Hello, hello!

It’s been a while that I came back here. Things have been like things are — good, bad, simple, the usual. My days have a certain sense of routine now, which I like. I wake up by 6:30 or 7. I’m working by 8-ish. Lunch is 1 PM — I try to eat little portions and chew fast, but well. So I can sneak a little nap in. It’s a bad habit. Is this what they call guilty pleasures in life? Then, I try to get out of the house to avoid lazing — cafes or a coffee run for change of pace. Some wind-up-the-day kind of calls. Two hours of gym — no workouts are shorter, but I take it slow. Life’s little luxury. Dinner and prep for the next day. Some “easy” work — Canva, silly content, etc. And when Siri tells me to go sleep at midnight, I do.

Most days, I’m super excited to wake up to the next day and do this again. So much so that I don’t want to sleep. Workout endorphins, I think. Then I remind myself of all the time I’ve been advised to resist this trap and wait for the sunrise.

Nice only – I’d say?

Work is fun. Most of it is making things. Physical, digital, AI, hand-made, etc. As long as I am seeing progress on each, I’m okay. Each day I wish I had four more hours or I could simply do things more efficiently. Don’t know which one will happen first — I mean, AI is cool and all but the world has its ways.

I am working on a Journal project this month. There’s two more lined up. One of the most prominent prompts was, “What are you most excited for lately?” I think that’s a brilliant question to ask people in general. Says a lot about them. Here’s my answer.

One. I’ve been experimenting with Google’s Flow and Veo tools. I am really enjoying the process. So far, I don’t think there is much science to it. You talk to Grok, it does a lot writing, you tell that to Veo and wait. Then you give Grok feedback on the prompts. And it gives a better version of things. Rinse, repeat. Veo takes a couple minutes to generate output. As much as I hate it, I think it’s the adrenaline/dopamine hits of this waiting period where you find out whether or not your prompt worked. Most of my experiments are documented on this X thread.

Two. The last 25 days, I’ve eaten + exercised FAIRLY regularly. Maybe a week off in each, but never together — periods, moods, lazy, tired, all that. I am learning how to regulate better. The scales tell me I’m 2 kgs down and while I wouldn’t want to celebrate, I’m happy. It’s good for me.

Three. C4E Labs. I’ve been trying to make things happen here for a LONG time now. But there hadn’t been much progress. To a point that I’d been terribly upset + frustrated with myself. But, I can report some today. So that’s good. Some links you can see: MyColourFactory, CerebralQuotient.com and DijonAudio. More as we go.

Four. I’ve been trying to do a lot of + regular content on Decoding Draupadi’s Instagram. It’s not the most perfect. It’s not the most engaging. Not viral for sure. But it exists out there. 14 videos a week is what we’ve been able to do. Not bad at all. Learning through repetition on this. Plus, this has definitely helped us grow and be better. As of today, we’re 1200. Slow, yes. Bu let me err on the side of momentum for this. Plus, the WhatsApp community is now over a 1000 members. One post blew up and we basically doubled. Now, there’s always a 100 pending DMs to get to — and between Nina, Ishita and I, we’re making sure we respond to each. Good problem to have!

Five. Would be a collection of tiny fun-facts. And updates from the lives of some friends. That make me REALLY happy. But that’s for when you and I have coffee some time.

And, this is it.

I shall be back soon — with more structure. More updates. More value (?)

Love,

Anshika – on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Ps: I share interesting links and stories that tickle my brain through the day on this WhatsApp group. Most of it doesn’t make it to these blogs, but should you like to join — here.

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