Yesterday, I was listening to James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) speak to students at Ohio State University. One question and his answer really stuck with me. The question was about short-term and long-term goals and how we manage both. Personally, I’ve never been a great goal setter. I am trying to change that.Without goals, achievement is never an issue because there’s nothing to measure … Continue reading Having a Decade View of our Life
A few days back I was at an event and had been meeting friends after quite a long time. This was probably the first large function I attended. It was an event called Keralafest. It was organized by all the Malayali groups in the bay area. The idea was meeting friends and eating lots of food. A close friend of mine who had been on some … Continue reading 324/365 I have started Counting my calorie intake
We all have a tastebud when it is about food… Not all of that is said to be healthy… I am on an exploration to have a healthy diet with only things I love… This for me is pure Kerala food… it is not easy…. fired items and rice items… is there a way to work around that… But there is also a school of … Continue reading 254/365 I need a diet that I will love
6 months after writing about health and exercise and losing weight… I have gained may be 7 pounds…. I am not just sad… I also feel stupid…. But what has been gained has been gained… Now the need is to reflect and think why that happened… It is not rocket science… The reason is that I have been consuming more calories than I burn and … Continue reading 251/365 Oh! Shit! I have gained 10 pounds
On Friday I had to take someone to the emergency… This is not the first time I have gone to an emergency…. Though I don’t think I have been taken to emergency before… I have accompanied people… friends.. family… neighbors… Most times I have been just the help driving them there… As I sit there I observe the people My dad was a doctor and … Continue reading EP 229 (166/365) Going into an Emergency
There are things we thought we could never do in our life and then we start doing it. We feel good… We also start translating that to other things in life. Things move on… When I was a kid, in order to give me company, my dad also joined me for Karate. He was probably in his 30s back then. We used to have these … Continue reading 90/365 Staying Healthy | Part-2 | Pushups
This is not an advertisement for shoes. It is just an experience I had that I want to share. I walk on a daily basis. More in the recent one year than before. And the habit of listening to podcasts also helps in walking. That does not mean I don’t have days I don’t do it. In fact I did not walk today morning, Got … Continue reading 41/365 Good Shoes means better Walking
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