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Activating your inner AWACS

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 16, 20201 mins

At some point one starts acting one’s age. I suppose. In the past year, I can’t recall how many times I’ve come close to yelling “For @#$%$#% sake, increase your goddamn immunity! And, for crying out…

When does a streak become a habit?

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 06, 20201 mins

A conversation with a colleague years ago in Chicago. He: “Heard you started doing meditation?” Me (feeling rather smug): “Yeah. I took this class at Himalayan Institute 4 months ago and I continued…

Digital Visarjan

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 04, 20201 mins

Garmin Forerunner 310 with data being logged religiously on RunningAHEAD, chosen for their non-social DNA Plain-old digital watch (borrowed Garmin for occasional races) Nike Running Club (NRC) app on…

Dabbling with discomfort

Vishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20191 mins

Maximizing pleasure doesn’t need practice. It’s hardwired into our system. Tolerating pain, however, is a different ball game. Notice how I swapped maximizing with tolerating. Maximizing pain fits…

Goodbye to Vitamin I

Vishy KurugantiDecember 26, 20192 mins

Earlier this year I had written about unlocking a superpower, a post that tantalizingly starts with me ‘visualizing away’ a raging headache, a feat that sadly turns out to be a one-time wonder. If you…

Can you survive on 5 tabs?

Vishy KurugantiDecember 22, 20192 mins

Years ago I took a course on Effective Time Management. There were quite a few productivity hacks that I adopted (some permanently). However, his most controversial hack was to declare war on post-its…

The imperfect vegan

Vishy KurugantiDecember 20, 20191 mins

When I turned vegan ~6 years ago, my conformance was slightly less than 100% initially. This was largely to keep domestic peace without compromising the core principle. For example, Palak paneer, a…

Planes and trains

Vishy KurugantiDecember 17, 20191 mins

An old school friend (M) gave the following reason for giving up meat : “One fine day I felt that I had eaten enough chicken for a lifetime. So I turned vegetarian.” My feelings towards planes and…

Getting healthy.. the slow way

Vishy KurugantiDecember 15, 20193 mins

“Nobody wants to become rich slowly.” – Warren Buffet Replace “rich” with “healthy” and the quote will still ring true. In late 2008, after 1.5 decades of asthma-free bliss, my top worry as I settled…

A runner takes a walk

Vishy KurugantiDecember 11, 20191 mins

A rare Monday morning when I woke up at 430am. Rare because the alarm was set for 630am. Mondays are rest days (runner speak) or normal days (regular speak). This kind of inexplicable thing happens…

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