Wildlife adventures, fixing health, attending conferences, and musical performances

One must have exposure to good & bad things to know, what one musn’t do. If you don’t know what is bad, you probably will end up doing the bad thing. This is particularly true in creative fields. As a student of music, I used to wonder about this; the [...]

A very nice article on financial planning, goal based investment strategies and retirement (including for many who think about FIRE – Finanicially Independent Retire Early). My favorite excerpts from the article: Retirement is an over hyped thing. Remember, if life is stretched longer, it is only at the end stage. [...]

As a person, I have always avoided limelight – stage, or otherwise – in workplace, etc. More like a background presence person, but if the person is not there everyone will wonder what went wrong. By nature, music is a performing art. So you need to be a stage performer. [...]

At some point of time one needs to be given a chance. Otherwise the world will be stuck in the chicken and egg situation permanently. Sometimes one doesn’t know what to ask for, it’s like push the person in pool for swimming. Forcing circumstances on a person can many times [...]