Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yo yo yoo yoo

I know today is 10 Nov, 2026, not 1 Jan. But for Gujjus, today is the new year. And apparently I am Gujju, so it’s my new year start date. I am writing this post around 11:00 PM IST, so by the time I finish this post and hit the publish button, we will enter the new year. I thought of writing a small post about how the past year went – memories, experiences, and what’s next now.

What Went?

The year started with my first-time experience seeing Zakir Khan performing live. One of the greatest ways to start the year! His stage presence and personality were so nice. One of the best live comedy shows I’ve seen till this point in my life. Also, on the same day, I apparently found one of the best dosa shops in AMD. Their Benne Dosa was so good – last time I ate that type of dosa was in Pune. Best taste.

After this, the next few months were not that good in terms of exploring or enjoying life. There was work at the company that took up most of my time, until Dec, I think. But work goes on. Work is permanent anyways, so that’s fine.

One of the best parts of Dec was watching the Dhurandhar movie. I like the movie so much I watched it 3-4 times. One of the best movies of all time. Best songs, action, acting. Gili kiss vali movie…

In Jan, my Canadian friend came to India, so end of Dec to start of Jan was a good time where I got a chance to spend time with friends and learn something new. TL;DR: Making memories that I can remember later in life is important to me. I’m not a big fan of becoming a billionaire or millionaire. As long as I can earn enough to make good memories while surrounded by my people, that’s fine for me.

Jan started with one beautiful trip with Kalol ke darinde friends. Went to Mumbai, one of the best places I explored till this point in my life. There is something in that place that just attracts me to visit it every few months. And this was the first time I explored some of Mumbai’s best vadapav shops. And it was something I’ll remember till this point also. Best trip with best people. I was not going on the trip at first because of work, but somehow joined at the last moment and it was one of the best decisions.

After a beautiful trip, it was time to celebrate Makar Sankranti. One of the best and only festivals I celebrate. Apart from it, no festival excites me. All are shit for me. Just one night status for 10s and I am done with most festivals. But Sankranti is in my heart. This year I also bought one of the most famous manjas to fly kites and it was great. Had so much fun during Makar Sankranti.

After a beautiful Makar Sankranti, cut to Jan end, it was time for a concert. This was the first time I attended any music concert live. First time, and apparently it was Sunidhi Chauhan. Man, what a singer and what OG songs she sang! The whole concert was a blast. And of course, one of my friends was in AMD too, so we went to Manek Chowk as well. Oh, this year I went to Manek Chowk 2-3 times and as always, the taste was next level.

Then in March it was time for Dhurandhar 2. Again, what a movie man. Everything was perfect in this movie. The end was next level. Both Dhurandhar movies I liked so much, I think I have written dedicated blogs for them. Must watch movies if you still haven’t seen them.

Then IPL started, and once IPL started, it consumed most of my time at night. Just watch matches and chill.

In May it was time for another trip. Again went to Delhi. Here we go again. There is something in both Mumbai and Delhi. Both metro cities attract me more than AMD sometimes. But yes, again a small trip to Delhi this time. To explore food. Ate lots of food this time. One of the best times of the year.

Combined with Delhi, the next trip was to Mussoorie with Kalol ke darinde log. We were 4 and the fun we had was next level. Full-on bakchodi and memories. These Kalol ke darinde are khunkhar but there’s so much fun with them.

The whole Delhi + Mussoorie trip was some of the best time of this year. I think I have also written a dedicated blog for just this trip, you can check it out.

After this trip, I got a chance to watch the IPL final in AMD. And guess what? RCB was in the final and won the match. It was the first time in history RCB won the match. And how lucky I am to be present there live! The match was 1no, and the drone show was magical.

After May nothing much happened in June, just a normal month with work and wasting some time in life with random things. But on one morning in July, I thought, “Let’s join the gym today.” And somehow, not sure why, that morning I went to the gym and bought PT. It was just 10 mins. Just a few minutes to take one random decision, and today I am at a place where I have lost 25kg by Nov. Not sure what I was thinking that day, but that was one of the best decisions of my year—not even year, I think my whole life.

I never discussed this point with anyone, not sure why. Let’s fuck it, time to open up at least here. Anyways, I know no one is going to read till this point in the AI era. I was a fat person from the start. Not saying when someone called me mota, I got affected. Because it’s not like I am not dudh ka dhula either. But with time, I stopped caring about my body. I still don’t remember when I last bought new clothes with excitement—never. My eagerness to buy new things for myself almost ended, and one of reason was being overweight.

I saw this reel where it said: if you can’t take care of your body, how will you take care of something else or help someone else? I even stopped looking at myself in mirrors. I think the first day of gym was when I looked at my face live after many years. I don’t even remember when I last saw my face for such a long time.

