Anish Nadh’s Blog

Walking 5000 steps has toned my body down a little bit. I also started doing upayoga in the mornings. I want to add some push ups to this, I’m planning I do it between my classes.  The watch helps me track the progress and I regret not getting one earlier. According to the metrics I’m not getting enough sleep. My stress is normal. It’s been 10 days of doing this. Let’s see what a 100 days can do. 

I see him everyday at the park while I am on my routine walks.  Madan is well dressed, polished shoes, tucked in blue shirt and black pants and carries an office bag. While I walk circling the park, I see him settled on a park bench, making calls, eating oranges and taking notes from those calls. I assumed either he must be a hard working man, seeking a change from working at home or he has got his folk back at home into a false belief that he is going to work.  He asked me for five minutes of my time. Curious, I obliged. He was polite and said he was seeking advice from me! I  removed my earphones, and  got ready to listen to the pyramid scheme he was going to introduce to me. If not why would anyone stop a stranger to talk right?  I had time to kill, so I was all ears.  He told me he was  a facility manager for the Embassy group and he resigned the job, because they were not willing to give him a leave for 2 months to get married. He was looking for ...

  Yesterday, while I was on my routine walk at the park, I saw a few kids swinging on the branches of a big banyan tree that grew in the park. It got back memories from my childhood when I used to swing the branches of a guava tree. I could pull myself up through the branches and even reach my terrace that had no access through stairs. This guava tree was the only way there.   They cut the tree, I stopped swinging trees, got old and now I can barely hang on to a pull up bar. I know I didn’t have control over my age or the tree being cut, but I think I lost my ability to swing because I didn’t practice regularly.

My students and I are sometimes bitten by the procrastination bug. I have done some changes to beat the mindset.  1. Make a To Do list: This list includes tasks that I must do each day. Writing this blog is one of the things on that list. I must do it no matter what happens that day. I’ve also included music practise, walks in the park etc. to this list. I do not compromise on this no matter what. 2. Stay organised: Keeping my bed in order, finding a place for each thing, keeping my cupboard organised saves a lot of time. Even my keys have a place and I don’t waste time looking for them.  3. Will power: Having a strong mind to drag myself to complete my tasks takes a lot of will power and mental strength.  4. Eating right: I make sure I add a lot of fiber in my diet by including fruits and vegetables. I’m also taking vitamins and getting sunlight for atleast 15 minutes daily. I’ve noticed a big change in my mood. Carb heavy food almost transforms me into a lazy sloth so I...

My niece and mom made chicken stew yesterday. The ingredients did not have potatoes or milk. Instead, coconut milk and  corn flour was used to thicken it slightly. This was very delicious. I had poori and idiappams with it. I like the stew to look white, but turmeric made it yellow! Regardless, it was quite tasty and I had 7 poories with it! 

 Camy is the best chess opponent up-to date. The best part about playing chess with Camy is that he’s so unpredictable. This one game, I almost thought I was winning but he made a move that made me lose a lot of important pieces. He’s the most challenging player ever I’ve played with. I’ve learnt to watch out to predict the next moves after playing with him. I’m on a game with him now. I hope I can beat him some day! 

I’ve started a new routine. Walking 5000 steps everyday. I’ve noticed the sides of my tummy go down a bit! This takes quite some time to walk around. I’m also taking a nap everyday.  But, I need more time and energy to do the things that will add value to me. I’ve been playing hanging out with friends on discord and it’s a good hang. But I sleep too late that makes me wake up very late.  I need time everyday, atleast 30 minutes to do my piano assignments.  So I plan to make a list of things that I must do daily and then make a time table of sorts. Let’s see if I can keep that going.