Day 10/31 This is a note to self Many conversations we have, are fairly repetitive. Conversations like: It’s a good idea to mentally create scripts for these conversation beforehand. You will form a script anyways after the first 3-4 conversations. The trick is to do it in advanced so that even those first 3-4 conversations […]
Day 8/31 If you are a millennial, your parents are a confusing age right now. Confusing for you, not them. Clearly they are getting old. Random street vendors have started calling them “Aunty” instead of “Didi”. They might have suffered a serious illness or two, and probably have a couple of chronic pains. Visiting the […]
Day 7/31 Youtube have made following changes in their consumer facing products in recent past. And of course I am not considering things like shorts, ads or creator dashboards. I am talking about features that are actually made to make life better for the end customer. Honestly, I am not sure what these features are […]
Day 6/31 (Skipped day 5, will try to make up one day) Two thoughts (frustrations) on food. One pertaining to me and one to society at large The Society People get weird pleasure out of forcing you to eat/drink, especially when they are the host. “Bhai 2 laddoo le le” “Nahi yaar, pet bhar gaya […]
Day 4/31 GDP of a country or state or per capita is measured in USD. But Is USD a good measure of Gross Domestic product of a state? Does it really capture total “value” created in a set time in a society? 1 dollar today does not have the same value it had 50 years […]
Day 3/31 I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. Nor do I intend to. But, I have smoked one in a dream. Now, here’s the thing. I don’t know if what I experienced in the dream is anywhere close to what actual smoking feels like. I don’t intend to find out. But I […]
Day 2/31 Say you are secretly the most competitive, jealous, judgmental person you know. You open social media and realized today is the worst day of your life. You are frustrated because that one college nemesis is enjoying a lavish Europe vacation, Your college roommate is preparing to get married and that random LinkedIn connection […]
Day 1/31 Almost a year ago, one night I tried to sleep under a flyover. Why? From an economic PoV not having a place to sleep could be the worst thing that ever happens to me. And there is this whole stoic thing to face the worst case scenario to relieve the fear of it. […]
Day 0/31 I want to do 31 days of writing for the month of December 2024. Why? Whats the plan? I will write at least something every day. could be a blog here, could be a linkedin/twitter post or something else. Will update this blog on 1st Jan to see how well it went.
My phone has a loose usb-c connector. Everytime I have to charge it, I need to put the cable at a specific angle, apply pressure sometimes, or keep the phone on a ledge. It takes ~2 mins to figure out the exact position everytime I need to charge the phone. And half the time, it […]