quick tips..

When you are overwhelmed with a lot of work, dunno where to start, do this simple thing:

Take a paper, not just any scrap, a proper one, jot down the things u need to do, rate them based on their priority (how soon u need them to be done). It always helps to know exactly how much work you have.


After you've done the most urgent one, hit the hardest, ugliest task , which you'd tend to push away and then sit on it till u get it done. (ideal time for this would be mornings). As Brian TRacy says, "eat your frog!". Once the frog(the nasty job) gets out of your plate, you'll feel like doing the rest. There'll be a great increase in your levels of enthusiasm.

Gather all the things required.. all the follow-up emails, excel sheets, inputs from others, etc. before you start the work. This will help you finish it sooner.

After you complete each job, cross it out(prefereably in red ink). Trust me, it feels so good to cross each thing off!!

Take breaks once in a while.. Go have coffee, listen to a great song, check out any cute faces around you, practise your pick-up lines, blog, read my blogs.. wateva..


Reward yourself for every disciplined act you perform. No suggestions here.. do whatever works for you!!

gud luck!

morning hues..

The Masai tribe-
They say these people can arise from the deepest slumber to a state of battle readiness! When I read about them , I felt they were super-human. No human being can achieve that feat!
When I wake up from a night’s sleep (let alone a deep slumber) I wake up completely blank and blissfully oblivious to everything.

And God forbid, if I ever wake up before 6 am, I have a classic “ Mai kaun hu, mai kahaa hu” moment. I feel disoriented and completely clueless. I keep sleep-walking like a zombie, trying not to crash into walls and trying unsuccessfully not to stub my toes.. Even a hot bath can't make me feel human and when I dress up, I need to triple-check that I don’t have my dress on backwards.. And it takes quite a while before I can remember names and recognize people.

Actually, dawn is quire beautiful. i.e. if you are awake enough to appreciate it. The cool morning wind caressing your face and blowing in your hair. The sky above so beautiful in a dash of hues. A crimson ball of fire peeking out from amidst pink and purple clouds.. Watching the sun turn gradually into a bright orange (a color which sumhow I find really ugly) and then into a cheerful, resplendent yellow. This brings a smile to your face and you feel that life is wonderful!

an aftrnoon with national geographic..

Why?? How??

I was astounded as I lay on my couch one Saturday afternoon, as I saw this guy (Austin Stevens ) making his way into a dark cave in some rainforest, a place teeming with flies, lizards, hundreds of insects and goodness knows what. And he was there, chasing a snake! And when he found it, he started playing with it, cradling it in his hands. Eugh!!

If I saw even a cockroach anywhere near me, I’d jump onto the nearest chair, table, person, whatever, to get away from it.

And this dude, was voluntarily venturing into all these abominable place, teeming with awful creepy-crawlies! Yet I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen as I watched a different world- an undisturbed , fresh world blissful in its serene existence.



He waded into a shallow river to pick up a turtle and held it up for the camera, and the shy thing ducked its head deep into its shell. Was so funny.. The narrator said it must be around 50 years old! Imagine! 50 years of just silently wading through water, ceaselessly gliding by, in endless silence. I was wondering, how come it didn’t die of boredom!!

I’d previously thought/felt that it was wrong for humans to poke our noses into the world of flora and fauna, specially when I saw him wrench off a poor unsuspecting snake from a tree and forced it to open its jaws to show its incredible teeth to us folks resting happily in front of the TV screens. It kinda felt wrong to bother these creatures.

But when I thought of the turtle, I felt it was good that these creatures were getting a few minutes of break from the mundane-ness continuum of ceaseless existence.

And finally, feeling super glad and (supremely smug) for being human, I switched the TV off to get on with my life.