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1st June 2017 was when I was free from my last full time job. It also means since then (aka over a year) I have been on my own.<\/span><\/p>\n Looking back at these 360+ odd days, I have realized that I have done good for myself. I feel I have become more calm, healthy and confident.<\/span><\/p>\n Most of my time in the last one year has been spent on reading, learning new things like doodling, coding and rebuilding \u00a0my mental and physical strength. I have also been occasionally writing my “Random Thoughts”.<\/span><\/p>\n I have also spent a good amount of money on coffee, not that I\u2019m complaining about it. \u00a0I also happened to meet some extremely talented folks and made some great friends, who are always inspiring me to do better. <\/span><\/p>\n On the reading front, I mostly focussed on learning more about guts (our microbiome), human brain, running, keto, intermittent fasting, on writing, philosophy (mostly Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Osho and Jiddu Krishnamurti) and product development.<\/span><\/p>\n I felt scared and lonely at times. One constant question was : \u201cWTF am I doing?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n I can happily say that I will not \u00a0die of hunger, will survive. I have some great friends and mentors who are helping and will always be my side on this journey of life exploration.<\/span>I have been working on some startup ideas and trying to explore some more.<\/span><\/p>\n This constant fight with self and struggle to understand \u201cWho am I? \u201d seems to have made me gritty and system driven.<\/span><\/p>\n I would like to share 10 learnings from these 360+ days of my life:<\/span><\/p>\n 1st June 2017 was when I was free from my last full time job. It also means since then (aka over a year) I have been on my own. Looking back at these 360+ odd days, I have realized that I have done good for myself. I feel I have become more calm, healthy and … <\/p>\n\n