New Year Resolutions - Week 22 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

Week 22 started with showing my brother various places around Johannesburg before he embarks on Cape Town on his own with his family. Montecasino won the heart of his daughter as she loved to play at the kids' zone/gaming zone. 

Week 22 - Sat 28 May 2022 - Fri 03 Jun 2022

1. Walking - 3 kilometres is what I achieved in the whole week and now will have to cover the same during the rest of the year. This may be those 2 weeks which I kept open for no walk and still able to achieve the 1000-kilometre mark. The total mark 

2. Thank You - I started from the 22000 mark to close at 42460 during the week. I am sure I will have to pick it up too later in the month. 

3. Entertainment - I watched Runway 34 starring Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh along with Amitabh Bachchan. The film fails to leave an impression as monologues of Amitabh don't create effects like Pink or his other movies on social causes. The one I loved watching was Toolsidas Junior movie which is a movie where a kid learns Snooker and beats all odds to reach the finals. One of my college classmates is being used to showcase the Snooker shots while the actors acted with the dialogues etc. 

4. Launch Event - I was invited by Western Digital to meet their executives at the Securex 2022 expo which was nice. I didn't get any goodies bag from the team but just random expo stuff from various stalls which is not worthwhile. I was also invited by the Intel Africa 12th Gen Processor launch event which happened at the Evetech office in Centurion which I always wanted to visit. I shot a lot of YT shorts and got a lot of goodies for which video will be shared soon. 

5. Reunion - My mom and dad also came to South Africa just in time before we embark on the trip to Kruger National Park. They reached on 2 June. The next week I will be on leave from my day-to-day job and only enjoying the same with my family. It's long since I saw my parents. I last met them on 16 Feb 2020 in Dubai. A lot of sweets and other stuff came when they arrived which is going to be the snacks for a long long time now. My daughter loves my mom the most as she has lived with them and being the first born she has received the love of everyone. 

All the activities took a backseat as the focus was on fun, laughter, togetherness, eating and talking our hearts out. I didn't pray for a single day, I didn't do anything else other than attending office calls and trying to accommodate myself according to the plans made by the family to visit several restaurants and places. 

WEEK 21

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New Year Resolutions - Week 21 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

Week 21 is finally here and just 5 days away from the fun times to start as my brother is coming on Thursday afternoon. There will be some fights too but that's part and parcel of life. 

Week 21 - Sat 21 May 2022 - Fri 27 May 2022

1. Walking -  The daily walking took a back seat this week and the next few weeks for sure as I only did 15 kilometres for the week which leaves a gap of 5 kilometres which I will have to achieve in the future weeks. 

2. Reunion - It was a reunion time with my brother after he travelled to us in Dubai from USA way back in Feb 2020 just before covid lockdown happened. I met his family after a long long gap of more than 5 years. Meeting his kids was the best part as I wanted to meet them all as the elder one is going to turn 6 soon and I saw her when she was only 6 months old. I think the reunions should happen a lot faster and should never extend beyond 2 years or so. Covid-19 has taught us that LIFE IS REALLY SHORT! and to live and love before the final time comes. We went to see Apartheid Museum and start the trip by going back into the history of South Africa before he makes his way to Cape Town to see all the beautiful places there. My younger one took holidays to meet the kids of my brother. 

3. Entertainment - I watched the Jersey movie which I didn't enjoy much as I have already seen the original one on Youtube but Shahid Kapoor did his best what he could. I didn't like his Punjabi accent as it all felt fake and directly coming from the same Jab We Met movie extension kind. 

4. Audiobooks - I started listening to Leil Lowndes - How to Talk to Anyone - 92 little tricks for big success in relationships which I found should be a textbook in schools and colleges. It gives so many insights into human behaviour and how to win friends kind? 

5. Blog - I deleted a lot of blog posts which I found unnecessary from the count I had around 2555 posts and brought it to below 1940 and took out all the posts which were about past events and dates which has already passed. It has dropped my daily pageviews significantly but let's focus on creating content which is valued more than just the press releases. The overall percentage of my self-written posts is going to improve from the 33% it was struggling with to whatever new percentage is because it will be a big task to create another excel to check which all were deleted. 

6. Thank You - The count went from 6000 mark to 22000 mark during this week. I am sure slowly and steadily moving towards the 100k for the month of June 2022 now. 

