New Year Resolutions - Week 18 Achievements & Failures in 2023 #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys,

Week 18 has been a week of meeting new people as I attended two different religious or spiritual sects' programmes and also attended some diverse launch events as well. 

1. Launch Events - I attended a new book launch event at Exclusive Books, Rosebank for Daniel Strauss's second book named The Billionaire Career and the first one is called The Billionaire Mindset. I also attended MSC Cruises end of season breakfast and an insight into the next year's cruising season. I totally loved the same and came to know that there is a Bhangra cruise as well which I am planning to visit with my family and friends. 

2. Entertainment - I watched The Citadel Episode 3 but somehow I didn't like the whole series at all. I have stopped watching the same in between despite appreciating Priyanka Chopra Jones as an actor. I am not getting so much interested in the storyline despite the good graphics and amazing music to go with the same. 

3. Thank You - This week I started from 48000 and crossed 100k and then further started again to take it to 22000. If you still have not started this daily habit despite reading all than 70 weekly posts so far then you should again think about it for the last time. It's the most wonderful habit to bring happiness and good luck in your life. 

4. YouTube Channel - This week I started posting 5 Youtube Shorts videos every day and it has hugely helped the channel as a whole. Last month I gained around 91 subscribers and let's see how much gain I will have from posting 5 videos daily for the whole month of May-23. My channel has crossed 800000 views on my channel and also crossed 1900 subscribers this week on 5-May-23. It really needs a lot of discipline to post 5 videos daily. 

5. Religion & Spiritual Leaders - I was able to see the Radha Soami Satsang Beas headed by Baba Gurinder Singh who visited South Africa after a long long while. I saw him after a long time as I used to visit his centre once a year during some massive festival in Sikandarpur near my home city Sirsa. Secondly, I attended the Sant Nirankari Mission programme on someone's birthday which I was invited to headed by Mata Sudkisha who is currently in South Africa on a trip to Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. 

I made this video with so much dedication but it didn't work. Maybe I need to change something but let me know what do you think I should make videos on? May be it's because people were jealous that they are not the ones who got these goodies but it's the efforts that are behind collecting all these things over the years. It's not a one-day job and now soon it will be 11 years of The Life's Way working every day on blog posts or other social media posts. Cheers!!!

Aum Namah Shivay!

Till next time...Aashish

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New Year Resolutions - Week 42 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

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Week 42 - Sat 15 Oct 2022 - Fri 21 Oct 2022

Diwali festival is coming near and we are all gearing towards the same. We had a lovely trip in Hermanus and I definitely want to buy a home there for my holidays and can lend the same as Airbnb also. Let the universe listen to my demand for the same. I am a firm believer in the law of attraction since 2007 when I first came across The Secret video and since then my life has changed for the better. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 

1. Daily Walking - This week I did the lowest ever possible walk in the whole of the year and it came out to be only 4.77 km. I am extremely lagging behind the weekly targets and I hope that I will catch it up by Dec-22. The strong will I have will definitely help me to make this goal a success. 

2. Thank you - I only did 1600 counts and the same has been finally stopped but it's a habit that needs the counter else you will forget to do the same. There should be something to make you remember that this is the thing you have to do. I have to work on this in the new year now. 

3. Launch Events - I attended the MSC Cruises launch event where they introduced the new ships to be coming to South Africa along with a nice dinner at The Wanderers. Totally loved the same. I also attended the 3 part series of YouTube Shorts virtual event where a lot of international and domestic creators came and explained their process of creating the videos and going viral in their respective niches. This whole year is dedicated to the YT Shorts for sure for The Life's Way. 

4. YouTube - This is the 4th month since the Youtube channel got accepted into the YPP - YouTube Partner Program and since then I have not reached the USD 100 mark and this month I hope to reach there. Please continue to give your love and support in terms of views and likes. 

5. Entertainment - During Diwali times the only entertainment is meeting people as you give out the sweets. This time around wife prepared special stuff at home including besan laddu, snacks and so much more and especially created a Diwali box for everyone to receive from us. Though I told her that we have never got anything great in return for what we give that's fine at least people who get it look forward to receiving the same. 

Happy Diwali to all nears and dears and to all my readers too. The Life's Way is all because of you guys! Thanks!!!

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@MSCcruisesSA #MSCOrchestra Arrives In #Durban For Her #SouthAfrican Voyage 2019/2020 Cruise Season

Hi Friends, 

This weekend MSC Cruises, the leading cruise line in South Africa, celebrated the arrival of MSC Orchestra the only way they know how – with glitz, glamour and absolute grace. The over 2 000 guests who attended the launch were treated to an awe-inspiring show in the ship’s beautiful Covent Garden theatre, followed by a sumptuous gala dinner, culminating in performances by world-class South African acts, Mi Casa and Pascal & Pearce.

