A Note to Self

Everyone has a little disorder in their lives. I have removed most of the disorders from my life and confined myself physically to a room. I interact with very few people unlike early days appearing friendly to anyone.

Despite creating a firewall around myself, the disorder comes knocking on the door, killing the flow. It takes days to form one. the challenges are multi-fold, there is health, changing weather and social lives. While I have killed the news and social media. The disorders of bigger challenges do interfere. I have learned the ways of saying no to things. But when someone asks for your help and when you are the only one available to help at that moment, it makes me take uncomfortable choices. The intention however is to finish the task as soon as possible.

However, when I come back to my workplace, my mind gets cluttered with new sets of ideas that are more compelling than the previous ones. It takes me weeks to declutter my mind despite having a journal. Every opportunity is good but the question is which task should i take up.

There is an increasing number of books on my wishlists which is taking a toll on me now. When am I supposed to read them? The technical debt in the race of evolving technology is unforgiving.

The only good thing is that I now know, how to address these situations and come out of this rut. But the immediate effect still takes me days to comprehend the real issues.

Few outcomes of pondering on this.

• I do not compete with others, it has its drawbacks though
• An over-optimized life is not worth living
• There is always a caveat when people come for help. First, verify what he says and then ask him openly about it.
• Your loved ones are not people, have faith in love.
• Everyone loves free money. The effect it has is immediate, people forget the favors with time.
• Opsimath - a person who begins to learn or study only late in life. Become one if time doesn’t permit you to read now.
• If there is a chance of getting out to catch some fresh air for 30min to 1 hour, do it.
• People do not understand the meaning of the words they speak, they just have an idea. Don’t take them literally.
• The right action is the one that has a “should” element and can be done only by you in the given circumstances irrespective of the fruit.
• Complete tasks that require the least effort with maximum impact(an opportunity not the fruit) first.
• Never trust a corrupt person, a politician and a political party
• No one likes working on hard problems, everyone wants quick big money.
• I hate bargaining, instead, I can make a connection with the shopkeeper. He owes me his time and he will return it with a favor but not money.
• Old parents and children are alike. They do well with each other.
• Some people are just loud, and their impact losses affect them as soon as they go away with the same intensity.
• Old books should be read first. New best sellers are most probably garbage or a genius plagiarism artwork
• Technical books should be skimmed and a mindmap should be made before getting into details
• Online teaching cannot work. Games like “over the wire” are good though.
• 1 major task or 3 big tasks a day.
• Current mantra: Read more, write more!
• Stay open to changing the above notions with evidence.