7. Gifts from the USA - My brother gifted me his Kindle Paperwhite 7th generation which comes with a backlit panel and is easy to read books during the night too as I was struggling with my Kindle Keyboard for the past many years. The rest of the gifts were for my family and also I got a lot of Cashew nuts which I really love from one of the brands in the USA. 

Overall Week 21 is the week I was looking forward to and was a lucky one too as I won the Takealot Birthday Sale contest too on Twitter to win myself Garmin VivoActive 4S watch. 

WEEK 20

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New Year Resolutions - Week 20 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

Week 20 is the last week before my brother arrives from the USA and it's going to be the time to get everything ready for him and his family. I will see his daughter after a gap of 5 years and the younger one I have never met who will turn 2 in August 2022. I saw the princess when she was just 6 months old and now will celebrate her 6th birthday in Aug as well. 

Week 20 - Sat 14 May 2022 - Fri 20 May 2022

1. Walking - I completed 19 kilometres this week and it is still a good effort from the previous week when my leg was paining a lot. The weekly targets in terms of walking and other things are going to be difficult when my brother will be here. 

2. Thank You - Took the same from 82670 to 100k and then again to the 6000 mark during the course of this week. It's a celebration in terms of the completion of another 100k for the month. 

3. Entertainment - It was time to watch Panchayat Season 2 and totally fall in love with the TVF production company again. It made me cry, laugh and curious enough to wait for the next season which will be released in some year's time. I also watch the RRR movie which is a visual extravaganza. I totally loved the whole storyline, action and VFX as showcased in the movie. Totally worth your time. 

4. Launch Events - I was invited to the YouTube Creator Day - Africa Month Celebrating African Voices as a member of the Youtube Shorts community. It was an awesome and grand affair and we learned a lot. The event gave us an awesome goodies bag as well which you can watch here on my Youtube channel. I received my first Google Smart Speaker at the launch event. Another launch event was for HMD Global - Nokia Smartphones which was at a great location named Dreambox which is really Instagram-worthy. I totally fell in love with the same and the goodies received were formed into a video as well. 

5. Hanuman Chalisa - I am now left with only 200x japs of Hanuman Chalisa from the goal of 42x Years of the same. I am really happy that I am progressing fast on the same. 

6. Social Media - I have been not been able to schedule the posts to be shared on Instagram or Facebook during the next few days. I am sure it will have some gap of 3-4 weeks before I start them again as my blogging has reduced on my website. I will get back to the same as I was more focussed on the Youtube channel and creating more and more videos there. 

All the goodies I am unboxing are only for the time when I receive or buy them and after a little, while I give them away to someone visiting me or the person whose birthday is near and sometimes ship them away to my family and friends. All the small goodies are not kept with me if I don't need them and not using them right away. All the snacks are also distributed right away to all the kids around me. 

WEEK 19

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New Year Resolutions - Week 19 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

This has been a consistent effort with a complete focus on achieving something every week in all parts of my life. I am trying to do my best with whatever comes my way but still, I am struggling to get into the wealth mindset. 

Week 19 - Sat 07 May 2022 - Fri 13 May 2022

1. Walking - I only did around 10 kilometres this week, which is half of my target, but sometimes life happens and you have to move on to the next targets. I need to gear up to reach 1000 kilometres in 2022 and let's see and track where the counter currently is. 

2. YOUTUBE crossed the 1000 Subscriber mark- The best thing that happened this week was the Youtube Creators online event and me winning a prize in the same. I am still awaiting delivery of the same but I am sure it's on the way. Also, my Youtube channel - TheLife'sWay crossed the 1000 subscribers mark on 9-May-2022 and it took 283 videos in total to reach this point. It all happened because of the YouTube Shorts Community which I became part of in South Africa. One of my shorts has even crossed 330k views so far but I have not got any money for the same because it was uploaded 4 years back so it may be the first shorts on my channel when YT shorts didn't exist. The online session made me do shorts on my channel on a daily basis and one of them went on to reach 1500+ views in a day. I will also cross 500k views overall on my Youtube Channel soon may be in June 2022. 

3. Entertainment - I won the 3D tickets vouchers from Sterkinekor but when I went to get them converted to the actual tickets, it came to my notice that one of the vouchers has been used by someone else to watch a Spiderman movie in Eastgate mall. The call centre guy told me that they can't do anything as they can't verify if it was me only who booked so 1 ticket got lost. I booked the other one for Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 3D movie which I really loved. I also watched KGF Chapter 2 movie and it was awesome to watch the same too. 

