Tag: Life
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Bloganuary Day 25: What do I enjoy doing most in my leisure time?
Until recently, I used to chastise myself for “wasting time”, for using time that could very well be used for a productive task to do something unproductive. In fact, this is often the textbook definition of procrastination – you end up doing irrelevant things as you put off important, but difficult, tasks. I started seeing…
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Bloganuary Day 24: A place close to home that I haven’t yet visited
My wife and I moved to Kochi in 2016, I love this city and want to stay here for the foreseeable future. This year, we would have spent eight glorious years in the city, and by now, we have explored every nook and corner of it. Well, almost. It is hard to believe that there…
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Bloganuary Day 20: My Dream Job
Yes, you read that right. I am currently doing my dream job. I’m currently an Open Source Program Manager at Automattic. I work full time on open source software (WordPress) – my focus is on making its contributor experience the best it could be. I am working on building and improving programs such as mentorship…
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Bloganuary Day 19: What makes a good leader?
This is such a relevant question for me, as I myself am currently pursuing a career in leadership. What I am sharing below are my unfiltered, instinctive thoughts on good leadership – take them with a pinch of salt, if you will. In my opinion, a good leader empowers their team to do their best…
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Bloganuary Day 15: My favorite animal
My wife and I are proud pet parents to three persian cats – Ikru, Boo, and Auro. Two of our cats – Boo (1.0), and Kiku passed away in 2021, counting them, we have had five cats altogether. I absolutely love cats. They are fiercely independent, strong, and creative beings. They are playful and casual.…
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Bloganuary Day 14: The ways I communicate online
Online communication has become a part and parcel of my life. For me, the internet is not only a medium, but is also my workplace. And it’s not just because I work remotely, but also because I work on the web and on open source technologies (WordPress) that help create the internet as we know…
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Bloganuary Day 13: A memorable road trip
We bought a Nissan Magnite in May 2023, upgrading from a 9 year old Maruti Suzuki Ciaz. It was a much needed upgrade for the primary driver (pun not intended) of our family, as the Ciaz had survived a major accident not too long ago and had left us stranded on the road at least…
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Bloganuary Day 10: An item that I was attached to, and its current status
Today’s prompt takes me back to an earlier memory, that I had actually blogged about, two bloganuary’s back. I had a yellow toy car that I was quite fond of, and I remember bawling my lungs out when I lost it. Check it out for your reading pleasure: Well, in addition to that toy, I…
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Bloganuary Day 9: What is my mission?
I am a child of the internet. I was born in the eighties and grew up in the nineties. I became a “netizen” or an internet citizen in my late teens and have never looked back. For a confused gawky teenager, the internet helped me find a place and made me feel heard. It would…
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Bloganuary Day 8: My thoughts on the concept of living a very long life
The idea of living a very long life is indeed intriguing. I personally believe that life is beautiful, it is the best thing we have – to be “self-aware” human beings and have an experience in this world which has so much to offer. We all have a window of time to spend in this…
Hari Shanker R 