Friday, December 30

Reading DIYs + 7 Tips To Enjoy Reading : Kalyn Nicholson

Get Winter Cozy : Kalyn Nicholson

6 Tips To Stay Motivated For Winter : Kalyn Nicholson



1. Stay Active. Stay moving.
endorphins.
(most important)

2. Eat Healthy
The healthier you eat, the more energy you have.

3. Get Outside
Bundle up and get outside.
Go for walks.

4. Get Cozy (at home)

5. Start a new hobby or goal
Its going to keep your mind sidetracked.

6. Make Plans
Give yourself events and dates to look forward to.

Wednesday, December 28

How to Stay Positive on a Bad Day | Robin Sharma

Ma

Ma went back to Jbp today. My sister had gone to drop her at the airport.
May God heal her right shoulder completely. God bless her.

p.s.: It was my sister's birthday on 25th. We had dinner at Sanadige. May God bless her always <3.

On 26th Ma came to Noida after her physiotherapy. I got my eyebrow threading done. She watched a TV show on hotstar during that time. Then we had lunch. After that we decluttered the top section of parents' room almira. Then we took an auto to sec-41 as I had an appointment with Dr. Reena. After that we completed arranging the almira. Ma made awesome hari chatney. She also mixed the murmure with chane and stored in a container.

On 27th we woke up early and left for Ma's physiotherapy. From there we went to Varsha bua's place. Then we went to Saket. I bought a top n sunglasses. We had lunch at food court. The Christmas decoration there was beautiful. Then we went to South Ex. I bought thermals. Then we went to Yusuf Sarai to buy a cervical collar for Ma. But vahan mil nahi paya. After that we went to my sister's place. I had fruits and upma. My sister gave me few of her earrings and neckpieces. We talked for some time. Then I came back home. I was kind of sad. Really a mom's love is only one of its kind. It is so warm and soft. God bless u Ma <3.

How to Become The Hero of Your Life | Robin Sharma

Sunday, December 25

Approaching Programmatic Problems : Developer Tea

https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea/6677

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved."

1. Get out a piece of paper and a pen, and draw out your problem.

2. Define where you are starting and where you are wanting to end up.
Define your inputs and your outputs.
The stuff in the middle, that's the code that you're gonna be writing.

3. To break down every single small piece between input and desired output.

Saturday, December 24

Ma

Today Ma's physiotherapy was at 11:00 am.
I met my mom n sis at 2:00 pm in Lajpat Nagar. I bought hair clips, socks, gloves, moisturiser, string lights.
Then we went to Khan Market. Ma gifted me a sweater from Levi's. I bought an adult colouring book. They had tea at cafe turtle.
We saw an amazing nursery in Khan Market.
After that I came back home. Thank u God for everything.
May my mom heal soon and completely. God bless her.

Do Your Job Better Than Anyone Else : Developer Tea

https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea/52905
(Step-8 of the Developer Career Roadmap)

1. Becoming extremely valuable and irreplaceable.
Integration
Excellence and context
Becoming a source of information instead of a vault.

2. To develop your expertise.
Practicing deliberately.
Its about becoming a more rounded professional, a more rounded worker.
(16:40~) But the reality is you always have something to learn. You always have the opportunity to grow.

Friday, December 23

Ma

Mom is here. She reached Delhi on 20th. We went to Dr. Maheshwari on 21st. He gave an injection to Ma on shoulder. It was very painful. He prescribed physiotherapy in his clinic from 23rd onwards.
On 22nd we went to Mall of India and GIP. Ma bought a few things from home centre. We had lunch at Shree Ratnam. I bought a gift and a greeting card for my sister's birthday. 
Today we went for Ma's physiotherapy at the clinic. We had lunch at Sona Sweets. We had a pyaaz kachori and dhokle. Then we bought a suit fabric for me from H.P.Singh at Nehru place. Then we went to GK N-block. My sister joined us there. Then I returned back home as it was getting late. Thank u God for everything. May my mom's right shoulder heal soon and completely. God bless her.

p.s.: Ma washed all my artificial flowers. And 3 clothes that had been pending from a long time. God bless u Ma <3.