4. Thank You - The count went from 43000 to 82700 this week which is a good number despite not being able to achieve the walking targets. 

5. Books and Audiobooks - I have gone slow on the books part during this week as I focus on other tasks I needed to complete. I am also lagging behind on Gratitude journaling and need to bring discipline into my day-to-day living. 

6. Hanuman Chalisa - The count is constantly reducing towards the 42 Years mark and I am around 250x Hanuman Chalisa left now during this week. I prayed for 4 times during this week and has been inconsistent these days. I need to make new targets or at least some daily prayers once this target is achieved. 

Overall, it was an entertaining week and I had full power to learn and focus to get things done. I totally enjoyed myself chasing up all my tasks. I went to Hospice Wits Charity shop as well and shopped for some stuff there at cheap prices. I have made some videos also on the same if you want to watch it. 

7. Charity Shopping - Hospice Wits Benmore is a shop where you can find old books and other random stuff which people donate. In a way, you are bartering cash by buying their old products for the benefit of the charity as well as yourselves. I generally try to donate all the extra things I don't want there for someone to enjoy the same. 

These are the 3 videos I shot for some of the stuff I bought from the charity shop. 

WEEK 18

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New Year Resolutions - Week 18 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

At the start of Week 18, I was around 984 Youtube Subscribers and struggled to reach the 1000 mark where I will lose a few subscribers and gain the equivalent number of them. It really needed a little push for which I asked one of my cousins to go ahead and do it. He did what he does best and helped me reach the 1000 mark in Week 19. 

Week 18 - Sat 30 Apr 2022 - Fri 07 May 2022

1. Walking - I completed 27 kilometres in this week to make it to the 360-kilometre mark in Week 18 which is around the 20 km mark every week. This brings a lot of satisfaction that we are where we wanted to be and the same was achieved on 2-May-2022. This week I walked too much which made me go in with some kind of leg and back pain and impacted the next week completely. It's better to follow the schedule always and reach a point where your body can take it comfortably. 

2. Hanuman Chalisa - I completed the 41x Years of Hanuman Chalisa on Tuesday, 3rd May 2022 and also completed 15000x Hanuman Chalisa on 4th May too and am left with less than 400x now. It brought me a lot of happiness that I am going to reach my goal soon rather than waiting till my birthday on 22nd July 2022. 

3. Launch Events - This has been a rare case when I attended 3 events in a single day and that happened on 6-May when I attended a RedHat event, an Intel event and then a book launch event in the evening. The goodies were really nice from RedHat and a snacks box from Intel which you can check in my Youtube videos below. Also, Monday being a holiday brought the parties at home on Saturday and a picnic at the Botanical Garden in Johannesburg. It was great to see that the place has been upgraded quiet significantly from the last time I saw it many years ago.

4. Thank You - The count started from 16000 and reached the 43000 mark during this week. I am still not able to count all the totals as I don't want to waste my time on the same instead I will increase the count for the day. 

5. Books/Audiobooks - I completed Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money audiobooks by Danielle Town and Phil Town and came across various new financial ratios which I need to think about. The book inspired me to look at the other books by Phil Town a little later in the year. 

6. Entertainment - I watched Legends of The Ramayana With Amish on Discovery Plus as Amish Tripathi is my favourite writer and because of this I started reading non-fiction novels when he launched the Shiva Trilogy series. I met him too during the launch event of his third one from the Shiva series on Westland books. The 3 episodes documentary march the journey taken up by Lord Rama to find Sita from Lanka where Raavan kept her. There are certain landmarks in various parts of India and Sri Lanka which are showcased and the whole Ramayana is mapped to where it happened and what remains there in the modern world now. It was an eye-opener in terms of various facts which I was unaware of about the Ramayana book. Totally worth your time if you love Lord Rama or Lord Bajrang Bali ji.

May 2022 is the month that I have been waiting for since the start of the year 2022. I am going to meet my brother and his family after a gap of many many years. He is taking a long flight to South Africa and I have to schedule a great stay for him. Everything will be focused on him as I love him a lot and respect that he is coming to me. The last time I went to him was in 2005 on my first international trip to Singapore and he came to meet me in 2006 in Hyderabad from the USA. 

WEEK 17

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