Category: Writing Project

Career & Work, Enjoying Life and Work, Life, Writing Project

124/365 On our deathbed we will not feel we could have spent more time in office

Talking about death is not considered the best thing in most cultures.. but there are many cultures where death is discussed… As mortals I think we all need to think about ourselves in deathbed and imagine how the world around us should be at that time. How we should feel… and how others would feel… Because there is one thing in our control… if we … Continue reading 124/365 On our deathbed we will not feel we could have spent more time in office

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Enjoying Life and Work, Life, Life and Happiness, Writing Project

122/365 Life is shot at you point blank; it is here and Now

We all have limited time… though when we are young we think otherwise. The first time we hear death or see it we know life will end but we always feel that is a long time in the future. We have time.. And then years later it dawns on us that we have to be thinking otherwise. What happens in between these moments is also … Continue reading 122/365 Life is shot at you point blank; it is here and Now

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Random Thoughts, Writing Project

121/365 When the going gets tough the tough gets going

Tough is always considered better than Weak. I was also taught that anyone can be tough. And I honestly believed that. Till I started thinking otherwise. I believe in Darwin’s theory or evolution… I don’t believe in any other story… but when you look at our human life from a survival of the fittest point of view I always feel it to be very narrow … Continue reading 121/365 When the going gets tough the tough gets going

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Life, Random Thoughts, Writing Project

120/365 One line motivation – The Promise & in effectiveness

With the Advent of Social Media… everyone seems to be a philosopher… in a one line motivational quote they seem to solve all world problems. Motivational Quotes are a big thing on all major social media…. Even I do it at times… But sometimes it is a bit too much. I am not saying Motivational quotes don’t help. But the frequency of how it is … Continue reading 120/365 One line motivation – The Promise & in effectiveness

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Enjoying Life and Work, travel, Writing Project

118/365 How I loved my Daily Commute

I really loved my daily commute which started at the end of December 2010 and continued till August of 2012. I used to commute for 2 hours daily back and forth to office. And I loved it. No I am honest… I loved it.. Why…? There are many layers to why I liked it. The first reason was this… I was getting into the workforce … Continue reading 118/365 How I loved my Daily Commute

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Career & Work, Enjoying Life and Work, Writing Project

117/365 My Remote Work Chronology

Pandemic was a time when many people who had not done remote work started doing it. I was someone who had experienced remote work for several years in my career. But that did not matter because it was different now. I started remote working immediately after college when I started out on my own assembling and selling computers and operated out of my home. The … Continue reading 117/365 My Remote Work Chronology

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Memories, Writing Project

116/365 Any moments I want to relive

When I look back at life that has passed, I often wonder if there is any event or moment that I want to relive. I have never got an answer. There are places I surely don’t want to go back again.. but relive? I don’t know…. to be honest… The challenge while looking back… especially for me is that memories don’t come in a structured … Continue reading 116/365 Any moments I want to relive

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On Learning, Writing Project

115/365 Learning and Unlearning

When I was a student I never knew about the word ‘unlearning‘. Even the other day when I posted about unlearning, someone asked if that was a real word. We live in a time when unlearning has become so important than even learning. And why is that? The world we live in is said to be a VUCA World.. Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. What … Continue reading 115/365 Learning and Unlearning

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Career, Career & Work, Enjoying Life and Work, Writing Project

114/365 Corporate Handicap

I started working for the first time in a large corporation 5 months shy of my 40th birthday. Spending 17 years in the Tech field working in small companies and unsuccessfully running my own ventures. Finally there comes a first day at work kind of experience after 17 years of working. The place I got my break was a Large Financial institution in San Francisco. … Continue reading 114/365 Corporate Handicap

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Career & Work, Enjoying Life and Work, Writing Project

113/365 A tale in Career Recovery

In 2010 I was at a crossroad with a mounting debt, no clear idea of a possible career even after spending 17 years in an Industry that has been booming all the while. In short I did not know what skill of mine can be sold or projected as being employable. On a September day as I sat and looked back at what all I … Continue reading 113/365 A tale in Career Recovery

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