Catharsis

  December 2024 After a couple of years of tracking the number of books I read/ movies & shows I watched (like everything in life this information is best plotted in an excel 😉🤣), I hit the target 🎯 of 200 this year ..drum roll 😎.  This practice of meticulously recording everything in an excel and setting the target 🎯 of 200 Books, Movies and Shows stemmed from the place of reclaiming  me-time  in this chaotic world of juggling multiple priorities.  (Source: Author's file photo) (Source: Google) I have always been a voracious reader, and there is something magical about being teleported (literally) to new worlds.  A few tips on how I consistently continued to read/ watch interesting stuff in pursuit of this milestone:                                                           ...

October 2021 I took the decision of quitting my job and embarking on my second sabbatical in June 2021 - this was not a knee jerk reaction to one event, but a reevaluation of pri orities owing to various factors over a period of time.  My previous blog “Musings of a Sabbatical-eur”  ( https://ac-catharsis.blogspot.com/2016/09/ ) talks at length about why it’s worth taking a sabbatical; this blog is more about my journey on a less-travelled path.  (Source: Google) The onset of the pandemic has changed all our lives in more ways than one. The second wave hit closer to home, and listening to the harrowing experiences of friends & family made me see things in a new perspective. Somewhere along the line, my life had been on default mode, just rushing from one task to another; neither taking the time to enjoy the moments in life, nor reflecting about things that truly mattered. Simba, our boisterous golden retriever pup, coming home and the Pawrenting journey was the ...

October 2016 (Source: Google) All of us have pet phrases - phrases that captivate us so much that we end up using them innumerable times across myriad occasions. One such favorite phrase of mine is 'Freedom to Operate'. Freedom to Operate, abbreviated FTO, is a term in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - simply put, FTO is determining whether a particular action, such as testing or commercialising a product, can be done without infringing valid intellectual property rights of others. Under the guise of poetic license, I like using this phrase (or rather stretching its usage), in the larger canvas of life. My sole yardstick for measuring all life choices, personal as well as professional, is an affirmative response to the question "If I decide to travel on this path, will I still retain my Freedom to Operate - the freedom to explore my potential in the Learning Zone without compromising on the values I stand for"? Presenting my fi...