Solitude

It is amazing what solitude can do to you. I have been with little work for a couple of hours now- and I can feel the emptiness :) What causes anxiety is that you constantly want to do something. You constantly want to follow up with somebody, get things done. Or moving atleast. I think its this anxiety which is causing a restless feeling within me right now. I feel I should be doing something, hence this writing exercise!

blogs2read

Checklist for myself:
1. http://calnewport.com/blog/
2. Ramit Sethi's article
3. http://chrisguillebeau.com

Some things to ensure you are in a kick-ass mood all the time :)

Before we start-
From YourDictionary.com kick-ass :
kick·-ass (kik′as′) adjective: having a strong effect on someone or something; forceful; powerfulexceptionally good; spectacular, impressive, etc.

Here is my list of things:

1. Listen to a good Indian Classical vocal/instrumental track.
2. Set achievable targets for yourself - and achieve those daily!
3. Connect with people (relatives, friends)
4. Read everyday (newspaper, book, magazine)
5. Write regularly...
6. Devote some time of the day to any hobby that you have!
7. Once in a while, don't do something which you terribly, badly want to do at that moment. You can always do that later, but believe me, the victory feeling is awesome :)
8. Set long term objectives for yourself and make sure you have a clear plan of dividing time on all activities. That way you can be assured that you will systematically devote time to everything and yet be able to multitask. Crucial for eliminating that my-life-is-in-a-chaos feeling!!
9. Think positive, do positive and talk positive.
10. Never, ever be hell bent on coming up with a perfect 10 ;-)

Another link...

http://entrepreneurs.about.com/b/2005/10/24/top-10-most-practical-blogs-for-entrepreneurs.htm

And yeah, its been exactly two years from my previous post :-)

On entrepreneurship...

Of late, I have been following some of the websites/blogs listed below...
1. Small Business Trends - Great articles, blogs: http://smallbiztrends.com/
2. Scott Allen on http://entrepreneurs.about.com/ - Excellent articles, great links, must see for every aspiring entrepreneur!
3. Guy Kawasaki - http://www.guykawasaki.com/ Make sure you read his blog - 'How to change the world'
4. INC.com - resourceful! http://inc.com/
5. Another good website - but I think this is not updated regularly - http://startupjunkies.org/
6. Akhil Sahani's http://www.thesmartentrepreneur.com/ This site is not updated regularly.

I will keep on posting more stuff on this topic in future!

कुणी तरी!

कधी कधी वाटतं करुन दाखवावं काही तरी,
सारखेपणाच्या दुनियेत बनावं वेगळं कुणी तरी!

कधी कधी वाटतं मी म्हणजे फ़ार हुशार!
प्रत्येक परिक्षेत नाही का मार्क मिळालेत फ़ार?
मार्कांचा जोर तरी कुठवर म्हणा चालणार!
प्रत्यक्ष मैदानावर लढणार, तोच नाही का श्रेष्ठ ठरणार?

कधी कधी वाटतं मग मी का नाही लढावं?
'Executive Club' मध्ये आपणही का नाही शामिल व्हावं?
आतून आवाज येतो, 'बाळा, त्यासाठी मन घट्ट हवं,
कितीही वादळं आली, तरी सोसायचं बळ हवं'!

कधी कधी वाटतं, कशाला डोक्याला ताप तरी?
चाललय व्यवस्थित, तर कर की मजा थोडी तरी!
असं वाटता वाटता वाटतं, सालं बस्स झालं,
अत्ता नाही केलं तर... कोण जाणे, होणारही नाही नंतर कधी!

कधी कधी वाटतं, अशा एखद्या क्षणीच होणार आहे सुरुवात खरी.
कधी कधी वाटतं, नक्कीच होऊन दाखवीन कोणी तरी!!

Another day...

Here is an old thing which I wrote when I was in a particularly boring assignment. I will call this poetry :-) (apologies to all you great poets out there)

==
What a wonderful morning!
But here I am, sitting in my chair,
Wondering if life, to everyone, is fair?

I check my mails in the two accounts,
as usual, nothing significant; only extractions and check-outs!
I do some enthusiastic work, dream of the finished jobs.
Full of energy, I punch keys and click buttons!

At the back of my mind, I know something is catching up..
try as hard as I can, I know I cant escape the drudgery of this work!
I fight to keep my thoughts focussed, as I at the monitor gaze,
its 10 am, time for a walk around the maze.

I do some pitty pattying on the keyboard till its time for lunch,
at the canteen, stand in the salad line or wait for the pizza brunch.
some chit chat, and back I am - in my chair,
As usual, no one else, but the monitor, keyboard and mouse to my despair.

Consciousness, after some time - becomes very rare.
What am I doing? To this job I am supposed to be fair!!
I borrow some enthusiasm, this task is almost over,
Why not finish it and then do some leftover?

I still fight my sleep back, is it time for coffee?
half asleep, I find my way to the machine,
As I insert some quarters, I can almost see my fav espresso down there,
back I am, sipping the last bit in my same old chair.

I am now fully awake, and rush to complete the tasks for the day,
I do it, but I know I am tired of doing this everyday!
I think - after all, if everything is going to be almost like this,
I decide - why bother? this is my day which I dont want to miss.

I wonder as I awake in my bed lay,
Who knows, tomorrow might as well be my day!
Who knows, I would be in some other chair.
I should not repent then; that I lost my golden time in such despair!

Here I am, a changed person,
Knowing - that all this is ephemeral.
I decide I shall enjoy to the most,
Keeping every single bad thought out of the host :-)
I shall take life as it comes,
And enjoy every moment as it goes!