A Personal Note

Happy to have survived another year.

It was a very cheerful year for me, at least the better one in recent times. Not just from a pandemic perspective but overall mind space I have been in.

The year started with me moving back home and taking up a new job. Both were tough decisions when I had to make those, but in the hindsight I am happy with how they shaped out.

I was able to travel a lot this year, visited as many as 15 new cities and drove as many as 8000 kms, flew even more

I watched as many as 128 Indian movies

I read or listened to 20 books. Reread Yuval Noah Harari, Ayn Rand, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Henry David Thoreau and Gudipati Venkata Chalam

Switched focus to fitness, which really did not make much progress

Caught up with a few old friends

Learnt a lot - on Web 3, on writing, on investing, and finally was able to break personal inhibitions to start this blog.

And finally remembering all the wonderful souls that left us this year. May they rest in peace.

As I look forward to 2023, I would like to thank all the people I spent time with (both virtual and IRL). Wishing everyone a very happy new year!