2024 Recap

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Here is a quick recap of things I did in 2024.

January

  • Mostly uneventful.

  • Had fun at a friend's bachelor's party.

February

  • Attended friends wedding and function. First friend in circle to get married, lol.

  • Attended Zakir Khan's show, first standup event. Had some good laughs.

  • Worked from office for a week, with many colleagues flying in. Helped re-align and focus everyone.

March

  • Took a solo-trip to Varkala, as a free flight voucher was expiring. Stayed at hostel for a week, surfed for first time. Met some interesting people.

  • Re-enforced the plan for learning to swim as a basic life skill.

April

  • Started taking swimming lessons.

  • Went to a trampoline park. Had fun but realised how the body starts becoming less agile as you grow old and why need to take care of it.

May

  • Quarterly work from office week. Met some of my team after ~1.5 years.

  • Did a quick weekend roadtrip to Bir with friends. Didn't Paraglide due to rainy weather, but had a good time.

  • Continued swimming 6 times a week.

June

  • Mostly uneventful.

  • Continued swimming.

July

  • Attended Piyush Mishra's concert.

  • Did a roadtrip to attend a friend's wedding in Jaipur. Had a good time. Attended all functions but missed Baarat because underestimated Jaipur traffic, lol.

  • Helped Mom in running her Mandala Art stall in an exhibition.

  • Continued swimming.

August

  • Lost my iPhone on a morning run. Felt disappointed in self and society. Switched back to Android.

  • Continued swimming.

September

  • Continued swimming for first half of the month, taking daily swimming to ~5 continuous months. Proud of keeping the schedule going and finally learning.

  • Workation in Goa for roughly a month. Trip started with office retreat and did hostel hopping for ~2 weeks in Goa.

October

  • Went to Gokarna for a week, saw some good beaches. Wrapped up Goa trip with family flying in for few days.

  • Met up with friends back in Delhi for Diwali, played Poker and had a good time.

November

  • Went to Thailand with few friends. Covered Bangkok, Phuket and Krabi.

  • In Phi Phi Islands, swam in the Ocean without a life jacket for first time. As proud of self as ever been.

  • Had to cut trip short and return due to some family emergency.

December

  • Cut out pretty much all the junk + outside food. Ate clean and healthy.

  • Started learning Ukulele.

  • Got lower back injury pain to re-enforce the belief how fragile this body is.

What Else

Didn't cover much work related updates before, but launched some major modules @Wobot.

Summary

Could have been better, could have been worse. Had a good time, we go again in 2025.