, Some of us are saving, investing, learning how to invest, cr...

Kid is learning to read a clock.  So far our wall clock has shown time we haven't heard before, 86, 33, 27, 95.... 😅 To get her enough practice both of us randomly keep asking her time. Like when we have breakfast or meals, play or watch TV.  Today is pretty exciting time travel for us, We finished our exercise at 86. Like most of normal people, we had breakfast at 9:15. We finished reading at 11:8  Lunch at 33 Kid had school at 1:45 Playtime at 27 Times are changing fast. I am scared to have dinner in 3 digits of time ;) Learning is fun. Specially when you learn with kids, every time you too end up learning something new with them. Kids have such a fresh and original perspective to everything. I envy her original mind. Go MyStar! I enjoy living in these times. Will keep you posted tomorrow at 78. Cheers!

No matter what your choices are, at any given point of time you will find people who support your choices and who criticizes it. This is true for any decision, any life choice you make. Small or big. Consequential or otherwise. You may as well choose what you want. It is a simple yet hard lifehack. One of the most life changing decision I've ever made for myself early in life.  Every time you put yourself behind others desires, you are saying No to yourself. Sometimes it is okay, sometimes it is necessary. But it is not ok if it happens more in favor of others than you or most of the time or all the time. Like, You are going to have a pizza where your friend likes to eat. You like it too, but not as much as your friend does.  Your friend likes to watch action movies, you like them to but you enjoy comedy more.  Your brother or sister wants to watch sports when you want to listen to music.  You are working on a project when your colleague comes and asks your help...

How this list has changed over the time and also remained same to certain extent. There is no bounds to my happiness when I do these, To be surrounded by people I love and who love me Delicious food. Outdoor Walks Reading Books Meeting new people Challenging work Beaches Travelling  Smile comes deep from my heart when I do these, Coffee Writing Movies, TV series (Good  Mysteries) Chat with a friend  Music Cooking Running  Being silent. Alone or with a friend(Oh yes, with good one's you enjoy silence too) long drives I am amazed when I look at the list now. There are so many things that make me happy! Wow!  Try it, make a list of things that make you happy. I would love to see it. 

How fast we moved from What's up to WhatsApp! I feel its an overkill. Specially in times of festivals. And we Indians celebrate many. Messenger apps have changed the way people connect, share. More than ever it has changed the way people face new day in India and the way we celebrate festivals. Both things have radically changed. Now we want to wish whole world Good Morning! and Circulate endless amount of festivities in all chat rooms.  I am not sure how many people outside India know that Diwali is five day long festival. Each day has its own significance. This year it started on 12th November. Two days into Diwali and I already have 70 Diwali greetings. Three more days to go :)💥