🏋️ Health
Health-wise, this week was probably one of the better weeks in recent times. I finally touched 79 kilograms, which honestly feels surreal because a few months ago that number looked very far away. More than the weight itself, I am happy with the relationship I currently have with food. I am not constantly overeating, I am not eating out of boredom, and I am not eating because I feel stressed. My body feels like it is finally listening to me, and I am learning how to listen back. I have also started reading more about sugar, cortisol, recovery, and how energy works throughout the day. I don’t want to become overly obsessed with health metrics, but I do want to become aware of how my body reacts to different things. The goal has never been to become perfect. The goal has always been to become a little better every week. Looking back at where I started, I genuinely feel proud of the progress. There is still a long way to go, but for the first time in a while, it feels like I am moving in the right direction.
💻 Work
Work felt good this week. Not in the dramatic sense where something extraordinary happened, but in the simple sense that things moved forward. I managed to ship almost every project that was sitting on my plate, and that itself brought a sense of relief. The last few weeks felt like I was constantly carrying unfinished thoughts, unfinished edits, unfinished conversations, and unfinished projects. This week felt different because I could finally close some loops. There is always more work to do, and there always will be, but there is satisfaction in seeing things move from “in progress” to “done.”
Another thing I am looking forward to is the upcoming offsite. Every offsite I have attended has taught me something different. The Thailand trip taught me a lot about people. Previous work trips taught me a lot about responsibility. This one feels like it will teach me something about the people I work with every day. When deadlines disappear for a moment and people become themselves, you learn things that you can never learn inside an office. I am excited for that part more than anything else.
📖 Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3LLpuTdR8
https://tim.blog/2026/03/04/the-self-help-trap/
https://paulgraham.com/earn.html
This week’s biggest learning came from finally reading Tim Ferriss’ essay around self-transcendence and the Hamburger Theory. I genuinely don’t know why I delayed reading it for so long because it is one of those pieces that instantly changes how you view things.
One line that stayed with me throughout the week was from Viktor Frankl:
“The more one forgets himself by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love, the more human he is.”
The essay argues that self-actualization cannot be chased directly. The more you chase happiness, purpose, fulfillment, or self-actualization, the further it moves away. Instead, these things arrive as side effects of serving something bigger than yourself. That idea hit me deeply because for a long time I have been obsessed with self-improvement. Better habits. Better discipline. Better systems. Better work. Better output.
But maybe the goal was never self-improvement.
Maybe the goal is contribution.
Maybe the goal is creating something meaningful enough that you stop thinking about yourself altogether.
I also listened to SG’s thoughts around Creation and Salvation, and strangely enough, it connected with the exact same lesson. Creation isn’t only making films, businesses, or books. Creation can be making coffee for someone. It can be writing a thoughtful message. It can be helping someone learn. Creation is an act of care. And maybe that is why creating things makes us feel alive.
☕ Small Wins
This week had a lot of small moments that made me smile. I finally started my 30-day LinkedIn challenge. I publicly committed that if I fail to post consistently for thirty days, I owe myself thirty pushups. It sounds silly, but the challenge isn’t about LinkedIn. It is about consistency. I have started many things before. Some lasted weeks. Some lasted months. Very few lasted beyond that. This time I want to prove to myself that I can simply show up every day.
I also got my new glasses. Initially, I wasn’t sure if I liked them because they looked completely different from what I had imagined. Every time I looked in the mirror, it felt unfamiliar. But slowly they are growing on me. Sometimes new things need time before they start feeling like your own.
Another small thing that made me happy was simply looking at Mumbai. The skies have been incredibly blue lately. The weather feels clean. The city feels calmer. Everyone keeps saying the monsoon is coming, and it feels like the entire city is waiting for that first heavy rain.
📚 A Line from a Book (and Beyond)
If I had to carry one idea from this week, it would be this:
“Self-actualization is possible only as a side effect of self-transcendence.”
The more you chase yourself, the more you miss it.
The more you contribute to something bigger than yourself, the more fulfilled you become.
Simple.
But powerful.
🧠 Brain Refreshment
This week’s brain refreshment was honestly the Hamburger Theory itself. The idea that most of us spend our lives optimizing the buns of the hamburger—health, money, productivity, discipline, routines—while forgetting that the actual purpose is the middle layer: relationships.
Friendships.
Family.
Love.
Connection.
Community.
The essay asks a beautiful question:
“What if everything on your to-do list existed to improve a relationship?”
That question has been sitting in my head all week.
Because suddenly work looks different.
Health looks different.
Success looks different.
Everything starts looking different.
🎵 Music
This week’s soundtrack was entirely occupied by Navaan Sandhu’s Bipolar album.
My favorite track from the album was Katalagda.
One of those songs that just stays on repeat without you realizing it.
✍️ A Poem by Me
Guzar gaya wo lamha jo beeta bhi nahi,
Chalta raha main us raste pe jo kabhi bana bhi nahi.
Sometimes we spend years walking toward something that doesn’t exist yet.
A dream.
A future.
A version of ourselves.
The road isn’t visible.
The destination isn’t guaranteed.
Yet we keep walking.
Maybe that faith itself is the journey.
💭 Closing Thoughts
This week felt lighter than the previous few weeks. Not because life became easier, but because my perspective changed a little. I stopped obsessing over fixing myself and started thinking more about what I am creating, who I am helping, and what kind of person I am becoming through the process.
The funny thing is that the more I focus on contribution, the less anxious I feel about outcomes.
The more I focus on creating, the less I worry about recognition.
The more I focus on relationships, the less I worry about proving myself.
Maybe that’s the lesson this week was trying to teach me.
The monsoon is around the corner. The offsite is around the corner. New projects are around the corner.
And honestly, that feels exciting.
Let’s see what next week teaches.Week Notes — 9th June to 15th June
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