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Today marks a significant shift in my life. I've committed to a new path: stepping away from social media's endless scroll. Specifically, I'm aiming to completely stop accessing platforms like Instagram and YouTube for casual browsing. It's been an eye-opener to realize just how ingrained this habit has become – almost automatically, my fingers would open these apps, leading me down a rabbit hole of random content for what felt like an endless amount of time. There was no real stop point, no trigger to pull me away. This realization prompted me to dig deeper. I turned to AI apps, curious about the potential links between social media scrolling, anxiety, and other detrimental factors. The results were, frankly, jaw-dropping. My intuition was correct. This pervasive scrolling was already rewiring my brain and having a multitude of negative effects, which in turn were harming my performance in my business. The Unseen Impacts of Prolonged Social Media Scrolling ...

As one of the millions of ardent fans eagerly awaiting its arrival, I settled in yesterday to watch the fourth season of "Panchayat." The show initially unfolded in the familiar, comforting rhythm that viewers have come to love over the years. However, this sense of familiarity quickly faded, giving way to something surprisingly uninteresting. The primary issue lies in the storyline, which seemed to veer almost exclusively towards the upcoming panchayat election. This singular focus, while central to the village's narrative, unfortunately overshadowed everything else. What made "Panchayat" so captivating in its previous seasons was the charming interplay of its characters and their distinct individualities. In season four, it felt as though all the characters, in service of this election-centric plot, lost their spark. Their curated complexities and inherent cheekiness, once a highlight of the show, seemed to have vanished. It was genuinely disappoin...

Oscillating between trading strategies since the start of the year had taken a toll on my mental well being and it has been a journey of mental language. The journey has been about throwing together technical indicators that may or may not be put together in the same view, and seeing the interoperability of those technical indicators.  Taking off the horse blinds of just using MACD all these years led me to unfamiliar places. Uncomfortable places. But I would not call it getting out of the comfort zone, since the time since 2016 has been a time of extreme discomfort.  Sticking to MACD as the only indicator along with Williams %R had been stifling, and had taken away a lot of time that could have been spent doing constructive things. It also resulted in conditioning the psyche to not look for better alternatives since the trading system involving these two indicators looked so perfect in retrospect. Losses that were a regular feature were side swept since losses were just consi...

After a bit of going back and forth, I finally decided to write something about the biggest trading drawdown I have ever had. Should I share the quantum of loss? That was the question that was holding me back. The question of expressing or not expressing often comes down to the inhibiting characteristic of the fine print and quantitative details. I recently put a lot of constructs together to form a two step trading template in which one trading scheme, though independent of the other, acts as a precursor to the larger, more established system. Core price behaviour and basic nature of the indicator form the crux of this two step trading plan and it's one of the best plans that I have ever constructed or followed.  Every available indicator available on Zerodha was reviewed and studied. The concepts that aligned with my psyche was put together with solid stand-alone chating tools.  There was an element of pride involved in this, but I succomed to old falacies of not respecting ...

I've been hooked onto criminal investigation documentaries for a while now.  Homicide investigations shouldn't be so interesting to watch. The narrative is eery, visuals are graphic, and it leaves us with a feeling of pity and jarring thoughts.  I guess violence triggers the basic survival instincts in us and we literally experience a heightened sense of living and so this kind of programming "moves us" Watching "Catching Killers" on Netflix now 

Back in college, I was well known for serendipitously creating a great Dum Alu Recipe out of nowhere.. I finally made it again after all these years and decided to share it with everyone. So here goes.. Dum Alu  Dice Potatoes in halves or quarters. Add salt and turmeric and let them sit for a while.  In pressure cooker, add oil. Fry the potatoes till outsides are a bit crisp. This is to maintain the shape of the pieces during pressure cooking.  Remove potatoes and keep aside.  In the same oil, add jeera, whole pepper corns, half/quarter of javitri, one Jaiphal cut in half, bay leaves, 2 big black cardamom, 4-5 cloves, a stick of cinnamon broken in half. Simmer for a while. Add curry chopped onions, fry till caramelized.  Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric and coriander powder and continue to simmer.  Add ginger garlic paste if you want to and saute till smell goes away.  Add tomato and green chilly puree and cook. Add salt after a while. Cook till o...