2013 Progress Update #2

Goal #10 Try vegetarianism for a month (happening right now) This is happening right now! Feburary, 2013 is THE month. Of course I would pick the shortest month in a non-leap year to try this, despite many friends telling me to pick a summer month to get better and more variety of vegetables. I grew […]

2013 New Year Progress Update #1 – Travel Goals

Travel: Since my last progress update in September 2012, I have visited Jersey City (NJ), New York City (NY), Chicago (IL), Charlottesville (VA), St Louis (MO), Philadelphia (PA), Dallas (TX), Miami (FL), and Norman (OK). However, those were all states that I had already been to before, so I couldn’t take any states off my 50 […]

Splits progress

The progress up to this point (12/12/2012) is “subtle”, and I must confess that I hadn’t worked on this pose much in the past month or so. Instead, I spent most of my stretching time on hip-opening stretches like single and double pigeon poses, and half lotus. Hanuman is a super intense pose for me, […]

Goal #28: Give money to RadioLab

I always make sure that I have several RadioLab podcasts on my ipod whenever I have to drive long distance. While listening to music is fine for a couple of hours, a RadioLab episode can make the journey seem so much shorter. For those of you who don’t know, Radiolab is a radio program produced by WNYC, […]

Be a Happy Action Hero

Just started reading Timothy Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Work Week, a book about “Lifestyle Design”, and came across the above quote by former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. It’s an interesting read. Although I feel that I already have that mindset described in the book, and I’m already doing many of the things, there are some wonderful […]

Goal #38 – Revamp Wardrobe (Phase 2): Shirts. 153 of them.

After trying on 32 pairs of pants in phase 1 of revamping my wardrobe, this time is “shirts” day. All kinds of shirts (button down shirts, polo shirts, T-shirts, undershirts, long sleeves shirts, workout shirts, football jerseys, etc.) will be evaluated today. The good thing is, unlike pants, there is no need to try on every […]

Goal #38 – Completely revamp my wardrobe – Phase 1

I am moving to a new apartment in less than a month’s time. Just thinking about all the packing, moving, and unpacking makes me want to throw everything away and start fresh at my new place. With this mindset, I decided that this would be a good time to begin the revamping my wardrobe project. […]

My recipe for professional happiness

  Convention wisdom says don’t mix business with pleasure. I couldn’t disagree with it more. Mixing business and pleasure doesn’t mean sacrificing professionalism. Pleasure doesn’t mean doing nothing. (As you can see from my 45things list. I get so much pleasure from actively doing things). To me, it simply means integrating my authentic self into […]

Progress Update: September, 2012

Goal #1 Visit 50 states (in progress) I went to Telluride, Colorado for the Risk and Reward Library Conference (aka R2 Conference), which was hands down the best library conference I’ve ever attended. The entire conference challenged convention library thinking. Everything was planned and executed meticulously. It was such an exciting experience. However, while I was intrigued […]