Sonali

We are in November and in celebration mode. This is the time, at least in India, to be with family and friends and be merry. We try and replicate it as much as possible here in our adopted country. So today is Dhanteras – the festival of Dhan or money. Usually you buy something metallic…

I can’t believe that October is already over! If is only 3 days to Diwali. And only 2 months to Christmas! Where did the year go? I can’t believe that we are ushering in 2014….. We had a farewell lunch for a colleague at work today and we went to Malabar restaurant in Darlinghurst. It…

And day 70….wow, did not believe I would come this far when I started this amazing journey. It has been interesting in so many ways! But I will write about that when I reach the 100 day mark.  Today was a busy day. You have some days where you do a lot but come back…

An early start to the day today coz i had our monthly offsite at work. Overall an uneventful day except where has summer disappeared? It was cold and windy….Brrrrr! Come on sun, come back again…not so strong to cause fires but to bring some sunshine and warmth! As it was an offsite, I wore a…

Monday…start of another work week. I worked from home on Friday which turned to be an extremely productive day. So I did end up going to work quite refreshed but an unexpected client meeting threw my calendar and my day out of whack. The organised person that I am (at work), this essentially means that…

Thursday – another day closer to the weekend! An uneventful day except I had a lot of meetings and interactions at work. Since my last course, I have become quite interested in behavioral sciences and what make each of us a unique human being. I have been reading about it and it is fascinating. We…

Hump day! At last…..this week has been dragging! My day was very productive today. With no neighbours to disturb( two of my team members were on leave), I was able to complete a lot of planning that had been outstanding for some time. I felt good at the end of day! It was a very…

What a day! Everything from the weather to the start of the day was unpredictable. It did end up a productive day but I was never sure how it would pan out looking at my morning. Now that my last holiday is over, I am already planning for my next one. We had initially thought…

Ah, Monday…..you come around so quickly! These are my sentiments every Monday. So today was no different especially since we had a really busy weekend. Work was busy as usual on a Monday but the highlight was my team meeting. I had sent around a HBR article titled “Manage your energy not your time”. It…

Thank God it’s Friday! Every Friday I repeat these words, but I can never get tired saying them. They bring on the weekend, after all! Our household machinery is still running at 75% capacity. Avi’s back is better but he is still hurting which means that I have to pick a few jobs that are…