2 January 2023

Maybe I do overdo it a bit!!

I was trying to put together the report card for last year yesterday and I realized that I might be approaching borderline OCD. And by that I mean approaching the border from the other side 🙂

Now, what I call meticulous planning and tracking of habits, goals and in general how I spend time, Sharmila and a few friends (notably Avi 🙂 ) refer to it commonly as “crop circles”. I track about 64 things everyday in those crop circle looking things – which is then aggregated weekly and then monthly and then annually with all sorts of Red, Green and Yellow colors.

I distinctly remember Avi asking me at Mazzy’s once – “So, how about spontaneity?”

I do not think my answer – “I schedule it in :-)” impressed him!!

Regardless of the good natured ribbing, I have drawn up my new tracking sheets for the new year – there are over 70 items to track this year!!

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1 January 2023

Good old Patrick Tan!!

I had settled down at Divine Cafe to catch up on some quick work when a familiar face walked up to me – “Are you not Rajib Roy?”.

“That I am”, I replied as I recognized my colleague Patrick Tan from fifteen years back. In fact, when I moved to Atlanta, we used to work in the same team. I had not kept up with him for many many years.

It felt good to catch up on his professional life, how his three kids have grown up and even got to meet his wife. (She took the picture).

I am so glad that he recognized me from the other end of the cafe!

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