Anand Nataraj

Posts Tagged ‘life’

Last couple od days has been a great challenge where it is a test for my patience, emotional control, balance life and profession, handle financial crisis, managing relationship et more…

It was suddenly decided that I’ve to under go an arthroscopy in my right shoulder… Considering the short time I had to wrap all my work on time before taking up the surgery… I was deeply pressurised while trying to balance it… Fortunately doctor has postponed the surgery…

Other great challenge is handling emotions of my parents and controlling my emotions… My parents have become soo desperate to get me married and they has started to add up pressure on me… It is becoming great challenge to handle them and control my emotions…

As always paypal has started messing up things and all our payments got locked which in turn delayed in getting payments… This mess has delayed getting my claims back… I had to manage my finances which was again a great challenge…

There is a good friend of mine with whom there is a ego war happening… I was in a real bad situation when an official obligation was scratching our already fragile personal relationship… But I stood for the interest of my company… But feeling bad for my friend… Hope we both patch up things soon…

I’ve been working on a lot of things in my company… There has been restructuring, expansion, promoting website, developing new products, inducting new services with a new team… It has become a huge burden in the monthly expenditure as well as managing team and team building…

When all the above mentioned things were happening at the same time… Balancing becomes a great challenge… Sometimes I get struck in taking decisions… But I’m happy and enjoying the situation… If I over come this situation it will give me a great moral boost in managing and handling things…

Came across an article in Rediff & only then I realized am getting OLD!!!

• Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was released 16 years ago.
• The Millennium is more than a decade old… Remembering the terms “Millennium Year” & “Y2K Problem”…
• Pierce Brosnan last acted as James Bond 9 years ago… I remember watching this movie in Bangalore…
• Itz been 10 years since 9/11 happened…
• The Matrix came out 12 years ago… I remember watching this movie when I was in College… Bunked class to watch this movie…
• Itz been 14 years since Diana died… I was still in school when the incident happened…
• Itz been 17 years since Sushmitha Sen & Aishwarya Rai won the first beauty peagent title for India… I was 14 years then…
• Itz been 20 years since I watched Home Alone… My uncle took me for the movie in Satyam Cinemas… Can’t believe Macaulay Culkin & me crossed 30 years…
• Terminator 2 is 20 years old…
• Can’t believe that the youngest Spice Girl is 35, the oldest Backstreet Boy 39…
• Still remember the buzz Jurassic Park created… It was my first exposure to Graphics in movie…
• Dil Chahta Hai is 10 years old… Watched it in Woodlans Theatre & still remember those days where I use to listen to DCH songs & work…

Not sure where is it going to lead… Weather it is for good or bad… But time is running like anything… This is what I did for last 3 days and it flew like a jet;

• Woke up at 11 AM…
• Went to GYM & Came home by 1 PM…
• Went to office for couple of meetings & retuned by 9 PM….
• Some mentoring work with startups in Coffee Day which goes till 11.30 PM…
• Talk to Cogzidel Technologies folks (Major & Bala) atleast for 30 min each (tentatively will finish the call by 1.30 AM)…
• Then  reading, replying sending emails for 30 min…
• Then reading Tech Crunch, Life Hacker for another 30 min…
• Read some blogs & post comments which till take another 30 min…
• Write my blog which is another 15 min…

Then I goto bed between 4 – 5 AM and the routine continues every day… In this tight schedule I missed talking to my sister in skype, had no time for my doggie, no time for my parents & no time to get in touch with friends…

Soon I want to create a life where I can get rid of Notebooks, BlabkBerries, Internet etc… I’m seriously considering of considering of buying some farm lands and concentrate on agriculture where in I can be attached with loved ones & nature …

Don’t make promise when you are in joy!
Don’t reply when you are sad!
Don’t take decision when you are angry!
Think twice before you act!
The other word is “Think before act, but don’t think too much”

• Take a 10 – 30 minute walk every day and while you walk, SMILE
• Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
• When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement.
  • My purpose is to _______________ today.
• Live with the 3 E’s: Energy , Enthusiasm and Empathy.
• And the 3 F’s: Faith, Family and Friends
• Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6
• Dream more while you are awake
• Try to make at least 3 people smile each day
• Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn, pass all the tests, problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
• Smile and laugh more, it will keep the energy vampires away.

• Life isn’t fair, but it is still good.
• Life is to short to waste time hating anyone.
• Don’t take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.
• You don’t have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.
• Make peace with your past, so it won’t mess the present.
• Don’t compare your life with others, you have no idea what their journey is all about.
• Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, don’t save it for a special occasion, today is special.
• No one is in charge of your happiness except you.  Forgive everyone for everything.
• What other people think of you is none of your business.
• Time heals everything.  Give time, time.
• However good or bad a situation is, it will change.  Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.  Your friends will stay in touch.
• Get rid of everything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
• Believe. The best is yet to come.
• No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
• Do the right thing.
• Call your family often.
• Each night before you go to bed, complete the following statement…
  • I am thankful for…
  • Today I accomplished……
• Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
• Enjoy the ride.  Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want to fast pass.  Make the most of it and enjoy the ride!

I’m really carried away by this Chetan Bhagat speech and also it makes sense.

Don’t just have career or academic goals. set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. i use the word balanced before successful. balanced means ensuring your health, relationship, mental peace are all in good order. there is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. there is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tension.

Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. if the marble falls, there is no point coming first. same is with life where health and relationships are the marble. your striving is only worth if it there is harmony in your life. else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being exciting and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nurturing the spark – don’t take life seriously. life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. we are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. if we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. and 50 years just 2500 weekends. do we really need to get so worked up?

It’s ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, Enjoy with your friends, fall in love, little fights with your loved ones. We are people, not programmed decided.

Don’t be serious, be sincere.

Life is Best for those who want to Live it,
Life is Difficult for those who want to Analyze it,
Life is worst for those who want to Criticize it,
Our Attitude Defines Life…

Enjoy Your Life,
Laugh so Hard That even Sorrow Smiles at You,
Live Life so Well That even Death Loves to see you Alive,
Fight so Hard That even Fate accepts its Defeat…