First published in Sep 2022 on LI

Things that will truly enrich your life:

• Wake up before sunrise and step out.

• Exercise. Strength training; walk or run, if nothing.

• Take Cold showers. 1-2 min at least. Even during Winters

• Measure what you eat. Best discipline.

• Practise Meditation. 15 mins before sleep in bed.

• Fall in Love with yourself.

• Fall in Love with someone.

• Fall out of Love.

• Wake up with a responsibility of caring for some life.

• Experience Death of a loved one. Sitting next to them when they are about to die.

• Buy food for someone who doesn’t have means to buy.

• See a random stranger crying.

• Walk with yourself in complete solitude.

• Travel a lot. More nondescript places, less exotic ones.

• Experience grief and trauma.

• Experience bankruptcy. Witness Poverty.

• Interact with a toddler. Hold hand of an old person.

• Get cheated on. Face rejections.

• Have Regrets.

• Question every narrative.

• Hug someone tightly.

• Cry alone. Cry in front of everyone.

• Never look upto anybody. Never look down upon anybody.

• Learn to cook.

• Character over Reputation. Character is what you truly are. Reputation is what you want others to know who you are.

• Learn to sit back and observe. Not everything needs a reaction.

• Listen when someone wants you to, Talk when You need you to. Speak up, when others need you to.

• Ask Why, Answer Why Not!

• Spend some time in a different country than yours.

• No smoke. No alcohol.

• Visit a war torn country.

• Check on someone you care.

• Read more, Watch less

• Never expect to get what you give.

• “Leap, and the Net will appear”

• Develop a Hobby.

• If have to, Hustle “18 hours” for yourself, not for others.

• Step out in Real Life, Step out of Digital Life.

• Take photographs.

• Love someone unconditionally

• Get drenched in rain.

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