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Burnout: When life stops completely

Posted on August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 by pranay

The origin of this blog I have been aware of the term burnout for a while. In fact, in the first weeks of COVID I had written of burnout from my experiences with WFH. As time progressed, I thought I had identified the issues and started to act on it. I took a couple of…

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State of crypto (July 2022)

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by pranay

The crypto markets are not having their best days right now. Google searches for is crypto dead are skyrocketing, the market cap of all cryptocurrencies has gone down by 65-70% with most coins down 80%+ from their peak. It was time for me to rethink whether I got caught up in the hype or was…

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The changing world order

Posted on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 by pranay

Over the last 1-2 years I have been reading some books about history and some others about patterns in history that can be observed that can help us understand our future better (ex: the book Why Nations Fail and this blog I wrote about how history can help us predict our future) . I have…

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From loneliness to solitude

Posted on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 by pranay

I did not know the word solitude for the longest time. If you are like me, the definition of solitude is the state or situation of being alone. However it’s not the same as loneliness. If loneliness is being alone as an unwanted state of being, solitude is the exact opposite. It’s the state of…

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To be a Stoic

Posted on May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 by pranay

Stoicism has entered and touched my life and thoughts occasionally a few times over the last 10 years. I remember a direct report mentioning my philosophy is like stoic philosophy. It also pops up in some books like Sophie’s world. Also we keep using the term stoic to represent someone who is emotionless. As I…

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The 42 trip: Week 2 (Phang Nga)

Posted on April 16, 2022May 15, 2022 by pranay

I came to thailand more than 2 weeks back. It was a fairly sudden trip. Leave job, plan everything and fly out within a week or so. The first week blog talks about why thailand and why I am traveling solo. I started off in Bangkok (because of the regulations and COVID stuff). Then I…

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The 42 trip: Week 1 – Khao Yai, Pattaya (TH)

Posted on April 7, 2022May 15, 2022 by pranay

The 42 trip: If you have read or heard about the famous book Hitchiker’s guide to galaxy, this number is a pun to that book. To provide more context, in the book a really super super supercomputer is built to answer the question of life and it emits the answer 42. Now the problem is…

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Shinrinyoku

Posted on April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 by pranay

Shinrinyoku (森林浴) is a japanese term that loosely means the pleasure of forest bathing. In another words, it highlights the positive psychological benefits of spending time in nature and forest. (Wiki) This poem was inspired by being in the woods when it was written. It’s been a long yearOf stress and worriesIn these muscles and…

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My learnings from 2021 & fabric

Posted on March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 by pranay

In March 2021, I took up a new role as Director of Engineering at a (then) small startup called fabric. Almost 1 year later, I decided to leave this role and take a few months off. It’s been an eventful year with so many changes including a country move and various life events. Like any…

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Galactic empire of Foundation series

Posted on January 28, 2022May 15, 2022 by pranay

I have always been interested in human dynamics, sociology, psychology and just the idea of how people behave. I have also been a science fiction fan. I have also been reading about human history and how things have changed over the last 1-2 years. So when I started reading the Foundation series again last year,…

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