Hello, hello!

Writing this at the 11th hour of the day. Literally. The day was a blink and a rush. This week was going to be a long and busy one — lots of exams plus tons of things lined up at work. Particularly things I haven’t been able to finish in a while now, and they’re ticking in my mind. But again, that’s alright. A well-functioning sleep cycle sounds like fiction. I like most of my busy days and weeks. As long as I am able to show up for them. So, that.

Now, few things from the day.

One. Do you know what 343470 is?

If you’re a C4E person reading this, you HAVE to crack this. Hint: ff0032.in.

That apart, spent a few hours with Manas and Parth hashing out details and working and re-working flow + activities for The Taste Workshop today. ICYMI, it’s one of our latest experiments in learning + sharing all we know on taste. The first one is on March 22, in Versova, Mumbai. Should you like to sign up for this one OR in other cities – Blr, Del, etc — here’s a form. The room is a highly curated one, but you might know someone on the inside 😛

Anyhow, working on this today made me realise how much I actually know and can articulate. Who knew I had it in me? Good thing I get to take a shot at these random things. More on this once we have pulled it off.

Two. Man, I love Austin Kleon.

If I’m correct, Kleon has some 5 books on creativity. And being a creative person, overall. Kaushik gifted me his collection two Christmases back for Secret Santa. Best gift ever. Every time I flip through the pages, I am inspired to take action. On something. Anything. In fact, I haven’t even read all of them yet.

I started reading Show Your Work today and he’d talked about the idea of not just building a network, but also making processes that help you use the network better. For yourself and for others. And that made so much sense.

So I spent rest of my day in college scheduling my older blogs from this series on Substack. I have many more people reading it there, plus discovery is easier. And Apurva told me it’s not a bad idea to copy paste the same content on multiple platforms. From an SEO lens. So that.

I will spend more time next week — playing with AI tools and agents + making better systems — to set up strong distribution for AK, CQ, DD, CSS, all that + see what I can learn for C4E and it’s people.

Three. It’s nice to have a friend.

(Yes, it’s a nod to Taylor Swift. No Saurabh, she’s really good.)

Today has been a good day — thanks to family and friends.

Someone helped with a long, boring assignment. Another friend cooked me some dinner. I got a friend to pick and drop to and from the Versova Starbucks. Someone at college got me coffee. Grandma called and knew at the first hello that I was feeling a little batty. So, she was extra nice to me. Met Parth for the first time — and thanks to Aamina’s colleague dates, it felt like we’ve known each other a while. I also know someone has some mithai for me from Kolkata. That I shall get tomorrow. So, all that stuff. The little things. It’s my village that it takes. Nothing but gratitude.

An oh, another thing on this. I am guilty of not staying in touch with friends so often. Thing is, I miss + think people a lot. I just don’t know what to do or say or talk about. Textually awkward like that. So now, I’ve made a sticker for that.

Lastly. Scrapbook of the day.

1. This video promises to AI-fy your content. I haven’t tried it yet, but in case someone would like to.
2. Ate some brilliant Rice Bowl + Daikon cakes last night. Sozo in Versova comes greatly recommended from me. The sandos are very mid though.
3. I’ve learnt a new term. Ohio. Which means weird or strange. Can’t wait to use it in conversation soon.
4. Felt cute in my old and ragged Kurt Cobain T-shirt + Bliss Club pants today. That’s a rare feeling off-late.
5. I am, once again, obsessed with Minus Thirty ice-creams. Someone needs to stop me.
6. I feel like I’m getting my spark back. Make of that what you will.

Aaaaanndd, yeah! That’s all from the day.

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