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I love the fact that I have a routine, and I would recommend everyone to have one as well.
Because it ensures you attend to yourself, before you attend to the world.

Here is my weekend routine:

6.30-6.45am: Sip a glass of water.

6.45-7.15am: Meditate

7.15-7.45am: Reading

7.45-8am: Do epic shit :))

8am-8.45am: Gym

8.45-9am: Newspaper

9-9.30am: Get ready

9.30-10am: Breakfast

10am-12.30pm: Work day

This usually comprises checking emails, prepping for my Monday shoot (I shoot all my videos on Monday), thinking time etc.

12.30-1.30pm: Time waste schedule :)

1.30-2.30pm: Lunch

2.30-5.30pm: This is when we either watch a movie (happens maybe once/twice a month) or we go out for some errands (my wife and I LOVE shopping haha!)

5.30-6.30pm: Check emails

6.30-7pm: Dinner

7-8pm: Park with family

8pm: Get ready for bed

8.30pm: Put kids to bed

9pm: Read

9.30pm: Sleep

So basically, a LOT of chilling and unwinding with only half a day of work.

On Sunday, the same routine follows, except in the morning Ruchi and I usually go for a heritage or nature walk. 

Delhi has a LOT of places to visit and has a rich history and we both love walk tours with experts.

These walks usually start at 7am (so we have to leave home by 6am) and end by 9.30/10am, so we are back home by 11am.

So – getting ready, breakfast, newspaper, etc. are all pushed to the first half of the day (by 12.30pm), after which the day looks very close to how a Saturday looks like.

Happy weekend, lovelies :) 

Growing up, the 4-letter word in our world was f**k.

Today it is FOMO.
The Fear Of Missing Out.

Missing out on the things our friends are doing.
Missing out on the experiences others are sharing.

There are just too many choices to choose from.
Because of social media, we have the ENTIRE WORLD telling us what they are up to.
And what we could potentially be doing.

It was some years back that Ravi, my nearbuy co-founder, introduced me to JOMO.
The Joy Of Missing Out.

When you miss out on something, you still have something else with you.

That moment.
That precise moment, which is yours.
Nobody else’s.

At that moment, when you see the picture of your friend enjoying, close your eyes and breathe in what you have.

Let go of what your friend might be going through.
Which most likely is also FOMO, from their other friend.

Remind yourself of this very moment you have with yourself.

As Naina from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani said:

“Life mein jitna bhi try karo, kuch na kuch toh chootega hi. Isliye yahin, isi pal ka mazza lete hain.”

Everyone is walking with some goal, some target, and some destination in mind.

Finish your education by 22.
Get a job by 25.
Get married by 27.
Have kids by 30.
Buy a house by 35.
Get that fancy car, that vacation, that watch, that phone, that bank balance, that status, that position, that dream thing, by XX.

Every goal, target, or destination has a timeline set by us.
And you know what happens because of that?

You are constantly under stress.

Not because you can’t hit the target.
It is because you think you will not hit the target BY THAT TIMELINE.

The happiest folks are the ones who have goals, targets, and who work towards a destination BUT without a timeline.

Free yourself.
Make some mistakes.
Give yourself time to recover.
Give yourself a life to live :)

If you feel low on energy throughout the day, this is for you.

Sleeping well is perhaps the single biggest determinant of physical and mental energy.
You should aim to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep everyday.

I sleep at 9:30pm everyday and sleep for 7 hours.
And then try to sleep for another hour during the afternoon.

It is ridiculous how easy it is to gain that energy and how many of us still waste this natural cure to so many problems!

We are often told that quitting is a bad thing.

Because winners don’t quit.
Winners say yes to everything.
Winners hustle!
Winners are constantly motivated.
Sleep is a waste of time for winners.

They’re all LIES.

In fact, winners quit all the time.

They quit unhealthy relationships.
They quit toxic jobs.
They quit interactions that force them to be vicious.
They quit their decisions if they haven’t worked despite best attempts.
They quit situations if they are not headed in the right direction anymore.
They quit any bias that prevents them from exploring new differing perspectives.

What is the mark of a true winner?

To know when to stop doing something.
To know when to change course.
To know when to reassess, reimagine, and reconfigure.

Don’t be afraid of change; it will only help you win.

It’s hard to have more time.
Too much to do.
And all that’s genuine work.

But if we do what we have been doing, how will we ever get different results?

The key is to do different things to change the results, because the same things always guarantee the same results.

The key is to know that the most successful people also have the same twenty-four hours; what and how we do things matters.

The key is to know that we have the key; not the reasons we tell ourselves.

Of course, time is a constraint.
That equally makes it a power for us.

Study hard. Get good grades. Go to college. Get a job. Get married. Settle down.
That’s the society’s definition of success. 

Nothing wrong, however, it’s someone else’s – and we may want to create our own.

Which may mean taking a gap year.
Or not knowing what to do for five years.
Or perhaps always exploring; never settling.

We’ll not be accepted, laughed at, and even mocked at what we do.
Almost every time.

The unconventional path is filled with resistance.
But at least it is our own!

We have big dreams. They want us to never stop.
Our fears are also loud. They want us to stop right now.

Which one will win?

The one that gets heard the most.

Dream is an inner voice. Fear is an acquired one.
The voice that gets heard more, is the voice that wins.

Content creation is something all of us must do.

It’s an opportunity generator.
Helps us connect with more people.
Share our interests and work with the world.

However, a lot of people get confused about what to create content on. 

The answer is: whatever we do.

If we play a guitar, that would be our content.
If we love to write, it becomes our content.
If we manage to be productive despite stress, that becomes our content.

There’s only so much that we can create, but there is also so much that we can share about who we are. 

We’re going through a difficult time.
We’re failing.
Perhaps everyone has already believed we are a failure.

But who is a real failure?
Didn’t every successful person fail more than succeed?

The purpose of failure isn’t to prove how big a failure we are.
The purpose of failure is to test how determined towards success we are.