Weekly Notes

Occasional short blog posts about my weeks.

  • In September (week 37) we finally moved into the home we have been dreaming of building since late 2020. This alone makes 2025 a fantastic year. I am deeply grateful for it. I know this post is supposed to be about this week, but this week is also the last week of this year, so

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  • This is a week of celebration and sadness! On Tuesday, my son had a milestone birthday. When it comes to parenting, days are long but years are short! Also on Tuesday, I was so excited about the results of the Indian general elections. I love that democracy ultimately won at the national level and in

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  • Blood Tests. I got my fasting glucose and fasting insulin tests done and pleased with my results. Two books. I completed reading these two little books: The rule of 72. I first heard about the Rule of 72 in this recent podcast. You can read more about it in this Investopedia article: The Rule of

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  • I have been negligent about posting weekly notes because life happens (for the better, more below), but my colleague and blogging friend Vishnu revived my inspiration with his regular weekly notes. It seems he was inspired by Thejesh too, who initially prompted me to blog about my weeks. The world of blogging is so small!

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  • This week I exercised Mon, Wed and Fri. And I walked for an hour on Thursday. I bought and returned the Bose Smart Soundbar 900. It is not an impulse purchase— I have been contemplating it for a few months. But when we got it home this weekend and set it up, the sound output

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  • This week all habits were kept. The highlight of this week is that our car returned home after getting involved in an accident and then spending next six months in the workshop while the parts were imported from Japan. I am surprised that it took only six months to be repaired in the post-Covid world

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  • We are three months into 2023. Time flies! This is the last week of Daylight Savings which has ended today (Sunday). The days are already getting shorter and cooler. I love the seasonal change. So I am looking forward to cool weather and wet days over the next six months. This week has been great.

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  • This week felt accomplished overall. I hit all, well actually, two main weekly goals: I saved some money and exercised three times on Mon, Tues, and Fridays with more physical movement by way of cricket and basketball with my son in the nearby park. I also kept my meditation and Elevate streaks. I had a

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  • This week is good. I was on track with my weekly goals, and kept my habit streaks. Will share specifics on my weekly habits and goals in a future post. Moved to 1Password. Good riddance to LastPass which served me well for the last 7-ish years but I am concerned with the frequency of breaches

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  • I briefly re-connected with my old blogging friend Thejesh on his blog this week. We both used to work for the same tech company in mid-2000s. Thejesh is one of the blogger who positively influenced me in the early days of my career. While I haven’t met him in about 20 years, I enjoy reading

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