review 2021

Bullets in no particular order

• Travelled to Mumbai, lived with friends. Had massive fun.
  • my friends made me realize that married life can be fun
• Lived with mother and talked to her a lot
  • it is important to know your parents “as a person”
• Had lots of mangoes
  • love langda mango, more than alphonso
• Took fitness more seriously, started lifting regularly:
  • deadlift: increased from 70kg to 105kg
  • squat: increased from 40kg to 70kg
  • pullups: increased from 2 pullups to 10 pullups
  • running / cycling: kept this pretty low, will make progress on this next year
  • animal flow: learnt a fair bit, enjoyed it a lot
• got out of a long term, long distance relationship
  • never let anyone close to you feel lonely
  • long distance is extremely challenging.
  • The pandemic has had far reaching consequences
• stayed in Bangalore and played lots of basketball alone
• tried to learn skateboarding
  • falling safely is one of the most important skills that we lose as we get old
• lost a dear friend to post COVID complications.
• Faced major anxiety through the second wave of the pandemic.
• Took mother for a trip to Goa, our first leisure travel.
  • Her smile when she saw the sea for the first time in her life was precious.
• wrote a lot to myself regularly
• woke up before sunrise for almost 5 months out of 12
• got promoted to lead data scientist
• bought a car, learnt to drive
• went for a roadtrip with a friend. Covered 2300 in 11 days in Rajasthan
• Travelled to Manali, saw snow for the first time
• survived a car accident, fortunately, without any major damage
• went out on many dates, finally fixed on one person
• read and bought a bunch of graphic novels / comics. loved it