JOURNAL | Counting the Days: A Reflection on Life, Purpose, and the Unexpected

It’s funny how life throws us curveballs when we least expect them. We go through our routines—waking up, going to work, complaining about the mundane—and then, out of nowhere, something happens that shakes our sense of normalcy to its core. 

The other day, I got news that left me speechless. A friend of mine, not someone I’m particularly close to, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He’s in his late twenties, young and full of potential, and yet here he is, facing a challenge that no one should have to confront at that age. I couldn’t wrap my head around it. How is it that I spend so much of my energy sulking over trivial matters when people like him are grappling with life-threatening illnesses? 

JOURNAL | Life Realities Or The 11 Rules by Bill Gates

Life Realities Or The 11 Rules by Bill Gates

Quite recently, I have been reading this book entitled "The New New Thing" authored by Lewis. The book talks about the development at Silicon Valley and how pretty much the Internet Age started. It is an eye opener in the sense that it capitalizes on the idea that there is so much money in the market; only takes a person's will to grab them. And to do that, this person must be willing to sacrifice a lot.