Work is the biggest part of our waking hour. For some folks the sleeping hour is so minuscule that work is all they have in their life. So Why do we work? Next few days I want to share with you some personal thoughts about work every day. I sometimes feel an alternative to work does not exist for the majority. Then I feel that … Continue reading 110/365 Why do we work?
One should learn from failures they say… true but my problem is choosing from all those failures in life. But even more my problem is I have kept on repeating a few things with out any attempt of learning anything. Why would that be? I often wonder… why would someone be doing that. You know it is bad and you have done it over and … Continue reading 109/365 My Failures from Lack of Motivation
After 100+ days of writing and daily podcasting, I have started thinking about style. Is that something your develop? Should one be bother much about it. If you are trying to publish something yes. But if you look at it as a Journal should style matter. Can you manufacture style in journaling. Will that not be like fighting what is natural? I have never been … Continue reading 108/365 Finding your creator sweet spot
We all know that machines and software can stop working.. we humans also slow down and stop working.. But machines and software get fixed faster than we humans do. In the present time if machines and software go down humans are impacted more than ever. I made a post on instagram in the morning and that automatically gets posted on my facebook. then I went … Continue reading 104/365 When Facebook Was Down Yesterday
How should a homework conversation with your kid go. What are the things one should keep in mind as a parent? What questions should we ask kids? Is there even a need for such a conversation? Well, to be honest I have no clue if there is a ‘one size fits all’ answer to these questions. At least I have not seen one. So here … Continue reading 103/365 Homework Talks with your Kid
Whenever you ask people how the day was, they say Busy… Busy Busy and I wonder… is it really busy. Do people feel happy or unhappy when they are busy. I sometimes feel it is not about busy but being meaningfully busy. If what we do is not meaningful then it does not matter whether it is busy or not. May be sometimes people think … Continue reading 101/365 How do you look at a Busy Day
Today Marks the 100 days, I have been writing every single day and it feels good. Thought I will take some day to reflect on this and also see where it should take from here. As I had started the blog and after a 3-4 weeks I thought I should use this as a podcast as well and I made the Penpositive Outclass a Podcast … Continue reading 100/365 Reflecting on 100 Days of Blogging
The beauty and satisfaction of working as an Agile Practitioner is that even while there is so much chaos around you, very often you stumble upon a new way of doing things that adds value to the team. I have been an Agile Practitioner working with companies large and small for over 10 years. For those who don’t know what that means Agile is a … Continue reading 99/365 Being an Agile Practitioner
Growing up I was so afraid of darkness and being alone. It could have been the stories that I heard, movies I watched on TV or may be even what I read. We lived in a two story house and even going upstairs alone while people were in the house was kind of difficult. As they say some fears will go away only when you … Continue reading 96/365 Fear of Darkness
Distance… How do we measure them… why do they exist? It denotes space… but we also need Time… We all have our ideas about distance. they are short or long… but they are so only if we connect them with time.. We believe that distances are supposed to be covered.. travelled… that is their real existence. A distance does not matter to us if we … Continue reading 95/365 Distances from Prisons to marketplaces
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