But yes, with time it was great and I could feel self-healing. And maza to aaya. Again, for the last 2 months I feel like I am back to my normal life. Like, just 5kg loss in last two month I started eating, but I promised myself, “Bro, do not eat more now.” At least I somehow got myself back to weight loss after a break of a few days. Yes, still fighting, but hopefully will win.

One of the biggest issues is that food is something that gives me motivation to live life. In the past, if I was overthinking, I used to eat panipuri; if I was stressed, I used to eat something I loved. But now it’s a fight with that self of mine that used to find something to eat during problem times. Let’s see how it goes.

Ok, gym was great for months now. I think my July and Aug just went into gym only. I lost weight and continued doing my WFH.

And after this, it was time for one more trip. One more time to make memories with loved ones. This time we went to Udaipur. What a place and what food! UMMAH! Udaipur is a beautiful place with lakes and cafes. Also their local food market is very versatile. The cycle ride we had on that trip still makes me feel like I did cardio for a week that day. It was a fun trip. The dal baati on the last day was on another level.

After this I went back to the gym. Lost some more weight.

Then it was time for the last trip of this year. Went to Dwarka. I am a big believer in Lord Krishna, and going to Dwarka was one of my few dreams in life. It was a weekend when we went there, so there was a huge crowd, but somehow we all got a chance to get darshan of Prabhu live. One of the best moments of my life to get darshan of Krishna in Dwarka. Also, Dwarka’s food was so good. Apart from that, we also visited many other temples. All were great visits.

And that’s it for this year. Took many trips, built many memories, ate lots of tasty food, and finally started working on my health. Learned many things, still need to fix many things, but yes, working on myself. Hope to vahi hai.

Apart from these major events: watched many movies with friend, One of my friends finally got a new job after his last toxic company, so major congrats and best wishes for a new start. some of my friends got married (so congrats to them). One of my friend had a knee injury, but now he is recovered—best wishes to him to stay healthy. One of my friend had a solder injury, but now he is recovering—best wishes to him to stay healthy

Apart from all these things, one thing happened to me this year that I never shared with anyone, but it had a huge emotional impact on me. One of my school friends who lived near my house (like 2-3 mins away) passed away in a road accident. It’s just been a month since this incident happened. Still I can’t believe I am never going to meet him again. In my life many friends come and go as time passes, but I never faced this type of condition where I know I will never meet someone again. I still can’t forget that morning when I got this bad news, went to his house, and was sitting beside his father with nothing to say—just silence between both of us. I am not a strong person, let me admit that first. I look big, but inside I am too weak to handle this type of thing. But I tried to be strong the whole time and did what I could. Hope wherever you are, you are happy. One of the last msgs I got from him was during my Udaipur trip, asking if we could also go on a trip. Even though we were friends from childhood, we never got a chance to go on a trip together. We thought, “Abhi to life padi hai, kaha bhage ja rahe.” But… One of the biggest regrets I carry in my life now. When I go on the road near his society, I just remember him. This single thing made me sure that from next time, even if any of my friends have no time or I have work, I will make sure to spend time or take a trip with them. Life is not fixed. Ok, that’s it, I can’t write more on this now.

So that’s it for the above. This is how my whole year went.

What’s Next?

So what’s next now? After this year, one thing I know is that AI is taking many jobs. And I don’t want to be one of them, so I will spend time learning it and try to stay up to date with tech. Will explore more and learn more. Grow more in life and in career. In the whole year I tried to do my work well, will continue that too.

I started gym a few months back and still want to continue it. No matter what, I need to lose 15kg more from today where I am at 105kg. Still many things to fight, but going to do it.

I don’t think anyone is going to reach till this point, so I will write a few more points that I need to fix, just so it’s easy for my ref.

I don’t know, but I have this social media addiction I think. Where I just open X, Insta, WA, FB at random times during the day. There is nothing I am doing, but still I just open the app and close it. I think it’s called notification phobia. Need to fix this. Be more in person rather than a digital one.

As I said in the point above, I am not a strong person, I am weak, so you will never find me calling often. It’s not something I don’t like, but sometimes I feel talking in person once every few months is way better than calling every week. It improves relationships in the long term, that’s what I feel. That’s the reason I always find ways to go on a trip, visit friends’ places, ask friends to come on a trip, but again, some people you can’t control. So I am thinking of improving this part of me and calling people regularly.

Find a life partner? Ahh hell no, not even thinking about this right now. My whole focus is to earn with some side income if possible alongside jobs, so I can make my life more stable. Also I am not a big fan of it right now; somewhat it feels forced or unwanted for me right now. One thing I definitely want is to make a female best friend. I have many best male friends, but still that checkbox is not ticked, so hopefully will have one. At least I can hope.

Apart from all this, my random YouTube channel I am trying out, so let’s hope for the best.

And look, it’s 10th Nov 12:15 AM, new year for me as a Gujju, so Happy New Year…

Again, thank God for giving me people who care about me and who I can care about. Bye…..