Settling In

Finally I found the time to post!

Not that I have been busy with work, but I have some or the other work that has been keeping me busy.So the delay.

Well update time now! Some of the things that have happened:

1. Work: I am settling into my new job. It is a nice relaxed place, people seem friendly and warm and they are giving me time to settle in, not that they have too much of a choice, I am quite useless till they train me. Till then I try and make the 8 hours I spend at work more useful, by doing litle things here and there, trying to understand the work that we do and somehow be prepared for the load of work that will hit me once I am trained and ready to go. Some of these guys are really nice and have helped me in feeling nice here. The best part is they don't bother you too much and are not fussed about how you work, where you work from or when you work. And the 12-10, 8 hours in this period, suits me just fine. Makes life a lot simpler. Hope I settle in and stay here for a long time.

2. Lifestyle: The main benefit of the timings is that I hit the gym 5 days a week, all weekdays. I pamper myself the rest of the two :). And will travel most weekends, so I don't mind at all. The gymming is doing me good, hope to shed 10 kilos of the flab in 6 months, ambitious but do-able but only if I watch what I eat. The eating part I am trying to do, but chocolate and sugar continue to tempt me and make the losing plan a little difficult. But so far so good. All the treadmill running is making me feel better and I see the stamina for running building. It is 2 weeks now, and I must say I have done well for myself. Don't intend to miss the 5 times a week deadline. And the stuff I have learnt in the gym is:

· Patience: It does not show easily. It takes commitment and sustained effort for 6 months to reach. Something I call consolidation, a powerful process that shows results over time. Coming from a generation that wants everything instantly, this is a powerful learning, something that will keep me going in the low times, the bad times.

· Power of exercise: Though it is something that people all over the world have been going on and on about, I am feeling it for the first time. I am alert, energitic, need only 6-7 hours of sleep and I think faster. All because I spend that 50 minutes in the gym and when I do that I dont think of hurrying it, cutting short or think of other things. All I do is exercise and I have never felt this good :)

3. Future: All is well with everyone, friends, romans and countrymen. People are happy I find time for them and I am happy about that. I have a couple of things planned which I am working on:

• Business Plan: Both the parties have been active, roadblocks have been many and the decision is yet to be made. But the only decision that has been made is that something has to be done.
• Weight: I need to have a flat tummy, whatever it takes (IBN ishtyle), ideally in 8 months (around my birthday)
• Invest: Save and invest money.
• Book: The large picture is in place. I want to drill one level deeper now :)

Seems like, a year more and it will be a new me

All the best to me :)

Cheers!