“This is the first time MSC Orchestra is visiting South African shores and we are proud to welcome her to Durban,” says Ross Volk, Managing Director at MSC Cruises South Africa. “South Africans have shown us how much they enjoy cruising, and we know that this beautiful ship will not disappoint.”

In its last cruise season, from November 2018 to April 2019, MSC Cruises saw a 25% increase in guest numbers compared to the same period in 2017/2018. Cruising is becoming an increasingly popular option for South Africans, as it is an all-inclusive and affordable vacation for all types of holidaymakers. Food, accommodation, and almost all activities are included in the cruise fare, which greatly appeals to the constrained budgets of many South Africans. A cruise holiday offers something for everyone, from the adventurous sporty types to people who prefer a more relaxed vibe. Children under the age of 18 cruises for free if they stay in the same cabin as their parents, and there is a range of free kids’ clubs to entertain them. Local cruises can last anywhere from 3 to 11 nights, accommodating all kinds of holiday budgets.

MSC Orchestra can host 3 225 passengers and will be doing 39 cruises in Southern African waters over the next six months, traveling to destinations such as Pomene, Cape Town, Portuguese Island, Mauritius, and Walvis Bay. MSC Orchestra boasts a diverse mix of facilities and activities, including 5 restaurants, 8 bars, a theatre, 2 pools, a gym, and a spa. 

The concept of growing demand from consumers for cruise holidays has also led to MSC Cruises’ decision to bring two ships to South African shores for next year’s 2020/2021 cruise season. This marks the first time that two different class MSC Cruises’ ships – namely MSC Opera and MSC Musica – will be deployed in the country at the same time. This means an additional 50 000 people can discover why cruising is such a great holiday option. MSC Opera will be homeported in Cape Town, while MSC Musica will call Durban her South African home.

“MSC Cruises is committed to investing in the South African market, and we aim to continue to bring more diverse itineraries and activities to our country’s holidaymakers. We look forward to welcoming over 100,000 South Africans onboard MSC Orchestra over the next six months, and we know they will enjoy their time with us,” concludes Volk.

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4 Years of www.TheLifesWay.com #TheLifesWay #Birthday #Blogpost

Hi Guys,

2016 have been great for my blog - reached out to new brands and some of the brands said Good bye too! Change is the only constant thing in this world and I came up with terms that sometimes your passion will take a hit for the earning of bread and butter. 

Year 2016 being the 4th year of #TheLifesWay brought 518917 pageviews in 12 months from 396 blogposts and for the first time ever it crossed One Million pageviews on the eve of my birthday 22nd July. This was a proud moment as it happened on my birthday and was the biggest gift of the season. To celebrate this occasion I bought myself a Samsung Gear S2 smart watch from Incredible Connection in it's Cyber Monday sale.

The most important thing along with this one was the moment when I won a smartphone Samsung A5 (2016) model from a movie premier show for Trolls (movie) by Fanta South Africa. I always wanted to win one but all these years I could never so this was a great feeling and I gifted the same to my mom in India. Sponsored posts wise this year didn't brought that much money/vouchers like 2015 but this year's Indiblogger PR posts helped me buy a Nikon DX 35mm lens for my Nikon DSLR camera which I always wanted to purchase.

2016 brought the biggest travel in a Cruise from Durban to Mozambique and Portugese Island in MSC Sinfonia sponsored by Flight Centre and Cruise About. It was a great time spent on the ship and I really enjoyed all the activities there. I did felt sea sick first night but took a medicine and was sorted for rest of the trip. Also, this was my first trip to Durban and really loved seeing the old local Indian populated town. The second trip was my first time to Kruger National Park which was sponsored by Protea Hotels at Paul Kruger Gate. I really loved watching the animals but eyes were too tired to keep up on the searching all day in sun and sand.

Braham Sarovar, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

I was part of most of the events at Silverstar Casino and did several posts for them and posted a lot of pictures too on my instagram page. I was lucky enough to win in one of their media events and stayed again at the Vega Presedential Suite. Also for the first time in 2016, I attended an event by Logitech and got my own #TheLifesWay printed UE Roll 2 bluetooth speakers. Huawei remained a prime sponsor in my life for inviting me to all their launch events and goodies bags they give are amazing. Year 2016, I received Hugo Boss Sunglasses for P9 launch and Huawei Band for Mate 8 Launch event. Though I still feel sad that they have not sponsored me their smartphone despite my instagram page filled with Huawei hashtags and also I have not seen the likes of P9 and other recent smartphones for review also. 

I also got Go Budds bluetooth earphones by DJ Fresh which are really amazing and a surprise package of SunStream's Portable Mobile Charger using Solar technology. This really made my car in India charge my mobile as it didn't had that 12V charger in it. Checkout this product in Builder's Warehouse starting from ZAR 250 onwards.  I was part of several new launch events and shared the same across my channels. There had been so many small small items that I received from brands which I regularly distributed to my friends and family. I am so grateful to Universe for each one of them. It's just because of my blog www.thelifesway.com I am able to get them.

