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First Half – Easy Pace Second Half – At pace for half / marathon Playlist: Atmospheric Calm on Spotify Highlight sub 8:30 for first time in 5th/6th miles

Habits I don’t feel my day is anchored if I don’t do my morning routine. When I pause to reflect mid day if my day is going well or not, I end up not worrying about it if I recollect that I did my morning routine. So it acts as...

Weekend of Highs and Lows Highs — Father’s Day, India vs Pak ODI, Golf, Hayagreevar Dolai Lows — Friend encountering back to back family tragedies, shaking our core. +ve is many of us rallying to their...

Stock Restrictions Talking to a friend this weekend. Company he works for is publicly traded. ALL employees are prohibited from trading company stock for close to 5 weeks during the earnings window. This extends to a week after...

Tutoring I have started Math tutoring for two middle school students from Meany Middle school. Don from 4C coalition asked me to help and I am glad to. We did ratios and percentages last week. I believe that 1–1 coaching could...

Gardening My landscaper quit suddenly. I hope he is ok, given all the issues around immigration these days. Usually, I would have looked for another one. But this time, decided to give myself a try. Three weeks later, the...

Deja Vu Every time I deal with entities in India, a feeling of helpless Deja Vu washes over me. ICICI is number one. The Tax Department is next. I have wasted many many hours last few weeks dealing with these shenanigans. I am...

Writing Some claim that one has to write every day to break the idle cycle. If I write everyday it may be inane. But who cares, there is too much inane stuff out there on the ether, so adding mine won’t hurt. So, I will attempt...

Half Marathon I ran my first half marathon last weekend. It was a satisfying experience. It was the St Jude Rock and Roll event. I started running regularly since November 2018. It was just a small attempt that somehow has...

SaaS consolidation CRM’s acquisition of DATA is giving a boost to cloud stocks today. Continues to show Salesforce’s appetite for acquiring other companies. It would be interesting to find out how earlier acquisitions, such as...