Voracious

All I've learnt, changed, achieved and discovered in 2020. I wanna do this at the end of each year to synthesise pattern eventually and discover myself and surrounding.

learned

• I've revised my car driving skills from merely holding a driving license to actually being able to drive on roads with traffic.

• I've learned to cook functionally. Meaning I can feed myself round the year sustainably and occasionally friends/family.

• Ukulele, Guitar, Cajon, Kalimba (I already know synthesizer since 2 decades, about time I expanded horizontally. Lockdown helped a lot.)

• VueJS + Django (built a side project at work)

• Putting together this blog

• Listen more and speak less

• That one of my strengths is understanding what someone needs at work without them having to say it or knowing what they actuall want

• Selling myself better

• German on DuoLingo

• to hold sensitive information from people and not spread it around.

• Introduction to AI

changed

• Political leaning. All these years I've been supporter of what my dad taught me was a great political party, leader.

• I consume much less sugar. Mostly to be socially compatible. (I have house mate, friends, family who are still normal happy beings.) Its no longer a discipline or that I control myself, I naturally do not feel like missing sugary treats anymore.

• Grooming. I get better hair cut from better place, in good time. I wear relatively smart clothes. I prefer quality over price than my earlier self.

• I eat between 10 AM - 6 PM daily (except on social gatherings)

• I try to adhere to raw food diet

• I deleted my facebook/instagram accounts.

• Work stream. From software test engineer to product management.

• Lost touch with my college best friends.

achieved

• Lean physique

• I've never missed workouts more than 2 days in a row

• Reduced netflix, primevideo, youtube consumption significantly (1 hour per day)

• Lived alone for a month in Bangalore

• No alcohol, smoke

• Growth mindset

• Started reading consistently (The art of saying No, Predictably irrational, 21 Lessons for 21st Century)

acquainted

• Don't start now
• PomplamooseMusic and that Jack Conte, lead of this band is founder of Patreon
• Joe Rogan
• Blindind Lights
• French Kiwi Juice
• COLORS SHOWS
• Jorden Peterson. I became curious about psychology --> Behavioural economics --> ongoing thread

travel

• Thailand, work offsite

• Hyderabad for VISA

• San Francisco for work

• Rajkot, family visit

Overall, there has been a huge delta between my self a year before and now. I've loved every change. I want atleast as many changes towards progress and better self, if not more than 2020.