Recent notes to self

-          Traffic lights are not a place to wonder about different aspects of life where you let your mind drift off and momentarily forget where you are until the person behind horns and brings you back to reality.

-          Singing the awesome acoustic version of ‘Do it like a dude’ when at a supermarket checkout counter or in the elevator may not be a cool idea when people around can hear you.  They’ll stare at you when they clearly hear the lyrics of the chorus.

-          When mummy says, “Wake up early I need you to channel a few doctors for me online for my checkups and aches and pains” it actually means, wake up at 6am or I’ll not get my appointments as the docs are in high demand. It also means, these docs are very expensive so it will drain the life out of your credit card.

-          The brother has grown so when he says he’s got plans for the weekend, he’s actually doing things that you wanted to do but didn’t. Like starting guitar classes and going for meditation classes. 

-          Do not make the mistake of telling mummy that listening to religious preachings 24/7 and sharing the knowledge with others is not adequate but one must practice it. You’ll either go deaf due to the loud scoldings or the topic will be diverted to something you do not want to hear. 

-          Decide on what you want to do with the money you saved for charity/good deeds. Either give it to the temple that has 55 little monks for daily expenses and food or give it to the orphanage that has mentally handicapped adults who are over 30-40 yrs old but act like 5-10yr olds and call you ‘aunty’. 

-          You can counsel everyone else when they’ve a problem but not yourself. It’s the case with many so don’t try too hard. 

-          People open up to you easily and tell you very personal things and their problems. They just need a sense of relief and they trust you. There’s a limit to which you can help others. So don’t be sad when you can’t do anything much to help.

-          When you got to know through the grapevine that the toughest former client you worked with had called the new workplace and said great things about you to a big boss, it felt good, didn’t it?  Don’t you sometimes wonder who you are and what you actually do?