New Year Resolutions - Week 27 Achievements & Failures in 2023 #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys,

It's my birthday month in Week 29 and I want to see what can I get on my birthday this time as I want to buy certain items and will check them out to buy myself. I have started thinking of getting rid of all my stuff by giving it to people who will enjoy the same. This time my family and friends in India are going for a good ride as I will give away all the stuff to them in December 2023. 

1. Campaigns - I totally loved Fry's campaign that I did with theSalt influencer platform. My wife created a nice dish using the product that I bought from Checkers Hyper in Sandton City. I also did another Twitter campaign with the Humanz app and awaiting payment now which will take another 2 months to reach me. 

2. Events - I attended the Huawei Eco-Connect 2023 and got some nice goodies by virtue of attending the same. Some of the goodies I missed getting also but overall it was a great event. I was also called to the Tecno Mobile office in South Africa to collect the goodies bag and I totally loved the same too. 

3. Thank You - I started once again from the 2000 mark and reached 5000 and again the counter got reset to zero. It's really irritating but it also tells that you should only focus on the arigato habit rather than counting the same. 

4. Religious - I saw the Sant Nirankari Mission's current spiritual head Mata Sudiksha as she visited Johannesburg for the first time. There was a nice prayer programme to commemorate her blessings to visit the country. There was a lady with her that sang so well that immediately I knew she is a trained singer and came to know that she is Manya Narang. She is the singer behind the Pathaan's antagonist theme music i.e. whenever John Abraham comes on the screen there is a piece of music running in the background whose vocals are provided by Manya. All the very best to her in her future endeavours! 

5. Travel - I still am not over the images from Victoria Falls and have totally fallen in love with Zambia. This is really something and you should definitely visit the same. Check some of the images and videos I have shared on my socials. I love to travel and then I want to create a lot of content later depending on the time I have at hand. 

There is another week left between this week and my upcoming birthday on 22nd July. I have always thought that my life has been the Life of Pi as I was born on 22/7 which is 3.14 which represents Pi in mathematics. This number is never totally divisible and can go to infinite and so are my struggles that go on and on. I have always lived fighting the same and will continue to do so in future as well. 

Aum Namah Shivay!

Till next time...Aashish
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New Year Resolutions - Week 23 Achievements & Failures in 2023 #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys,

Week 23 is now in full swing as there are some of the new smartphone launch events as well as some of the new gadgets to get introduced to. I feel thankful and grateful to the brands which value me but don't like if they don't give me importance like I give them by creating content using their products or about their products. 

1. Launch Event - I was invited to the launch event for Vivo V27 5G and Vivo V27e Smartphones. This time they have chosen some of the influencers who already had the phone available to them. Last year I did a lot of YouTube Shorts for Vivo from their launch event but despite that, I was not the chosen one. I received the phone the same week it was launched for two weeks but was not allowed to take the same to Zambia. It was an opportunity missed by the brand for sure. They also had a creative manager whom I tried contacting and he knew me as well to my surprise but he was not interested so I left the conversation and took the goodies bag and came back home immediately after. Thereafter I even rejected the interview requests as they didn't fetch more than 20-30 views in the whole year since the last year's launch event. 

I also received the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 which I won during the NDA event for the Galaxy S23 smartphone. It took a while but I felt great to be receiving any gadgets I can make Youtube videos on. I also returned the Samsung Galaxy A54 that I received to review. 

I also had a meeting with the Deli Stationery country manager at their office in Johannesburg CBD. They gave me some of their products that I made videos on my channel but I think they didn't like my content and I have not received any further comms from them to date. 

2. Thank You - I started from 13000 onwards and reached 45000 counts by the end of the week. This is the best exercise I can do on a daily basis. It frees me from all the negativity and thoughts that really are not the best for me. 

3. Entertainment - I watched the Fast X movie and it's a one-time watch. I now have forgotten the story of the same as well. I think the series needs to now take a break but there are so many ensemble cast that they can continue forever till they live or even after that using the AI tools and green screen. 

4. YouTube - I have stopped doing 5 Shorts on a daily basis since the start of June 2023 and the growth has not slowed down for sure. I have reached 2080 subscribers on my channel. I have taken a break as I was getting mentally stressed due to the same. It takes a lot of time to make and work on creating content all the time. 

5. Stationery Videos - I have been posting a lot of stationery items from pens to other fancy products and more are going to be posted in the coming months as well. Let me know if you are interested in watching this type of content. I am really thankful to all the brands that exist and create a lot of videos on the same. I am not creating to get views as I don't do trending videos at all. I don't even get views on these types of videos which is not going to get me even some cents from Youtube adverts but I love creating the passion I have for the stationery items since childhood. I have spent a lot of money all my life on these items which I could have spent enjoying with friends or eating things I wanted to. 

Sometimes I think of quitting all this but then you need to have a thick skin and can't leave a dream because some people are not aligned with your future goals. The Life's Way was not created for someone but it was my dream passion project and despite all the good and the bad times it will continue. I have lived my life with a lot of internal and external struggles and have accepted that this is part of the same coin. You have to continue living the life and my life has been the Life of Pi as I was born on 22/7 i.e. 22nd July and Pi as a number has infinite potential and never ending or fully divisible and so is my life. 

Aum Namah Shivay!

Till next time...Aashish
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