Later 2024
Retrospective - the dynamic 2024
And Action…
Life happens between action and cut - We are on the brink of a new number yet again.
What a year - full of craziness, adventure, speed and dynamism. If I had to pick a word for this year I think it would be “Dynamic“. Each year I “attempt” to write a script aka plan for my year (stress on the word attempt). Then the Universe takes a peek at it, looks some more, then giggles a little and says, “nah not really“ and tosses it away. And in it’s place It replaces it with BIG, BOLD, UNIMAGINABLE things.
Highlight reel of 2024! (the good parts only :D)
It has been a year of learning to be resilient (even more so than usual), acceptance, facing fears head on and exerting sheer force of will. And NO; none of these were by choice!! (Eyeroll).
I always want to run the other direction from pain and discomfort…..BUT life has a way of pulling you back to exactly the point where you need to be till you learn the lesson. Having the knack of pulling the “adventure“ card most of the times, there’s never a dull moment. If you’re ever looking for stories, come find me :)
So before I step into 2025 I am proactively invoking #LordGanesha the remover of obstacles to remove all the obstacles from my path! (And yes, I am 4 months late creating this reel, but shhhh don’t tell anyone ;))
2 good habits that I started in 2024:
Maintaining a dream journal
The goal with the dream journal is to see if there is a pattern in the subconscious/unconscious that is playing out in reality. But no, haven’t found any patterns yet :/ . Maybe if I fed all my dream notes to #AI, it might do a better job at finding the patterns, OR perhaps there isn’t enough data yet!
Creating a “What did I learn in life this week” journal
This is to keep a repo of some key learnings in all areas of life throughout the year for better retention and retrieval.
Sidenote - I am fascinated with organization, retrieval and retention methods, so if you have a good system please let’s connect!! I want to be the BEST Hooman AI :) #hoomanai
Below are some of my learnings of the past 52 weeks without much explanation
Theme of my “What did I learn in life this week” journal:
Timing is key to everything
Most people want premium work for commodity pricing
Attitude and positivity can be sensed a mile away
Attention is a powerful asset
Keeping things simple is hard and needs EXTRA effort
The 1st step is the hardest and momentum & escape velocity is a thing!
Don’t argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel
Praise, adulation are different kinds of drugs and oh so addictive!!
Sometimes the only way out is through
Blood is thicker than water
The world is only as big or small as your mind
I believe I can do anything!
Some super cool moments from 2024
I created my biggest mural ever!!! (A behemoth 14x8)
Witnessed a total solar eclipse first time ever - what a phenomenon! (It freakin’ became night in the middle of the day and that diamond ring was to die for)
Saw a satellite train (it was a line of moving stars that disappeared at one random point in the sky)
Got into a negative 230 degree cryotherapy chamber
What next in 2025 !?
Honestly, keeping everything clean and lean is really the difficult goal
Reading more, writing more, painting more, documenting my learnings better, staying fit & healthy and improving my hooman AI!
Since I personally also step into my new decade where time is limited now, it will trend towards a ‘No BS’ zone
Finding opportunities to do teeny-meeny invisible acts of kindness (was inspired by this person recently who did not take the change back at the toll booth and instead asked the toll booth worker to use the change to pay for the next few people!)
Finally I am very grateful to ALL those (friends, families, strangers, dogs, birds, ants…) that stuck by me and helped through all the difficult moments in 2024.
Would love to know what are your 2025 goals, thoughts on #AI, good resources on product management and a way of building better systems.
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Happy 2025!
Tough times don’t last, but tough people do
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