2020 is the best year in my lifetime thus far. Dumb isn’t it? Calling 2020 a best year. 2020 certainly being a disastrous year for many due to obvious reasons (Pandemic – Covid19), we always fail to look at the silver lining in any situation. Fortunately I guess, I quickly adapted to this untoward situation and I wanted to freeze certain things that I had done in this year through this blog. Let me take you all for trip down memory lane of my special year 2020. Here we go!
Why special?
“I don’t have time” is the common phrase probably used by all
at some stage of our lives. Everybody has 24 hours per day but only few using
it wisely and climbing up the ladder and shining bright in their lives. It is
all about priorities and effective time management. “I don’t have time” is the
easiest way to shun responsibilities or possibilities of exploring new things
in one’s life, similar to famous quotes of 2020 “Act of God” or “Warning from
God”. Here I am not quoting these phrases as an agnostic person. I just see
people’s lame excuses to hide their inability by hiding behind the invisible
God. I only feel sorry for God if one exists in reality and plead mercy on
behalf of them for their ignorance.
“I don’t have time” is the proxy for “It seems tough to try”
or “I don’t want to invest effort to learn” and also it is simple to convince
others without explaining much. In 2020, I bravely attempted few things which I
never did in my life and I hope I utilized my WFH (Work from Home) spare time (Travel
time to office) to my fullest satisfaction.
Half Marathon (HM): My first Half Marathon and probably the
last one. Running Marathon is not a joke and arguably one of the toughest
sports in world considering its duration, discipline in sleep, food and
training. I never dreamt of taking up running for fitness and in 2020, I had
completed HM. Certainly feel surreal now. I decided to keep my running distance
within 10K in future considering above said prerequisites.
Kural of the day: It was my long time pending wish and had
attempted few times earlier but failed. In 2020, I tried differently with meme
for easier understanding. Idea is to do self-check whether Thirukural is really
a universal scripture (Ulaga Podhumarai). I started translating one Kural a
day, selected Kural to match current affairs and trying to add tint of science/
psychology to it (whatever I know). Most of the time goes into thinking of
relevant meme to make it fun. I had translated over 300 couplets thus far and
hope I will continue to finish the entire book.
Let’s Learn – Kelvi: Started my dreamy book club to share
knowledge with dear and near ones to build rational thinking community.
Successfully completed 6 online KT sessions thus far and here is the link forYouTube channel. The name of this club
KELVI is borrowed from Thirukural and idea is to spread basic awareness on all basic
needs. Thanks to my dear friend Sadesh for joining with me in this community building
journey and I thoroughly enjoy our daily conversations related to the books
which we read. We had covered History of mankind, Future of mankind, Acid Base
balance and importance of sleep and Thirukural. I truly believe that Learn,
Unlearn and Relearn are key for sustainability and possible only through bookreading.
Importance of parenting: Parenting plays a key role in building
scientific, rational thinking and secular community. Parenting is skill to acquire
with deep understanding of kid’s psychology and following it patiently. I am fortunate to learn basics of such kid’s
psychology from altruistic Dr. Arul Saravanan and I am confident that I shall
raise Aarav better to serve the society fruitfully. I wish to travel and learn
more from sir and share my learning with friends.
Boobu Baba: My newly found alter ego who is spreading gyan
in Whatsapp status and FB timeline to spread awareness on random topics and
shooting relevant but disturbing questions to common man to read their mind.
Often earn yelling/ silence rather than convincing answers to the questions.
Personal time with family: Thanks to the curfew for giving opportunity
to spend time continuously with my wife and son. Ever since I got married, we
had been leading nomad’s life as she is pursuing her PhD away from home. Due to
WFH option and closure of college made the trick and savoured every moment with
family though completely locked in home. Thanks to Priya and Aarav for allowing
me to spend my time on above said activities.
Blogging: Resuming blog was my 2020’s resolution and started
off the year with a blog post describing about my Debut Half Marathon
experience. I would say 2020 started off with bang and now finishing it with
eight blog of this year. Not bad isn’t it?
Let me end this recap post with the 2021 resolution. Though I started 2020 with HM, later I took a pause in running due to Covid19 situation. But I am thinking to resume road running in coming days. And I wish to upgrade my technical skills (AI) to stay relevant in future. Thanks for staying in this trip till end and I hope you had fruitful 2020 and I wish all Happy New Year.