In the year 2017, I surely would love to get sponsorship in terms of a smartphone, tablet and laptop as my Dell XPS L501 was bought way back in 2010-11 from London and tablet Google Nexus 7 my parents bought from San Francisco in 2012 and smartphone is HTC One M8 which was gifted by HTC South Africa (old review device) in 2015. They have helped me shape my blog and twitter handles but it's time to say Good Bye to these devices too! Are you listening Universe?

Also, this year I plan to increase my Instagram followers and post more snaps every month to the amount of 5 each day on average. I also plan to venture into Youtube this year as I am trying to make video's on my DSLR camera and started learning the same too using Youtube channel of Nikon India. I have also missed my writings on several of the series I used to publish in 2016 but will revive all of them in 2017. Also, I intend to post all the pending reviews of all the electronics items I have bought and used for some time. I also missed all the time I could devote in 2015 on my blog as professionally my role in my job now demands a lot of office work to be done at home too. So I hope to bring in more efficiency in my work to get some hours of open time for taking my blog and social media channels to next level. 

Let's see how to fulfill all these aspirations in Year 2017 but thanks once again to all the brands and PR companies for investing their time and money in me. I am eternally grateful to all the PR companies who left me in 2016 and to all of those which embraced me further. I will always work towards giving everyone fair returns on their ROI but won't work for their brands if I am not getting anything in return. 

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A Memoir - Year 2016 for www.TheLifesWay.com #Blog #AashishRai (1000 Post)

Hi Guys,

2016 has been the year when life changed so dramatically that it was hard to find time to do blogging as there was always some run around the mill kind of job happening all the time. There was also a change of job description which consumes most of my time leaving no energy to even switch on my personal laptop at the end of the day. But it's only in adversities like these your real passion comes out and blogging have given me everything I have since the last four years. 

The Life's Way in its fourth year of going live way back on 27th December 2012 achieved it's One Million Pageviews in 2016 on my birthday 22 July. The Life's Way achieved 518917 pageviews to take the total count to 1.26 Million pageviews with 396 blogposts shared in 2016. The Life's Way achieved many more features crossing 3200 followers on instagram.com/araijain and first 100 followers on www.facebook.com/TheLifesWay page along with twitter.com/TheLifesWay crossing 8900 followers. 

Though I didn't got sponsored by any brand for any of the products in 2016 but there was a lot of great events which gave some great goodie bags this year along with many which only gave a USB stick. The best being the Fanta Fun movie invite of Trolls which really was my top most dream come true where I won the Samsung's A5 (2016) smartphone which I am going to gift to my mom. Smartphone win has been eluded to me from so many years and this was a dream come true when finally I got a packaged one in my hands. Thanks to Fanta and their PR team for the same.

Secondly, I loved attending my first Logitech launch event of UE Roll2 and to my surprise I got one personalized at the end of the launch. It was so great to receive the launched product on the same day of the launch to keep. I am grateful to the brand and the PR company who invited me to that event. 

Thirdly, I am eternally grateful to Huawei for calling me to their smartphone launches where I have always got some nice goodies from Hugo Boss Sunglasses to Huawei Band and selfie-sticks this year. I gifted my Huawei band to my father and sunglasses to my mother when they visited South Africa for the first time this year. Though my wish is to get a Huawei Mate 9 or P9 Plus smartphone as my day to day phone but it has not happened in 2016. Fingers crossed for 2017!

I am so grateful to Tsogo Sun's Montecasino and Silverstar Casino PR teams for always making me a part of all their events. I have always received something or the other from Silverstar Casino as a gift and this year again I got one night stay in their Presidential suite. 

Thanks to Indiblogger for their IndiOne press releases launch where you get paid if chosen by the brand to post their content on your blog. I got chosen by some of the brands but it was not enough to cover the costs I spent on my blog in 2016 and no major assignments came from other brands too so making it extremely difficult year for The Life's Way.

2016 also saw my first visit on the MSC Cruises Ship from Durban to Mozambique on a 4-nights-5 days trip which was really an exciting experience of a lifetime. It was also my first trip to Durban and Balito. I travelled to Richards Bay, St. Lucia and Kruger also in some of the subsequent trips in 2016. I had so much fun showing my parents in and around Johannesburg and loved visiting some of the great places in Pretoria for the first time myself. Thanks to Flight Centre and Protea Hotels @ Paul Kruger Gate for making MSC cruise trip and Kruger trip possible respectively.

This completes my 1000th  post on www.thelifesway.com and I hope to see some 250+ posts this year and achieve 2 million pageviews by the end of 2017. But this year I want to get fully sponsored by the brand who can invest in me and in return I give them my content and a share of my day to day life. Looking forward to an awesome 2017 in The Life's Way!

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