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New Year Resolution 2019

As usual nothing unusual here :) Though it is only for fun, I try to follow it very seriously 😜 Health: For a change, instead of the regular 72–74kgs target weight, “Not more than 77kgs” is the 2019 target. Also setting 1250 pull ups and 2500 push ups for this year ;) I won’t count but I know whether I am on target or not.  [Jan 01, 2020]: Pull ups not done I am hoping for 6½ hours sleep everyday. Tidying Up: I got too many photos and videos. I should do a digital clean up regularly. In fact, I clean up now and then but add a lot to keep it messy again :( Learning: I get to read good quotes but I don’t remember any of them. I am setting 6 quotes as a goal for this year. [Jan 01, 2020]: Not done It is been few years since I have learnt any new word, 50 is the count I want to reach. [Jan 01, 2020]: Not done Also, I wanted to listen something for at least 30 minutes twice in every week. Movies: 50 movies at least is the target for this year. I

My Reading List -- 3

I love reading books in the predefined order, especially after completing my first two lists ( Reading List 1 , Reading List 2 ). So here is my third list. Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami Murphy’ a Message to Dog Lovers by Ernest Gambier-parry The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever by David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried The Gory Story of Genghis Khan: Aka Don’t Mess with the Mongols by Nayanika Mahtani The Art Of Living : The Classical Manual On Virtue, Happiness And Effectiveness by Epictetus A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens So You Want to Know About Economics by Roopa Pai Wonder by R J Palacio Life is Tremendous: Enthusiasm Makes the Difference by Charlie Jones The Giver by Lois Lowry The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by don Miguel Ruiz Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott A

The wheel, the well — You can be a magic

The Wheel: Learning to ride a bicycle is one of the greatest pleasures of childhood days. Isn’t? How could you express the joy of your first ride — when you realise that the supporting person is just running without touching the bicycle? The “I made it” moment. Pure bliss! It is all about getting the basics right: Sit and see straight, hold the handlebars, pedal smoothly. Of course, the ecstasy is not doing the basics alone but doing all the stuffs that are beyond basics. You do a hundred and one things with your bicycle that doesn’t fit into the written science of cycling. Do you know where the real joy is? It is in doing something confidently that defies the basics and standards. It is crazy at times and glory at other times — that doesn’t matter, what matters is that you are doing it. The Well: It is really hard if you have to learn swimming in the well. Drowning even few inches will show how close the death is always. What a joy it is when you make your first swim from one