Tuesday, December 20

When Success is Taking Too Long : Terri



James Dyson
Vacuum cleaner
5,126 attempts

Every successful person has to learn the art of waiting.

Kathryn Stockett
I stopped counting after my 45th rejection letter.
The Help
"You is smart. You is kind. You is important."

Think about the dream that is in your heart.

Don't despise the day of small beginnings.
Don't give up on that dream.

This vision is for a future time. It will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.
-Habakkuk 2:3

Don't trade your deadline for God's timing.

Our house.

Brian Acton
He was rejected by Twitter and Facebook.
WhatsApp

Hang on to that vision no matter how long it takes.

Wednesday, December 14

Why Positive Thinking Doesn't Work | Robin Sharma

Cross Train (part 2) : Developer Tea

https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea/51785
(Step-5b of the Developer Career Roadmap)

Cross training in your life beyond work.

They have hobbies that they participate in, that they say are incredibly important to their identity or to their happiness.

Find a hobby or an interest that you can develop skill at. This ideally should be something that requires some level of personal investment, mental and physical energy and that you enjoy doing.

Cross training is about developing balance, its about developing perspective, giving yourself a more well rounded way of looking at not only your work but your life in general.

The list of benefits of having something beyond your work is far too long.

Find something that you love to do and invest your time and energy into it outside of work.

There may be times in your career when you are genuinely invested and excited about learning a new programming language or things like that. That's kind of a sabbatical to learn that language by investing a bunch of extra time into it, couple of weeks or couple of months.

What I want to warn you against is not having any other interests so that when you do experience burn-out, you have nothing to relieve that burn-out. That's what I want to warn you against and hopefully help you avoid. 

Develop a hobby, develop multiple hobbies and interests outside of your normal kind of routine of all the things that you do at your job. This is hugely valuable.

Take some time and consider what your external interests are.

Ultimately it is your responsibility to do the things that you want to do in your life. Taking the opportunity to spend time pursuing your interests is something that only you can do.

1. Movement
(Yoga / Dance / Walk)

2. Connection
(Meet family members / friends)

3. Reading

Saturday, December 10

Winter : Guava

Ate a guava today.

5 Leadership Lessons My Mentors Taught Me | Robin Sharma

Get Your Bounce Back : Terri



Get Your Bounce Back

Satan is your enemy and he is out to get your bounce. He wants to get the bounce right out of you.

If you want to be successful, you have to get your bounce back. You have to learn how to bounce back after adversity, after difficulties, after you experience defeats. You gotta learn to bounce back.

Janine Turner

Nobody ever goes from plateau, to plateau, to plateau.
The shepherd leads the sheep through the valley to get to the next mountaintop.
In the valley, that's where you are strengthened, that's where you are prepared to get to the next mountaintop.
The valley is what prepares you for the mountaintop.
Don't give up in the valley, because it's preparing you for the next mountaintop.

Steve Jobs

Home Depot

Don't get discouraged. Don't feel sorry for yourself. Don't compare yourself to other people. God's preparing you, He's strengthening you, He's enabling you to go to the next mountaintop.

I want to encourage you today to get your bounce back.

Friday, December 9

Anniversary

Belated happy fourth anniversary to the two of us!!!
We went to DLF Mall Of India yesterday.
Thank you God for everything.



Happy Anniversary to Mummy n Papa. God bless my parents <3

Monday, December 5

Our Energy Cycles

It's Never Too Late : Terri



There are specific reasons that we procrastinate or delay things:

1. We haven't scheduled things on our calendar to go after them.

2. We procrastinate because we don't plan.

3. We procrastinate because we get overwhelmed.

4. We procrastinate because we get distracted.

(from another video)
5. We procrastinate because we have unclear goals.
Get clear on what you mean. Be clear about your goals.
Write the actions on your calendar. Schedule them on your calendar.