This year has been quite the journey. At the time of starting this blog post, I felt like I didn’t have much to reflect on, but as I look back, I realize there are so many things that have happened, each adding its own color to the tapestry of the year.
When the year began, it seemed like the days would pass in the usual rhythm. But as the months unfolded, they brought unexpected experiences, lessons, and accomplishments. From small, everyday victories to significant milestones, each moment added to the richness of this year.
Travel
January/February - Travel to India
- This year I went to India during late January and traveled lot of places. At one point I was on road for 20 days
- Places/Cities I visited in no order during my India trip: Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jaipur, Mumbai, Lonavala, Pilani, Agra, Ajmer, Delhi, Rishikesh and Farrukhabad.
April - Cancun
- Cancun was spontaneous trip and was fun. It's close to Texas and all inclusive resorts are amazing. Definitely will go again sometime in future
June - Washignton DC, New York And Los Angeles
- We went to DC and NY to attend baby shower and meet friends and then few days later we went to LA to celebrate Isha's birthday.
December - Hawaii and Bay area
- I have winter break at work and for past few years I have been wasting or doing nothing during that break so this year I decided to do some travel. But nothing was concrete till last moment. We booked Hawaii tickets last minute and it was on Isha's bucket list for long time. Trip was good but I might have expected more from Hawaii and was overwhelmed. Overall still good trip we saw whales and did helicopter tour
- Photos and detailed itinerary here.
Tech
- I bought camera gimbal this year and it is very smooth compared to handheld videos. Only problem is to travel with it I already carry a lot so I am only using for home videos for now.
- Bought Bambu Lab a1 3d printer which I wanted to buy for long time and this piece of tech is amazing. I am only printing readily available files but I want to learn a bit of cad going next year.
Personal
- We came back proud homeowners or as my friend says we now own piece of America.
- My parents came to USA for the first time
- Few things which I wanted to but could not accomplish this year is losing weight I started and ended year at same weight.
- Didn't finishing any books this year. I started some but hardly read 30 pages.
2025 Goals and plans
- In 2025 I want to create more and consume less.
- Losing weight is one of the top priority for the year.
- I want to build Home server this year and that's on my bucket list.
- Do more photography. I decided to do more photography in Austin itself if I cannot travel out and at the end of year create photobook.